I am a clinical ethicist and a lecturer in medical ethics in the School of Medicine, University of Galway. I have aPh.D in philosophy from the University of Essex and a post-doctoral qualification in clinical and organisation ethics from the Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto. My aim is to contribute to ethical debates in the field of healthcare, particularly insofar as these debates have the potential to increase awareness of the rights of patients and of the need to reduce health disparities. I am also hoping to increase recognition of clinical ethics as a practice rooted in the broader discipline of bioethics. My main research interests include end-of-life ethics, medical assistance in dying (MAID), public health ethics, organisation ethics, clinical ethics consultation and mental health ethics.

Clinical ethics

Ethical aspects of mental healthcare

Medical assistance in dying

Organisation ethics

Public health ethics

My teaching is currently focused on medical ethics, bioethics and clinical ethics. I am also interested in the regulation of medicine and in the ethical underpinnings of health law, particularly capacity legislation.