Professor
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Full Professor Of Vet Micro Parasitology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Orcid identifier0000-0001-5921-3834
- Full Professor Of Vet Micro ParasitologySchool of Veterinary Medicine
- 01 716 6180
- University College Dublin, School of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Science Centre Belfield Dublin 4
BIO
Grace is Full Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, and spent almost 10 years (Jan 2007- Sept 2016) as Dean of Veterinary Medicine at UCD and from Sept 2011-Sept 2016 Head of the newly-formed UCD School of Veterinary Medicine. She also serves as UCD's Research Integrity Officer, (www.ucd.ie/researchintegrity) and leads UCD's work on Research Culture (www.ucd.ie/researchculture).
Previously, she served two terms as a member of the Veterinary Council of Ireland, and was for two years a member of the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges Board of Directors, as well as six years as a Board Member of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Northern Ireland.
She has an active research group focussing on helminth immunobiology, gut microbiota and One Health, and is a vice-president of the World Association for Veterinart Parasitology. She as elected as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2018, and serves on the Academy's Diversity committee.
Previously, she served two terms as a member of the Veterinary Council of Ireland, and was for two years a member of the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges Board of Directors, as well as six years as a Board Member of the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Northern Ireland.
She has an active research group focussing on helminth immunobiology, gut microbiota and One Health, and is a vice-president of the World Association for Veterinart Parasitology. She as elected as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2018, and serves on the Academy's Diversity committee.
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS
- Dean of Veterinary MedicineUniversity College Dublin, Ireland1 Jan 2007 - 31 Aug 2016
- Head, School of Veterinary MedicineUniversity College Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 2011 - 31 Aug 2016
- Research Integrity OfficerUniversity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland1 Jan 2019
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- College LecturerUniversity College Dublin, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology1 Oct 1991 - 1 Sep 1996
- Satutory LecturerUniversity College Dublin, Ireland30 Dec 1999
- Associate Dean for ResearchUniversity College Dublin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine30 Dec 1999 - 30 Dec 1999
- Research Assistant/PhD Student, Dept. of Large Animal Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary MedicineUniversity College Dublin30 Dec 1999
- Veterinary Research Officer, Division of ImmunologyInstitute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory30 Dec 1999
- Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and ParasitologyUniversity College Dublin30 Dec 1999
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- _Veterinary Practice, Wales and Ireland30 Dec 1999
DEGREES
- MRCVSRoyal College of Veterinary Surgeons UK
- MVBUniversity College Dublin
- PhDUniversity College Dublin
CERTIFICATIONS
- Foundation Diplomate, European Veterinary Parasitology CollegeAmerican Board of Veterinary Practitioners, Brussels, Europe1 Sep 2021Recognition as Founding Specialist in Veterinary Parasitology