Brief Biography for Professor Margaret Barry:Margaret M. Barry, Ph.D., holds the Established Chair in Health Promotion and Public - No restriction Health and is Head of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion Research at the National University of Ireland Galway. Professor Barry has published widely in health promotion and works closely with policymakers and practitioners on the development, implementation and evaluation of mental health promotion interventions and policies at national and international level. Professor Barry was elected as Global President of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education in 2019, having previously held the position of Vice President for Capacity Building, Education and Training from 2007-2010.She has extensive experience of coordinating European and international collaborative projects and has served as temporary advisor to the WHO and project leader on major European Union funded initiatives. Professor Barry serves on a number of international and European research groups and scientific committees and has acted as expert adviser on mental health promotion policy and research development in a number of countries around the world. She is co-author of the international text Implementing Mental Health Promotion , which is currently published as a second edition (Barry, Clarke, Petersen and Jenkins, 2019).Professor Barry has served two terms as a scientific member of the European Commission Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health (2013-2019). She was awarded a Dobbin Atlantic Scholarship to the National Collaborating Centre for the Determinants of Health, St Francis Xavier University, Canada in 2017; Visiting Healthway Research Fellow at Curtin University, Western Australia in 2013,Visiting Fellow at the Victorian Health Foundation, Australia in 2007 and Visiting Lecturer in 2002 at the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London. Having completed her primary degree and doctoral studies in Psychology at Trinity College, Dublin, she has held previous posts as Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK;Lecturer in Psychology atTrinity College, Dublin, and Deputy Director of the Health Services Research Unit at University College, North Wales.

Concepts and principles of health promotion Mental health promotion Psychological determinants of health Evaluation research methods #8232; #8232;    Teaching Experience As Head of Discipline, I have overall responsibility for the delivery and development of all taught courses, PhDs and research programmes provided by Health Promotion. Postgraduate Responsibilities : Oversee the management and planning of all taught programmes in Health Promotion including the MADiploma programme in Health Promotion and the MSc Higher Diploma in Occupational Health amp; Safety.  Programmes are delivered on a full-time and part-time basis in Galway and Dublin and at outreach centres nationally.  This role involves the following responsibilities: ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times   Curriculum review and developments through the relevant Course Boards and implementation and resourcing of curriculum changes.  ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times   Co-ordinating the overall management and planning of the programmes at Certificate, Higher Diploma and Masters level, liaising with course co-ordinators and outreach tutors across a range of external departments. ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times   Teaching the following modules across the various programmes; Foundations of Health Promotion, Psychological Determinants of Health, Evaluation Research Methods, Mental Health Promotion, European Dimension of Health Promotion.  ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times   Organising work placements and European placements for students on the programme. ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times   Undertaking the supervision of Masters dissertations.   Supervisor of an average of five masters and three PhD dissertations per year.   Undergraduate Responsibilities : Oversee the development and planning of the four year part-time BA degree in Social Care; the Health Promotion input onto the BSc in Health amp; Safety Systems and the undergraduate curriculum in Medicine through the Professionalism and Processes of Health and Disease modules.  Also deliver a range of Specialist Certificates in Health Promotion in collaboration with national and regional agencies. span 18px;=bold;= font-weight:=line-height:= style=font-size: h2 Curriculum Development h2 Postgraduate Programmes in Health Promotion ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times     The introduction of the European Masters in Health Promotion (EUMAHP) core curriculum at NUI, Galway.  This new re-structured postgraduate programme was first offered in 20045.  This includes a new module on the European Dimension of Health Promotion, which offers NUI, Galway students the option of a health promotion placement in another European country. ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times     Co-operation with EUMAHP participants from other EU member states in the development of quality assurance, academic and training standards and distance learning mechanisms to support the European Dimension of Health Promotion training. ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times     European Summer Schools: Co-ordinator of the 2004 European Summer School on Strategies for Health in Europe hosted at NUI, Galway from the 28 June to 8supthsup July, 2004.  This postgraduate-level Summer School is jointly organised by the European Training Consortium in Public - No restriction Health and Health Promotion (ETC-PHHP) and the European Masters Programme in Health Promotion (EUMAHP) consortium.  This annual school attracts participants from across Europe and teaching support is provided by a group of leading European professors. ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times     Initiate and oversee the development of blended learning delivery methods onto taught programmes. ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times     Oversee the development of the new four year, part-time BA degree in Social Care, delivered through blended learning on a national basis. p style=tab-stops:36.0pt; Undergraduate Medical Programme Within the context of the Core Curriculum Review of medical undergraduate training in 2000-2002, I was responsible, with the Behavioural Science Steering Committee, for developing an expanded curriculum for the Behavioural Science programme based on a review of international courses and consultation with contributing departments.  This expanded Behavioural Science curriculum, which was approved by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, involves input across all five years, with horizontal and vertical integration within the overall undergraduate medical programme.  The implementation of this expanded programme is currently underway. Cross College Programmes Contributed to the development of Health Promotion curricula on the following new degree programmes: Evening BA (Health Studies) BSc in Health amp; Safety Systems MSc in Social Work MSc in Family Support Outreach Programmes Responsibility for expanding the delivery of the Higher Diploma in Health Promotion programme to continuing professional education students outside of the hinterland of NUI, Galway.  The following innovative developments have been undertaken over the past six years: ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times   Establishment  of an annual Summer School in Health Promotion (1997 2001) p style=margin-left:36.0pt; This constituted a three week intensive programme where four modules from the taught Diploma course were delivered.  Credits towards the Diploma were available on completion of assessment and examination requirements.  Over a four-year cycle successful candidates received the award of the full Higher Diploma in Health Promotion. ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times   Setting up of outreach Higher Diploma programmes at regional centres in St. Angelas College, Sligo (1998 - 2002) and the Marino Institute, Dublin (2000- present). p style=margin-left:36.0pt; These programmes are delivered on a part-time basis over two years.  All students are registered with NUI, Galway and course recruitment, examination and programme delivery are organised by the Health Promotion staff. ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times   Development of Specialist Certificates in Health Promotion (Oral Health, Breastfeeding, Health Education Tutor Training, and Youth Work) in 1999. p style=margin-left:36.0pt; These introductory programmes, which are delivered at outreach centres, provide education and training in the principles and practice of health promotion for those working in designated areas of practice. The Certificate programmes comprise two generic health promotion modules and two specialist modules in the specified area. The specialist modules have been developed in collaboration with the relevant professional agencies such as the Dental Health Foundation and the National Youth Council of Ireland.  The courses are delivered employing a combination of traditional teaching methods and distance education formats. Credits in the form of exemptions are offered to course participants who which to proceed to Diploma level. ·span ==font:7.0pt=new= roman=style=Times   Development of distance education and support materials for the delivery of programmes on an outreach basis. p style=margin-left:36.0pt; With funding from the Damascus project and the Programme Innovation Fund, NUI, Galway, web-based, written and video material together with tutor handbooks have been produced to support the delivery of modules from the Higher Diploma programme. p style=margin-left:36.0pt;   These teaching developments have involved adapting curricula and support materials from the existing menu of Higher Diploma modules and drawing up an agreed system for admission, examination, credits and progression routes for the different levels of the programme on offer.  These courses have now been successfully established and their organisation and delivery is overseen by lecturing staff in Health Promotion.