Academic biography

Gillian Paul is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy and Community Health. She obtained her PhD and MSc  in Public Health from Trinity College Dublin. Gillian is an experienced public health researcher and has published on a range of  issues including lactation, maternal and infant health, caring, type 2 diabetes, loneliness, smoking and deprivation. Prior to moving into academia she worked clinically as a nurse, midwife and public health nurse in Ireland and the UK.