Assoc ProfessorDeirdre Hurley Osing

Dr Deirdre Hurley-Osing is an Associate Professor in the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science and CORU-registered Physiotherapist. She holds BScPhysiotherapy (UCD), MAppScManipTher (University of South Australia) and PhD (University of Ulster) degrees. She is Director of the BPlus Physiotherapy Programme at UCD, an international study abroad programme with University of Applied Sciences, Hochschule Osnabruck, Germany, and a member of the Health Research Board funded inter-institutional Structured Population and Health Services Research Education (SPHeRE) programe academic panel. As Dean [2009-2012] she led the introduction of the first Graduate Entry Professional Masters Physiotherapy Pre-registration programme in Ireland, as well as the first Physiotherapy Programmes Fitness to Practise statement. Her current research interests include the development and evaluation of theory-informed self-management, physical activity and targeted interventions for chronic musculoskeletal pain, arthritis, and musculoskeletal trauma; the application of behaviour change theory to complex interventions; and the design and evaluation of strategies to enhance implementation of evidence into physiotherapy practice. She has obtained peer-reviewed research grant funding of circa Euro2.4M, including significant funding from the Health Research Board, and INTERREG-ESTIIC, Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET), Department of Health and Children Ireland, and UCD. She has published widely, disseminated her research extensively and received several international research presentation awards.