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Dr. Vivienne Brady

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
DOLIER STREET - SCHOOL OF NURSING
      
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Dr. Vivienne Brady

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
DOLIER STREET - SCHOOL OF NURSING

 Vivienne.Brady@tcd.ie

 3531896 4149


Dr. Vivienne Brady is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, with teaching responsibilities across all undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery programmes and is Director of Midwifery and Head of Discipline since June 2022. She is an experienced midwife and academic, with over twenty years of research activity, including postgraduate student research supervision, and spanning a wide range of methodologies (principally action research, and qualitative research approaches) and healthcare related topics and field work. Vivienne's doctoral thesis used a Feminist Participatory Action Research approach to develop Antenatal Education with mothers and midwives in preparation for motherhood, with an emphasis on women's involvement in developing policies and processes that they and their families are affected by. Vivienne's research agenda continues to be motivated by women's health, the wellbeing of new mothers and their experiences of maternity care. She was nominated by the Centre for Women in Science & Engineering Research (WiSER) to participate in the Aurora Leadership Development Programme for Women in Higher Education in 2016-2017 and returned as Role Model for Aurora in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Vivienne is mentor for colleagues, and for TCD candidates undertaking the Aurora Leadership programme and she is currently Athena SWAN Champion for the School of Nursing and Midwifery.
  ACTION RESEARCH   Action research in social / community organisations   EDUCATION   Evaluating models of maternity care   Feminist Research Methodolgies   INSIDER ACTION RESEARCH   Maternity Care   MIDWIFERY   REFLECTION   Reflective Practice   VOICE   WOMEN'S HEALTH
Project Title
 The provision of evidence to inform the development of innovative midwifery led postnatal services for women in the South-East region of Ireland.
From
31st December 2021
To
25th April 2022
Summary
The outcome of this project is to provide report informed by the national and international literature examining best practice in the care and service coordination/configuration for postnatal women up to one year postpartum to inform future midwifery led service development for postnatal women in the South East region of Ireland.
Funding Agency
Nursing and Midwifery Planning and Development Unit South East
Programme
Research
Project Type
Research
Person Months
4
Project Title
 CArdiovascular Risk Assessment in MEnopausaL women via multimodal data analysis enabling personalized prevention strategies
From
1 Dec2024
To
Summary
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) account for 37% of all deaths in the EU, with a total of over 1.8 million deaths annually. CVD cost the EU 210 billion € per year, due to direct healthcare costs, productivity loss, and informal care by caregivers. Although heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, CVD is not adequately researched in women, more so in the 40-60 age group, even though evidence confirms that menopause render women more susceptible to CVD after menopause. As a result, CVD are under-diagnosed and under-treated in women in the 40-60 age group. General models for CVD risk scoring are applied, evidencing a lack of specific and tailored risk models, gender, or sex-specific risk factors, throughout their life cycle. In this context, there is an opportunity to design and refine national CVD plans and stratify the risk of CVD, following a population-based approach, between women from early stages for a personalised prevention and care, considering Big Data and AI capabilities applied to heterogenous data sources, including clinical, lifestyle, image and -omics. The objective of CARAMEL is to develop and validate a novel stratified approach for personalized CVD Risk Assessment and intervention model, enabled by a variety of data sources. CARAMEL, will deliver: i) Validated AI and statistical CVD-Risk Assessment models for women aged 40-60 years allowing to carry stratification strategies for the predictions of developing CVD in women aged 40-60years, tested in 6 international clinical sites; ii) A personalised CVD prevention model including a Clinical Decisions Support System and self-management ecosystem (app, personal coach and wearables for monitoring) empowering women and helping healthcare professionals in the management of CVD; iii) Clinical pathways and guidelines for EU CVD Prevention and Screening programmes integrating personalised prevention and management strategies; iv) Regulatory Roadmap for certification of the CVDRA models.
Funding Agency
Person-centred health and care in European regions HORIZON-HLTH-2023-STAYHLTH-01-01 (Second stage of
Programme
CARAMEL CArdiovascular Risk Assessment via multimodal data analysis enabling personalised prevention
Project Type
HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
Project Title
 'An online survey to determine the antenatal education needs of primigravid women attending the CWIUH to inform a programme of antenatal education offered by midwives'
From
November 2020
To
August 2021
Summary
In March 2020, all CWIUH antenatal class services ceased in response to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and in line with HSE recommendations. The CWIUH parent education team has since designed and developed interactive online classes comprising video presentations, and a live discussion platform for women and their partners to interact in a virtual capacity with healthcare professionals. As part of our commitment to developing the programme of antenatal education offered by midwives, we are conducting an online survey to identify the antenatal education needs of primigravid women attending the CWIUH in the absence of face-to-face antenatal education classes.
Funding Agency
N/A
Programme
Research
Project Type
Descriptive Survey
Person Months
10
Project Title
 Refugee-thrive: Building trauma-informed refugee resilience in the face of the evolving challenges of forced displacement
From
To
Summary
According to UNHCR estimates, conflict, violence and other crises left a record 110 million people worldwide displaced from their homes by mid-2023, the highest number recorded since World War II (UNHCR, 2023). Refugee-thrive aims to contribute to a better understanding of the complexity of refugee resilience at the individual, interpersonal, organisational and community levels with a view to identifying mechanisms to enhance the integration of refugees in a way that is mutually beneficial to them and their host communities.
Funding Agency
Trinity Research Doctorate (Group Based) Award
Programme
Trinity Research Doctorate Award supporting Group-based Research Projects 2024-25
Project Type
Research
Project Title
 A survey to determine the prevalence, frequency and volume of colostrum (first breast milk) secreted during pregnancy
From
July 2019
To
February 2020
Summary
Funding Agency
N/A
Programme
Research
Project Type
Survey Design
Person Months
8

