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Mr. Adam Shanley

Research Assistant (Public Health & Primary Care)
      
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Mr. Adam Shanley

Research Assistant (Public Health & Primary Care)

 adshanle@tcd.ie

 


Adam Shanley is an experienced health program leader and current doctoral researcher at the School of Medicine. He specialises in designing and evaluating interventions that respond to real-world health challenges with innovation and integrity. His work bridges the worlds of practice and research, with a focus on advancing health equity through evidence-based strategies and community-led solutions. His doctoral research is entitled 'Informing digital care pathways in sexual and reproductive health: a mixed-methods evaluation of an online HIV PrEP care pathway in Ireland'. This work explores how digital health models of care in sexual and reproductive health have the potential to expand access, ease pressure on traditional services, and support patient and provider experiences. Adam strongly believes that early and meaningful involvement of those directly impacted by a study can improve both its quality and its overall contribution. Therefore, the online PrEP care pathway under evaluation for this project has been co-designed with PrEP users, community advocates, and clinicians, to ensure equity and acceptablity. Previously, Adam led the MPOWER Programme at HIV Ireland, where he developed peer-led, impact-driven initiatives promoting sexual health among gay and bisexual men. Highlights include launching Ireland"s first HIV self-testing service and securing sustainable funding for a number of high-impact sexual health interventions for gay and bisexual men. He has also been recognised by WHO and ECDC for his role in risk communication and community engagement during the 2022 mpox outbreak. Whether in a research setting or a community-based programme, he is passionate about building systems that center community voices, embrace innovation, and push public health forward in inclusive, practical ways.
Details Date
Peer Reviewer. AIDS 2026 Conference, International AIDS Society (IAS) January 2025 - February 2026
Community Expert. Advisory Group on DoxyPEP for bacterial STIs in the EU/EEA, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) October 2024 - January 2026
Community Expert. Advisory Group on Dublin Declaration to Fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) October 2024 - December 2025
Community Expert. Mpox Working Group, World Health Organisation (WHO) May 2022 - March 2025
Community Representative. National PrEP Working Group (HSE) February 2023 - March 2025
Member. Community Guideline Development Group for the use of DoxyPEP in Ireland, Health Service Executive (HSE) May 2024 - July 2024
Community Representative. Mpox National Crisis Management Team (HSE) May 2022 - March 2025
PPI Contributor. Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Natwork Ireland, Health Research Board (HRB) September 2022 - March 2025
gbMSM Community Expert. Social Behaviours Review Group on Blood Donor Eligibility Criteria for gbMSM in Ireland, Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) June 2020 - November 2022
Patient Representative. Guideline Development Group for the Emergency Management of Injuries and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis. Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC, HSE) January 2020 - December 2024
Community Representative. HIV Community Testing Monitoring Steering Group (HSE) February 2018 - March 2025
Community Representative. National Chemsex Working Group (HSE) March 2015 - March 2025
Community Representative. National HIV & STI Outbreak Response Group (HSE) January 2016 - September 2018
Details Date From Date To
The Society for the Study of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Ireland (SSSTDI) - Member March 2016 Present
International AIDS Society (IAS) - Member July 2018 Present
Lyons F, Shanley A, Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP): balancing promise and prudence in the prevention of sexually transmitted infections., Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Siobhán Healy-Cullen, Adam Shanley, Chris Noone, Understanding how gay men construct `good"chemsex participation using critical discursive psychology, Psychology & Sexuality, 15, (4), 2024, p539-556 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
John Gilmore, David Comer, David J Field, Randal Parlour, Adam Shanley, Chris Noone, Recognising and responding to the community needs of gay and bisexual men around mpox, PloS one, 19, (11), 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Dillon C, O'Donnell K, McKeown P, Lyons F, Browne C, Fallon U, Keegan A, Timoney K, Bruton O, Downes P, Mullane P, Carroll C, Doyle S, Barrett P, Robinson E, Mpox outbreak - Response and epidemiology of confirmed cases in Ireland from May 2022 to May 2023., Irish medical journal, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Leonardo Palumbo, Camila A Picchio, Franck Barbier, Amanita Calderon-Cifuentes, Jules James, Nikolay Lunchenkov, Will Nutland, Greg Owen, Chloe Orkin, Miguel Rocha, Adam Shanley, Luca Stevenson, Pietro Vinti, Cristiana Salvi, Co-creating a Mpox Elimination Campaign in the WHO European Region: The Central Role of Affected Communities, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Adam Shanley, Kate O Donnell, Peter Weatherburn, John Gilmore, T. Charles Witzel, Understanding sexual health service access for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Ireland during the COVID-19 crisis: Findings from the EMERGE survey, PLoS One, 19, (7), 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Adam Shanley, Chris Noone, Chemsex in Ireland: Increasing Pleasure and Reducing Harms, Sex and Sexualities in Ireland, 2023, p173--190 , Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Adam Shanley, Davy Quinlivan, MPOWER yourself: an online HIV self-test service to increase testing among gbMSM during COVID-19 restrictions, Journal of the International AIDS Society, AIDS 2022, Montreal, Canada, 29 July - 2 August, 25, International AIDS Society, 2022, pp47 - 48, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI
Melissa Brady, Adam Shanley, Caroline Hurley, Kate O"Donnell, Maitiu O"Tuathail, Margaret Fitzgerald, Cillian Flynn, Richard Carson, Derval Igoe, Establishment of a national surveillance system to monitor community HIV testing, Ireland, 2018, Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), 189, (4), 2020, p1507--1514 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Glynn, R.W., Byrne, N., O'Dea, S., Shanley, A., Codd, M., Keenan, E., Ward, M., Igoe, D., Clarke, S., Chemsex, risk behaviours and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men in Dublin, Ireland, International Journal of Drug Policy, 52, 2018, p9-15 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

Weatherburn P. Witzel TC, Shanley A, EMERGE: Effect of COVID-19 and government restrictions on the sexual health and well-being of gay and bisexual men in Ireland, HIV Ireland, 2022, Report, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Catherine O'Connor Prize, Best Research Presentation - Society for the Study of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Ireland, Annual Conference November, 2019
Outstanding Achievement in PPI in PhD Research - Trinity College Dublin February, 2026