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ProfessorPatricia Fitzpatrick

Full Professor of Epidemiology and Biomedical Statistics

School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science

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  • Full Professor of Epidemiology and Biomedical Statistics
    School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science
  • 01 716 3455
  • University College Dublin, School of Public Health Physiotherapy and Sports Science, Woodview House Belfield Dublin 4

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Main areas of recent and current research are screening, prevention and smoking cessation


Current / recent funded research:

2025 Research Ireland’s New Foundations ‘General Dental Practitioners’ Role in Oral Cancer Screening, Early Referral to Cancer Services, and Post-Treatment Management in Ireland: A Bid to Develop Referral Guidelines.’ (NF/2025/12789) (Co-applicant)

 

2024 UCD ReClaim Funding,  Enhancing Research Culture, problem-solving and knowledge translation: Robust evidence synthesis meets innovation through creativity and design thinking. 

 

2024 Collaborator on Praise-U study of prostate cancer screening

 
Recent publication of international surveys of interval cancer audit procedures in breast and cervical screening.

 

PI Irish Comparative Outcomes Study of Cystic Fibrosis (ICOS) (HRB funded)

 

2022 SFI The impact of E-cigarettes on Childhood Health Outcomes (ECHO) study (Co-applicant) 

2022 Cancer Awareness in the Traveller Community (National Cancer Control Programme funded) (co-applicant)

2021 Irish Cancer Society - evaluation of Cancer Roadshow pilot programme (PI)

2020 Irish Cancer Society funded project on Smoking Cessation for Cancer Patients; a scoping and feasibility initiative (PI)

2020 Development of ICOS (Irish Comparative Outcomes Study) of CF (National study encompassing all hospitals and paediatricians involved in specialist care of childhood CF) evaluating the clinical and economic effects of the Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening Programme (HRB funded 2013- 2016 and 2019 - 2023). (PI)

2020 ESRC-IRC UK/Ireland Networking Grant 2020 (Co-investigator)

2019 Seed funding from UCD April 2019 for scoping of follow-up study of Traveller Birth Cohort at age 10 (PI)

EU Funded Collaborating partner in the Innovative Partnership for Action Against Cancer Joint Action (iPAAC JA )(44 partners from 24 European Countries) www.ipaac.eu

2018 Development of strategic plan for Healthy Ireland for Dublin City Council. (PI)

2018 HRB Cerviva-Vax; Monitoring the impact of HPV vaccination in Ireland (Collaborator) (HRB funded)

Member of EUTOPIA group on breast cancer 2017 (Horizon2020-funded) (Collaborator)

HRB Applied Partnership"What influences cervical screening uptake in older women and how can screening programmes translate this knowledge into behaviour changing strategies?" A CERVIVA-CervicalCheck Partnership (HRB Applied Partnership funding).



GRANTS

  • PROJECT GRANT
    Understanding and Enhancing Early Recognition of Community-Onset Sepsis in General Practice: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial
    University College Dublin (UCD)2 Nov 2026 - 1 Nov 2027
    People funded by this grant:
  • PARTNERSHIP GRANT
    Tobacco and nicotine free homes - using Photovoice to Understand Smoking and Quitting from the Lens of Irish Travellers
    Research Ireland (IRC)31 Dec 2025 - 30 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
  • PROJECT GRANT
    Enhancing research culture, problem-solving and knowledge translation: Robust evidence synthesis meets innovation through creativity and design thinking
    University College Dublin (UCD)1 Jul 2024 - 30 Nov 2025
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    PRostate cancer Awareness and Initiative for Screening in the European Union (PRAISE-U)
    European Health and Digital Executive Agency (Hadea)1 Apr 2023 - 30 Sep 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Galvin D,
    • Fitzpatrick P,
    • Murray P,
    • Watson B
  • GRANT
    The Smoke-free Homes Innovation Network (SHINE)
    Irish Research Council (IRC)1 Mar 2021 - 28 Feb 2022
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Smoking cessation for cancer patients in Ireland: a scoping and feasibility initiative
    Irish Cancer Society (Ics)12 Jan 2020 - 1 Feb 2022
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Evaluation of the clinical, psychological and economic effects of the Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening Programme: the Irish Comparative Outcomes Study of CF (ICOS) Part 2
    Health Research Board1 Dec 2019 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fitzpatrick P
  • GRANT
    Scoping for Longitudinal Follow up of the All Ireland Traveller Health Study (AITHS) birth cohort of a thousand Traveller families.
    University College Dublin (UCD)1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fitzpatrick P
  • GRANT
    2017 Impact Case Study Competition
    University College Dublin (UCD)27 Sep 2017 - 30 Sep 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fitzpatrick P
  • PROJECT GRANT
    Traumatic spinal cord injury in Ireland: service planning for changing epidemiology
    Health Research Board11 Jul 2016 - 13 Apr 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Smith E,
    • Fitzpatrick P,
    • Lyons F,
    • Morris S,
    • Synnott K
  • GRANT
    Preventing chemotherapy resistance in triple negative breast cancer
    Health Research Board (HRB)1 Oct 2014 - 30 Sep 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Murphy M,
    • McCann A,
    • Kell M,
    • Fitzpatrick P,
    • Quinn C
  • GRANT
    Early evaluation of the clinical and economic effects of the Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening Programme
    Health Research Board (HRB)1 Oct 2013 - 31 Jul 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fitzpatrick P
  • GRANT
    Early evaluation of the clinical and economic effects of the Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening Programme
    Health Research Board1 Oct 2013 - 31 Jul 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fitzpatrick P
  • GRANT
    IHF Heartwatch
    Irish Heart Foundation1 Mar 2007 - 1 Mar 2009
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fitzpatrick P
  • GRANT
    Cardiovascular disease and diabetes meilitis in general practice: an evaluation of the heartwatch programme of secondary prevention
    Health Research Board (HRB)1 Oct 2006 - 30 Sep 2009
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fitzpatrick P
  • GRANT
    European Network for Safety among Elderly (EUNESE)
    Eu Non Framework1 Jul 2004 - 30 Jun 2007
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fitzpatrick P
  • GRANT
    Traumatic brain injury and subsequent rehabilitation - focussing on the future
    Health Research Board (HRB)1 Aug 2001 - 31 Jul 2005
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fitzpatrick P
  • GRANT
    Rosacea: prevalence and relationship to cutaneios photodamage
    National Rosacea Society1 Dec 2000 - 1 Dec 2001
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fitzpatrick P
  • GRANT
    Prostate cancer
    Royal College Physicians Ireland (Rcpi)1 Nov 1997 - 1 Nov 1999
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fitzpatrick P
  • GRANT
    Applied partnership award
    Health Research Board
  • GRANT
    Cervivavax
    Health Research Board (Ireland)