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Aurora Women in Leadership Mentor, TCD 2019, 2020/2021
Athena Swan Champion School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin 2019
Action Research Ireland Group 2011- Present. Key member of the organising committee for the Annual International Action Research Colloquia and member of the scientific committee. This is an important national and international collaboration across disciplines and professions (external to TCD) 2011
Scientific Panel Member and conference organising committee (previous Chair) of the Spirituality in Health Care Research and Innovation Group School of Nursing and Midwifery 2015
Reviewer for Journal of Midwifery. 'Outstanding Reviewer' award in December 2017. 2015
Reviewer for BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2015
Reviewer for Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology 2015
Reviewer for Action Research Journal 2011
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English Fluent Fluent Fluent
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Invited national expert for Ireland in European Commission (DG GROW) bid to identify possible future updates of the minimum training requirements for the profession of midwife under the Professional Qualifications Directive. Directive 2005/36/EC. Complete. Sept 2023 Feb 2024
EPICC (Enhancing Nurses and Midwives Competence in Providing Spiritual Care through Innovative Education and Compassionate Care) Network Member 2021 Present
International Network for the Study of Spirituality 2021 Present
All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE) 2013 Present
Action Research Group Ireland (ARGI) 2012 Present
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland 1991 Present
McCulloch L. Brady V. and Comiskey C., A systematic review of women's experiences of motherhood and addiction recovery, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2024 (THEconf2024) 5 - 7 March 2024 School of Nursing & Midwifery, TCD `New Horizons in Healthcare: Global Impact, Local Relevance', Trinity College Dublin, 6 March 2024, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Clive A. Brady V. Dunlea M. Panda S. and Eustace-Cook J, 'Partners and support persons experiences of maternity care during the Coronavirus Pandemic: A qualitative systematic review', Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2024 (THEconf2024) 5 - 7 March 2024 School of Nursing & Midwifery, TCD `New Horizons in Healthcare: Global Impact, Local Relevance, Trinity College Dublin, March 2024, 2024, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Ryan L., Brady. V., O"Donnell S., Paul, A. and Daly D., Women"s experiences of accessing services and treatments for perimenopause/menopause in Ireland, Annual International Bio(Medical) Students Conference (AIMS), Lisbon, Portugal., 11 April 2024, 2024, Poster, PUBLISHED
Brady V., Molina N, and Eustace-Cook J., Reflections prompted by a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis of Women's Experiences of Spirituality in Childbirth, Spirituality, Critical Reflection and Professional Practice in an Uncertain World 16-18 May 2023, South East Technological University, Ireland, 16 May 2023, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Cunningham, O. and Brady, V., Women's views and experiences of pregnancy yoga. A qualitative meta-synthesis., Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2023 (THEconf2023): 'Back to normal or forward to better? New horizons in healthcare', School of Nursing and Midwifery, TCD, 07 - 09 March 2023, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Dunlea M. Begley C. Brady V., 'An Institutional Ethnography of Antenatal Care: does midwife involvement guarantee a bio-psychosocial approach to care offered', Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2023 (THEconf2023): 'Back to normal or forward to better? New horizons in healthcare', School of Nursing and Midwifery, TCD, 7-9 March 2023, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Cunningham O. and Brady V., Women"s views and experiences of pregnancy yoga. A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis, Midwifery , 2023, p10 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Louise Gallagher Vivienne Brady Lesley Kuliukas Charlotta Dykes Christine Rubertsson Yvonne Hauck, Australian, Irish, and Swedish women's comfort levels when breastfeeding in public, BMC Public Health, 23, (2535), 2023, p1 - 8, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Feeley E. and Brady V., Women's Experiences of Becoming Mothers When Their Preterm Babies are Hospitalised in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, The Practising Midwife , 2023, p25 - 30, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Charlotta Dykes, Pernilla Ny, Yvonne L. Hauck, Lesley Kuliukas, Louise Gallagher, Vivienne Brady & Christine Rubertsson , Women's perceptions of factors needed to encourage a culture of public breastfeeding: a cross-sectional study in Sweden, Ireland and Australia, International Breastfeeding Journal , 18, (49), 2023, p1 - 8, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
  

