DrJane O'Halloran

Prof O’Halloran is a Clinician Scientist, UCD Professor of Infectious Diseases and a consultant in Infectious Diseases at St Vincent's University Hospital. 

After completing a PhD at UCD in 2016, she moved to Washington University in St Louis, USA  where she completed a fellowship in ID prior to joining faculty.  She worked as Associate Director of Virology, at the Infectious Diseases Clinical Trial Research Unit (IDCRU) at Washington University in St Louis until 2022, when she returned to Ireland.

In her position as Principal Investigator at Infection Research Ireland at UCD (formerly Centre for Experimental Pathogen Host Research, CEPHR), Prof O’Halloran specializes in clinical and translational research in infectious diseases including HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and other viral infections, with a special focus on adaptive clinical trials. She is also  Chair of the Communication Committee of Infection Research Ireland. 

She is the UCD coordinator of the Infectious Diseases Clinical Trial Network (ID-CTNI) and the co-director of the All-Ireland Infectious Diseases Cohort which is nested within the ID-CTNI. Furthermore she is co-lead of The Global Viral Ecosystem Research and Preparedness Initiative (VERPI, HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01) that addresses infectious diseases through a One Health framework, facilitating staff exchanges to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and a dynamic, translational approach to research on emerging viral epidemics.