A5001942751- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Pregnancy and Medication Impact
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Fecal contamination and water quality
- Global Health Care Issues
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Escherichia coli research studies
- Renal and Vascular Pathologies
- Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Reproductive tract infections research
Health Service Executive
2010-2024
Technological University Dublin
2021-2024
Concern for climate change is one of the drivers new, transitional energy policies oriented towards economic growth and security, along with reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions preservation biodiversity. Since 2010, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) has been publishing annual Global Landscape Finance reports. According to these reports, US$3660 billion spent on global projects over period 2011–2018. Fifty-five percent this expenditure gone wind solar energy. world contribution consumption...
Most government efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic revolved around non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and vaccination. However, many respiratory diseases show distinctive seasonal trends. In this manuscript, we examined contribution of these three factors progression pandemic.
Ireland reports the highest incidence of verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) infection in Europe. This study investigated potential risk factors for confirmed sporadic and outbreak primary VTEC infections during 2008-2013. Overall, 989 including 521 serogroup O157 233 O26 were geo-referenced to 931 18 488 census enumeration areas. The geographical distribution human population, livestock, unregulated groundwater sources, domestic wastewater treatment systems (DWWTS) a deprivation index...
A statistical analysis was applied to Northern Hemisphere land surface temperatures (1850–2018) try identify the main drivers of observed warming since mid-19th century. Two different temperature estimates were considered—a rural and urban blend (that matches almost exactly with most current estimates) a rural-only estimate. The indicates long-term 0.89 °C/century 1850, while 0.55 °C/century. This contradicts common assumption that thermometer-based global indices are relatively unaffected...
Abstract Socioeconomic status ( SES ) has been linked to worse end‐stage kidney disease survival. The effect of on survival chronic dialysis, including the impact transplantation, was examined. A retrospective, observational study investigated association with dialysis patient survival, censoring at time transplantation. Adult patients commencing from 1990 2009 in an I rish tertiary center received a spatial score using 2011 P obal H aase‐ ratschke D eprivation ndex and were compared by...
During a 6-week period in November and December 2015, series of Atlantic Storms swept across the Republic Ireland (ROI) causing widespread pluvial fluvial flooding. Flooding was particularly severe west midlands, with rainfall up to 200% above normal many regions, making it wettest winter ever recorded. While infrastructural damage subsequent costs associated flood events have, continue receive attention, far less coverage is given adverse human health effects. This significant ROI, which...
Abstract Background Ireland frequently reports the highest annual Crude Incidence Rates (CIRs) of cryptosporidiosis in EU, with national CIRs up to ten times EU average. Accordingly, current study sought examine spatiotemporal trends associated this potentially severe protozoan infection. Methods Overall, 4509 cases infection from January 2008 December 2017 were geo-referenced a Census Small Area (SA), an ensemble geo-statistical approaches including seasonal decomposition, Local Moran’s I ,...
Abstract Understanding patient progression from symptomatic COVID-19 infection to a severe outcome represents an important tool for improved diagnoses, surveillance, and triage. A series of models have been developed validated elucidate hospitalization, admission intensive care unit (ICU) mortality in patients the Republic Ireland. This retrospective cohort study with laboratory-confirmed included data extracted national surveillance forms (i.e., age, gender, underlying health conditions,...
Whether socioeconomic status confers worse outcomes after kidney transplantation is unknown. Its influence on allograft and patient survival following in Ireland was examined.A retrospective, observational cohort study of adult deceased-donor first transplant recipients from 1990 to 2009 performed. Those with a valid Irish postal address were assigned score based the Pobal Hasse-Pratschke deprivation index compared quartiles. Cox proportional hazards models Kaplan-Meier analysis used...
Abstract Background Geocoding (the process of converting a text address into spatial data) quality may affect geospatial epidemiological study findings. No national standards for best geocoding practice exist in Ireland. Irish postcodes (Eircodes) are not routinely recorded infectious disease notifications and > 35% dwellings have non-unique addresses. This result incomplete introduce systematic errors studies. Aims aimed to develop reliable reproducible methodology geocode...
We report a fatal case of meningitis caused by Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 14b in middle-aged man who had no history or findings to suggest he was immunocompromised. To our knowledge, this is the first reported an adult Ireland, and 14b. This associated with nationwide cluster salmonellosis which still under investigation at time writing.
Increasing demand for limited healthcare resources raises questions about appropriate use of inpatient beds. In the first paediatric bed utilisation study at a regional university centre in Ireland, we conducted cross-sectional to audit beds Regional Paediatric Unit (RPU) University Hospital Limerick (UHL), Limerick, Ireland and also examined hospital activity data, make recommendations optimal resources.We used questionnaire based on appropriateness evaluation protocol (PAEP), modified...
In 2021, Campylobacteriosis was the main gastrointestinal disease in European Union since 2007 according to Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Republic of Ireland, incidence is particularly high with approximately 3,000 cases per annum, raising significant concerns national health authorities an expected increase number light climate change. The current study sought assess spatio-temporal patterns campylobacteriosis Ireland using 20,391 from January 2011 December 2018. An ensemble...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments have adopted responses revolving around open-ended use of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), including “lockdowns”, “stay-at-home” orders, travel restrictions, mask-wearing, and regulated social distancing. Initially these were introduced with stated goals “flattening curve” hospital demand and/or eradication virus from country (i.e., “zero covid” policies). Over time, shifted to maintaining sufficient NPIs in place until such time as...
<title>Abstract</title> To date, relatively few epidemiological studies have sought to identify and quantify associations between nature SARS-CoV-2 infection. Likewise, while multiple focused on the clinical factors pre-empting (e.g., underlying health conditions, age), no Irish research has examined effect of natural environmental incidence or severity (hospitalization, ICU admission mortality). Identifying areas communities at higher risk due local constitutes a knowledge gap for informing...
Abstract Background To constrain propagation and mitigate the burden of COVID-19, most countries initiated continue to implement several non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), including national regional lockdowns. In Republic Ireland, first lockdown was decreed on 23 rd March 2020, followed by a succession restriction increases decreases (phases) over following year. date, effects these remain unclear, particularly within differing population subsets. The current study sought assess...
Background To constrain propagation and mitigate the burden of COVID-19, most countries initiated continue to implement several non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), including national regional lockdowns. In Republic Ireland, first lockdown was decreed on 23 rd March 2020, followed by a succession restriction increases decreases (phases) over following year. date, effects these remain unclear, particularly within differing population subsets. The current study sought assess impact...
&lt;p&gt;Environmentally associated infectious diseases, including those driven by extreme weather events, represent a critical challenge for public health as their source and transmission are frequently sporadic mechanisms often not well understood. Over the past decade, Republic of Ireland (ROI) has persistently reported highest incidence confirmed verotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC) cryptosporidiosis infection in European Union. Moreover, recent climate projections indicate that...
Earth and Space Science Open Archive This preprint has been submitted to is under consideration at Water Resources Research. ESSOAr a venue for early communication or feedback before peer review. Data may be preliminary.Learn more about preprints preprintOpen AccessYou are viewing the latest version by default [v1]Spatiotemporal analysis of associations between flood hydrometeorology gastroenteric infection: The Winter 2015-2016 event in Republic...