Assoc ProfessorTimothy Frawley

Timothy (Timmy) Frawley D.Gov., M.Ed., BNS, RPN, RNT

Dr Timmy Frawley is an Associate Professor in Mental Health Nursing employed in the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems. He is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland as a Psychiatric Nurse and Nurse Tutor. Dr Frawley has significant experience in higher education, previously holding roles of Project Champion (Curriculum Review and Enhancement), Associate Dean for Taught Graduate Studies, Programme Director and was a member of the School Management Team from 2018 - 2021. He was Head of Subject – Mental Health Nursing from 2019 - 2024 and is a member of the University level Neurodiversity Working Group as well as an elected member of Academic Council. Dr Frawley was a member of the Academic Council Committee on Academic Centres from 2022 to 2024 and is an elected member of the Academic Council Committee on Quality Enhancement, commencing in 2024.

Dr Frawley has a background in clinical practice serving as Clinical Nurse Manager and Interim Assistant Director of Nursing in the St. John of God Community Mental Health Services. In this capacity, Dr Frawley played a role in the transfer of the Acute Day Hospital from a hospital setting to a community-based site. He also has valuable experience in an early intervention in psychosis service, undertaking over 150 specialist assessments, and was inaugural chairperson of the Quality Framework and Internal Audit Committee.

A strong record of scholarship, Dr Frawley has presented at international conferences since 2011. With over 50 peer reviewed publications, conference presentations, invited talks and scholarly outputs, Dr Frawley has researched issues of nursing governance, neurodiversity, and service user involvement as they relate to mental health nursing. Dr Frawley has been principal investigator or co-principal investigator on publicly funded research to the value of over €400 000. Recently, Dr Frawley is researching nursing in primary care and neurodiversity. Dr Frawley was a member of the inaugural Journal of Clinical Nursing Early Career Researcher Editorial Board, and is editorial board member for the journal 'Neurodiversity'. He is an active member on School PhD Research Studies Panels, has supervised BSc Student Summer Scholarships, Masters and PhD students.

Dr Frawley has a significant track record in teaching at undergraduate and taught graduate levels. In 2019 / ’20, Dr Frawley led the co-production of a BSc Mental Health Nursing module with clients and family members of the Arches Recovery Education programme. As a former Associate Dean for Taught Graduate Studies, Dr Frawley has chaired several curriculum reviews and in 2021, led the Higher Diploma in Mental Health Nursing curriculum review, re-validated by the NMBI.

As a former member of the NMBI Preliminary Proceedings Committee and current member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Fitness to Practice Committee, Dr Frawley has consistently contributed externally to the professions. Dr Frawley has a strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. He was a member of the School Athena Swan Committee which achieved a Bronze Award in 2021 and has been a member of the School Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee.