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Dr Siobhán O'Connor is a Senior Lecturer in Education & Research at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King’s College London, with an Adjunct Associate Professorship at Western University, Canada. She holds a PhD in Health Informatics (University of Glasgow) and postgraduate teaching qualifications from University College Cork.
- B.Sc. in Nursing (University College Cork, 2013)
- B.Sc. in Business Information Systems (University College Cork, 2004)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning (University College Cork, 2014)
Her research focuses on co-designing digital health technologies for patient self-management, particularly in mobile health, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. She leads the AI Nurses Network and contributes to global digital nursing policy via the WHO. Her work spans pedagogical innovation in digital nursing education, social media integration, and implementation science for eHealth tools.
Recent articles analyze generative AI in education, VR mindfulness applications, and systematic reviews of digital health co-design. She supervises PhD/MSc students on topics including AI for diabetes care, virtual journal clubs, and social media in professional development.
Scientific Awards:
- RCN Foundation Impact Award (2018)
- Emerging Nurse Researcher/Scholar Award (Sigma Nursing, 2022)
- Florence Nightingale Foundation Scholarship (2019)
- Huffman Splane Emerging Nurse Scholars Forum Scholarship (2017)
As Principal Investigator, she has secured grants from NIHR, Burdett Trust, Innovate UK, and Fulbright Commission. She co-chairs the International Medical Informatics Association’s Nursing Informatics Education Panel and serves as UN Liaison for Sigma Nursing.
