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Dr. Prakashini Banka-Cullen

Visiting Research Fellow (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
      
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Dr. Prakashini Banka-Cullen

Visiting Research Fellow (School of Nursing & Midwifery)

 SONAM.BANKA@tcd.ie

 


Dr Sonam Prakashini Banka-Cullen has over 10 years of research experience working with vulnerable communities such as children living in refuge, victims of domestic abuse, and people who use substances. She has special interests in child mental and physical health, health psychology, public health, service and intervention evaluation, mixed methods research, quantitative data analysis and statistical modelling, and evidence reviews. Her PhD work was on the implementation and evaluation of the WHO"s Healthy Schools Programme in six DEIS primary schools, with 600 children. She has substantial experience in conducting research with children and their families, in various settings, e.g., refuge, IPAS, school, and clinical setting, and collecting data using creative and engaging methods such as children"s drawings, collage and Lego Serious Play. Dr Banka-Cullen has contributed extensively to teaching in the areas of child health research, addiction studies, data analytics, research methods, and psychology at Trinity College Dublin. She was the module leader and supervisor on the international CHARM-EU Masters in Sustainability and continues to teach research methods and healthcare research in the Life and Health stream. Dr Banka-Cullen has also worked as a Programme Lead in the Education Stream of Tangent, Trinity"s Ideas Workspace, the innovation hub of Trinity, where she developed and implemented healthcare innovation programmes. She also worked as a Psychology Lecturer in Dublin Business School, and Research Supervisor at Dublin City University. In addition, she previously worked as a programme coordinator and facilitator at the International Humanitarian Innovation Academy in Tanzania. Dr Banka-Cullen is currently employed as a Research Project Manager and Fellow in the Institute of Population Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin. She has a BA(Hons) in Psychology, PhD in Psychology focusing on child health, PG Certificate in Statistics, PG Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and a H. Dip in Data Analytics in Science.
  CHILD HEALTH   Child Mental Health   Health Psychology   Quantitative Research   STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
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Facilitator at the International Humanitarian Innovation Academy. Innovation and Entrepreneurship programme delivered over two weeks in University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. 2016 - 2018
Annunziata K, James P, Lavelle Cafferkey S, Zeni MB, Menon U., Comiskey C, Kelly P, When we are allowed to do good things, we do great things; An Exploration of Nurse and Midwife Prescribing in Substance Use Treatment, Journal of Addictions Nursing, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Comiskey C, McDonagh D, Banka-Cullen S.P, James P, Lavelle Cafferkey S, Eustace-Cook J, Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: First Estimates of the Prevalence by Sex Amongst People Who Use Psychoactive Substances and Alcohol, J. Dual Diagn., 22, (3), 2026, p265 - 276, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Comiskey, C., Banka, S. and Curtis, E., Using Cohort Designs in Nursing and Healthcare Research, Nurse Researcher, 2024, Journal Article, SUBMITTED
O Neill, T., Hollywood, E., & Prakashini-Banka Cullen, S., Use of diabetes technologies in the primary school environment: a scoping review protocol, JBI evidence synthesis., 2024, Notes: [DOI:10.11124/JBIES-23-00061], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Hollywood, E. Murphy, M., Comiskey, C. and Banka-Cullen, S., An evaluation of the Barnardos Ballybeg Playground service., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2024 (THEconf2024) New Horizons in Healthcare: Global Impact, Local Relevance., School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 5-7th March, 2024, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED
O"Neill, T. Banka-Cullen, S. and Hollywood, E., The use of diabetes technologies in the primary school environment: A scoping review protocol., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2024 (THEconf2024) New Horizons in Healthcare: Global Impact, Local Relevance., School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 5-7th March, 2024, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED
Hollywood, E., Murphy, M., Banka-Cullen, S and Comiskey, C., An evaluation of a Barnardos playground service which serves the community of Ballybeg in Waterford, Ireland, UNESCO CFRC 11th Biennial International Conference, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland, 13th - 14th June, 2024, Meeting Abstract, PUBLISHED  URL
Banka-Cullen, S.P., Comiskey, C., Kelly, P., Zeni, M.B., Gutierrez, A., & Menon, U., Nurse prescribing practices across the globe for Medication-Assisted Treatment of the Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD): A Scoping Review, Harm Reduction Journal, 20, (1), 2023, p1 - 10, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Marie Hyland, Dr. Sonam Prakishini Banka-Cullen, Dr. Eleanor Hollywood and Prof. Catherine Comiskey, Alcohol use among young people living in urban disadvantage: A sociocultural perspective on the protective shield provided by positive school environment, Drugs Education, Prevention and Policy , 2023, Journal Article, SUBMITTED
Marie Hyland, Dr. Sonam Prakishini Banka-Cullen, Dr. Eleanor Hollywood and Prof. Catherine Comiskey, Urgent attention required: Retrospective analysis of alcohol-related emergency department presentations by children and young people from a tertiary hospital in Ireland, ALCOHOL, 2023, Journal Article, SUBMITTED
  

