School of Public Health

Our vision is to be at the heart of society?s organised efforts to prevent disease and to protect and promote the health and wellbeing of the population. We do this by studying:

The causes of disease and the factors that promote good health

New technologies and other ways to promote health and prevent disease

The best way to deliver health services

We have a range of programmes on offer at undergraduate, postgraduate through to PhD level.

The School of Public Health also has a highly active research programme.

Current research work in the School is focused on nutritional epidemiology with particular reference to the causes and prevention of Obesity, Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease, suicide epidemiology, tobacco control and health services research. The School is involved in major national research and doctoral level teaching programmes including:

SLAN 07 (National Health & Lifestyle Survey)
HRB Centre for Health and Diet Research
TILDA (The Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing)
National Self Harm Registry
Health Research Board PhD Scholar Programme in Health Services Research
Sphere PhD Programme

The School has close links including joint appointments with the National Cancer Registry and the National Suicide Research Foundation. The School of Epidemiology & Public Health is one of the founding members (with the Royal College of Surgeons and Trinity College Dublin) of the Irish Health Services Research Consortium.