ProfessorChristine Linehan

Christine Linehan BA, MA, MPH, DipStat, PhD, CPsycholPsSI, FRSPH, FPsSI, FIASSIDD is a Professor at the UCD School of Psychology, University College Dublin. Christine is Director of the UCD Centre for Disability Studies and Joint Director of the MSc in Disability. Christine's area of research is disability with a focus on community living, health inequalities and neuroepidemiology. Christine is a Fellow of the Psychological Society of Ireland, Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health and Fellow of IASSIDD, the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Christine sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities (JARID) and the Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (JIDD) and formerly, BMC Public Health.

Christine is an active member of IASSIDD serving as Executive Member of the Health Special Interest Group, Past-Chair and current Executive Member of the Comparative Policy and Practice Special Interest Group and Past Chair of the Position Statements Committee. Christine currently serves as Past Chair of the Intellectual Disability Task Force, Neuropsychiatry Commission, International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and is a Senior Collaborator with the Global Burden of Disease Study. Nationally, Christine sits on the Disability Research and Data Advisory Group established by the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE) to address Capacity Strengthening in Research and Data under the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030 and was a member of a DCDE Subgroup planning the 2027 post-census disability survey. Christine is a Board Member of the St John of God Research Foundation Board and QQI Academic Committee. Christine is former Board Director, Secretary to the Board and Chair of Governance Sub-Committee of St.Margaret's IRL IASD, an organisation supporting individuals with disabilities and former Board Member of Epilepsy Ireland.