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Brady Vivienne and Coghlan David, Practical action oriented research in organisations: how can systemic approaches to action research help?, SCiO Ireland meeting, School of Nursing and Midwifery TCD, 27 September 2023, 2023, SCiO Ireland, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Olayinka Olaitan Aremu, Professor Vivienne Brady and Professor Maria Brenner, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin., Student Involvement in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives - The Athena SWAN Charter , Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Nursing and Midwifery Education The Irish University Associations' Higher Education Institution's seminar series 'Celebrating the Contribution of Nursing and Midwifery in Contemporary Irish Society' , Online, 29 Nov 2021, 12:00-1, 2021, The Irish University Association Higher Education Institution, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Brady, V. May, P. Lombard-Vance, R. Hynes, G. and Corry, M, Creating Connections: Schwartz Rounds in the Irish context, All Ireland Schwartz Rounds and QI Conference 2020, Dublin Castle, 18th February 2020 , 2020, Poster, PRESENTED
Brady, Vivienne , Book Launch - Spirituality, Culture, and Motherhood (Routledge) by Noelia Molina, SpIRE. , Spirituality in Society and the Professions, Annual European SPES Conference, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland, 16-18 May 2019, 2019, European SPES Institute and the Spirituality Institute for Research and Education, Ireland., Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Brady, V. and Timmins, F. , Healthcare Chaplains' Experiences Of Engaging With Patients And Service Users From Minority Religious Or Non-Religious Groups In The Republic Of Ireland., Irish Hospice Foundation, Hospital Friendly Hospice Acute Network Meeting, , Aisling Hotel Dublin., November 6th , 2018, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Timmins, F. and Brady, V., Spirituality and Healthcare. , Medical and Health Humanities Seminar 1, Long Room Hub,Trinity College Dublin., Tuesday 11 December , 2018, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Brady, V. and Timmins, F. , A phenomenological exploration of healthcare chaplains and pastoral care workers' experience of providing spiritual/pastoral support to patients and families from minority religious or non-religious groups in the Republic of Ireland. , The National Association of Healthcare Chaplains (NAHC) Workshop 2, The Bons Secours Hospital Tralee., 13th January 2018, 2018, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Brady, V. and Timmins, F. , A phenomenological exploration of healthcare chaplains and pastoral care workers' experience of providing spiritual/pastoral support to patients and families from minority religious or non-religious groups in the Republic of Ireland. , The National Association of Healthcare Chaplains (NAHC) Workshop 2, The Bons Secours Hospital Galway., 20th January 2018, , 2018, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Brady, V. and Timmins, F. , A phenomenological exploration of healthcare chaplains and pastoral care workers' experience of providing spiritual/pastoral support to patients and families from minority religious or non-religious groups in the Republic of Ireland., The National Association of Healthcare Chaplains (NAHC) Workshop , St. James's Hospital Dublin., 2018, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
BRADY, V , Spirituality and Healthcare, Medical and Health Humanities Seminar, Neill Hoey theatre, TCD and clinical sites, 11th December , 2018, Medical and Health Humanities Initiative , Invited Talk, PRESENTED

  


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Award Date
Nominated for Award of Excellence in Research Student Supervision, Trinity College Dublin 2022
Provost's PhD Projects Award 2020/21, Trinity College Dublin 2019
Award of Outstanding Reviewer for the International Journal 'Midwifery' 2017
Health Research Board (HRB) Clinical Research Training Fellowship in Nursing and Midwifery. Grant Number: NM/2008/21. 2008
Research Stipend. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin 2007
Awarded Dean's List for Academic Achievement, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 2002