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Professor

Grace Mulcahy

Full Professor Of Vet Micro Parasitology

School of Veterinary Medicine

Orcid identifier0000-0001-5921-3834
  • Full Professor Of Vet Micro Parasitology
    School 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.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN APPOINTMENTS

  • Dean of Veterinary Medicine
    University College Dublin, Ireland1 Jan 2007 - 31 Aug 2016
  • Head, School of Veterinary Medicine
    University College Dublin, Ireland1 Sep 2011 - 31 Aug 2016
  • Research Integrity Officer
    University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland1 Jan 2019

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • College Lecturer
    University College Dublin, Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology1 Oct 1991 - 1 Sep 1996
  • Satutory Lecturer
    University College Dublin, Ireland30 Dec 1999
  • Associate Dean for Research
    University College Dublin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine30 Dec 1999 - 30 Dec 1999
  • Research Assistant/PhD Student, Dept. of Large Animal Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
    University College Dublin30 Dec 1999
  • Veterinary Research Officer, Division of Immunology
    Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory30 Dec 1999
  • Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology
    University College Dublin30 Dec 1999

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

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    Veterinary Practice, Wales and Ireland30 Dec 1999

DEGREES

  • MRCVS
    Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons UK
  • MVB
    University College Dublin
  • PhD
    University College Dublin

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Foundation Diplomate, European Veterinary Parasitology College
    American Board of Veterinary Practitioners, Brussels, Europe1 Sep 2021
    Recognition as Founding Specialist in Veterinary Parasitology