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Assoc Professor

Brona Fullen

Associate Professor

School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science

Orcid identifier0000-0003-4408-2063
  • Associate Professor
    School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science
  • 01-7166516
  • University College Dublin, School of Public Health Physiotherapy and Sports Science, Health Sciences Centre Belfield Dublin 4

BIO

Brona Fullen is an Associate Professor in the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. She holds a BSc Physiotherapy (UUJ), MSc Healthcare (Acupuncture), UCD, Diploma in University Teaching (UCD) and PhD (UCD) degrees. She is an expert in the clinical area of pain management. Her research areas of interest include the assessment and rehabilitation of people with chronic pain in a range of conditions including musculoskeletal dysfunction, obesity, and spinal cord injury. She has obtained research funding from the The European Union, Health Research Board, Health Service Executive, and the pharmaceutical industry. She has supervised MSc and PhD students to completion, and has presented her research at national and international meetings. Brona is a founder and Director of the UCD Centre for Translational Pain Research. Brona is a past President of the Irish Pain Society, and from 2020-2023 held the position of President of the European Pain Federation EFIC - the first Chartered Physiotherapist and the first female elected to this position in the organisations history.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS

  • Associate Dean for Postgraduate Studies (Research)
    University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland1 Jun 2016 - 3 Jun 2019
  • Chair, Quality Review Steering Committee
    University College Dublin, School Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, Dublin, Ireland27 Feb 2020 - 6 Jul 2023

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • PhD research student, occasional lecturer to BSc and MSc courses, clinical tutor BSc course
    University College Dublin School of Physiotherapy and Performance Science1 Jan 2004 - 31 Aug 2007
  • College Lecturer
    University College Dublin School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science1 Oct 2008
  • Associate Professor
    University College Dublin, School of Public Health, physiotherapy and Sports Sciene, Dublin, Ireland7 Mar 2018

DEGREES

  • BSc, BSc Physiotherapy
    University of Ulster
  • MSc
    University College Dublin
  • PhD
    University College Dublin
  • Prof Dip University Teaching & Learning
    University College Dublin

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read, write, speak and understand