Paul Doody

Paul Doody

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Early Stage Research Fellow

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Researcher (Fellow) at Trinity College Dublin

  • Education

    • Leinster Senior College

      2009 - 2011
      Irish Leaving Certificate 475 points
    • University of Birmingham

      2016 - 2021
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation Sciences

      The prevalence of frailty among geriatric hospital inpatients, and the feasibility of exercise interventions for geriatric hospital inpatients, and assisted living facility residents, with frailty.

    • Dublin City University

      2011 - 2015
      Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Hons) Sports Science and Health First Class Honours (1.1) / 4.0 GPA

      Dublin City University is one of the top Universities in Ireland for Sport and Exercise Science. I spent four fantastic years at DCU, where I ultimately graduated in November 2015 with a first class honours (1.1) - a grade which I consistently achieved and maintained during each semester of my four year undergraduate degree.

  • Experience

    • University of Birmingham

      Sept 2016 - Sept 2019
      Marie Sklodowska-Curie Early Stage Research Fellow

      • The Physical Activity and Nutritional INfleunces In ageing (PANINI) project is a European Commission, Horizon 2020 funded programme; consisting of eight world-leading academic institutions, renowned for their work in ageing research, and 10 industrial partners also in this area.• As a Research Fellow, I am responsible for primary data collection (both quantitative and qualitative) aimed at building a large shared dataset of demographic, physical activity, nutrition and genetics related data of older adults in Europe.• I am also engaged in multi-disciplinary, international collaborations, with dissemination a core tenant of the project.• Responsible for administrative activities associated with the delivery of the project.• Responsible for managing my own doctoral research, including study design, ethical approval, data collection and analyses, producing high quality publications, scientific abstracts, and presentations at national, and international conferences.• Responsible for co-creation, planning and delivery of scientific and public engagement conferences to disseminate the findings of my research. Show less

    • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

      Jun 2018 - Sept 2019
      Honorary Research Fellow

      • My Honorary Research Fellowship at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham predominantly pertains to my research in the geriatric department of the hospital, assessing the feasibility and impact of specially adapted exercise interventions, aimed at improving the multi-dimensional health of frail geriatric delayed transfer of care patients. • This includes working within a multi-disciplinary team (consultant geriatricians, junior doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers, and research fellows), and regularly attending multi-disciplinary team meetings. Show less

    • Trinity College Dublin

      Sept 2019 - Sept 2023

      The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is a large-scale, nationally representative, longitudinal study on ageing in Ireland, the overarching aim of which is to make Ireland the best place in the world to grow old.TILDA collects information on all aspects of health, economic and social circumstances from people aged 50 and over in a series of data collection waves once every two years. TILDA is unique amongst longitudinal studies in the breadth of physical, mental health and cognitive measures collected. These data, together with the extensive social and economic data, makes TILDA one of the most comprehensive research studies of its kind both in Europe and internationally. Show less

      • Honorary Research Fellow

        Jan 2022 - Sept 2023
      • Postdoctoral Research Fellow

        Sept 2021 - Jan 2022
      • Postdoctoral Research Associate

        Sept 2019 - Sept 2021
    • Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences - University of Oxford

      Jan 2022 - Jun 2024

      I joined the Health Behaviours team at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Science at the University of Oxford in January 2022 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, primarily working as project manager on the Adults Regulating Their weight Everyday with Mobile Internet Support (ARTEMIS) project, the National Enhanced Service Incentive for weight management in primary care settings (NESIE) project, and several other interventional and evidence synthesis projects in weight management, smoking cessation, mental illness, and physical activity. Show less

      • Honorary Senior Researcher

        Feb 2024 - Jun 2024
      • Postdoctoral Research Fellow

        Jan 2022 - Feb 2024
    • Trinity College Dublin

      Jan 2024 - now
      Senior Researcher (Fellow)

      I joined the Discipline of Public Health and Primary Care at the Institute of Population Health at Trinity College Dublin in January 2024 as a Senior Researcher working and leading on large randomised controlled trials in primary care and evidence synthesis for national clinical guideline development at the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), in collaboration with the Department of Health and HSE, as part of the Collaboration in Ireland for Clinical Effectiveness Reviews (HRB-CICER). Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Emergency First Aid

      St. Johns Ambulance
      Jun 2017
    • Level 1 Olympic weightlifting coaching qualification

      Weightlifting Ireland
      Apr 2012
    • Phlebotomy Technician Certification (PTC)

      University of Birmingham
      Feb 2017
    • Basic Life Support (BLS)

      NHS