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Prof. Catherine Comiskey, Dr. Dave McDonagh, Dr. Prakashini Banka, Mr. Philip James, Ms. Sadie Lavelle Cafferkey & Ms. Jessica Eustace Cook, A systematic review and meta-analysis of substance use and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, March, 2025, Report, PUBLISHED
David McDonagh, Sonam Prakashini Banka-Cullen, Philip James, Sadie Lavelle Cafferkey, Jessica Eustace-Cook and Catherine Comiskey, The prevalence, risk and protective factors and service needs in relation to the co-morbidity of substance use and neurodiversity., Trinity College Dublin / Citywide, February, 2025, Report, PUBLISHED
Comiskey C., Kelly P., Hennessy A., Hyland M., O Neill D.,Prakashani Banka-Cullen S., Lavelle Cafferkey S.,, A Consulation to inform the delivery of new integrated alcohol services., November 2023, 2023, Notes: [Report commissioned by HSE], Report, PUBLISHED
Hollywood E and Banka Cullen E, The Voice of the Child in Research, " `We Feel it Too" A Child"s Experience of Domestic Abuse", Newgrange Hotel, Navan, Co Meath, Ireland., 18th November 2022, 2022, Meath Women's Refuge and Support Services, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Banka Cullen, S., Lavelle, S. McDonagh, D., Walsh, R. and Comiskey, C. , In Plain Sight: A Rapid Review of the International Literature and a National Estimate of the Prevalence of Women Who Use Substances and Experience Domestic Violence in Ireland., European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, SAOL , Dublin, Ireland, 2022, Report, PUBLISHED
Comiskey, C., Banka, S., McDonagh, D and Galligan, K., An evaluation of the co-design and roll out of an anti-stigma training programme.. , European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, CityWide, Dublin, Ireland., 2021, Report, PUBLISHED
Coughlan Anne, Dermody Aoife, Banka Prakashini, National Guide to Pay and Benefits in Community, Voluntary and Charitable Organisations , 2015, Report, PUBLISHED
Dermody Aoife, Banka Prakashini., Evaluation of CARE (Community Alcohol Response and Engagement) Pilot Project: Ballymun, Finglas and North Dublin , 2015, Report, PUBLISHED
Banka Prakashini, Kelly Paul, Comiskey Catherine, The Healthy School's Programme Evaluation Fourth Year Preliminary Findings Report , 2013, Report, PUBLISHED
Banka Prakashini, The effectiveness of ISPCC services on stress, self-esteem and test performance anxiety , 2012, Thesis, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
1252 Research Stipend 2012
Her research interests include behavioural change models, health promotion, health psychology, service and intervention evaluation, child mental health and physical health, statistical modeling, depression, obesity, substance use, domestic abuse, and healthcare innovation.