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Professor Fiona Lyons

Clinical Professor (Clinical Medicine)
      
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Professor Fiona Lyons

Clinical Professor (Clinical Medicine)

 lyonsf5@tcd.ie

 


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Member of the Public Policy Group on Sexual Health Committee, RCPI, https://www.rcpi.ie/policy-and-advocacy/rcpi-policy-group-on-sexual-health/ 2010 to 2012
RCPI nominee to the Department of Health Sexual Health Strategy Steering Committee, https://health.gov.ie/healthy-ireland/national-sexual-health-strategy-2015-2020/ 2012 to 2013
Ireland delegate to the ECDC expert meeting on PrEP service delivery and monitoring: minimum standards and key principles in the EU/EEA, https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/pre-exposure-prophylaxis-eueea-prep-service-delivery-and-monitoring-minimum-standards 2018
Ireland delegate to the ECDC Expert meeting PrEP in the EU/EEA setting: challenges and opportunities, https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/pre-exposure-prophylaxis-eueea-setting-challenges-and-opportunities 2016
Ireland delegate to the ECDC expert meeting on STI prevention 2018
National Speciality Director for Genitourinary Medicine 2012 to 2018
Invited Journal Reviewer, International Journal STD and AIDS 2004 to date
Invited Journal Reviewer, HIV Medicine 2004 to date
Invited Journal Reviewer, Sexually Transmitted Infections 2018 to date
SSSTDI Nominee to Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Sub-Committee of the HPSC Scientific Advisory Committee, published national guidelines 2015, http://www.hpsc.ie/abouthpsc/scientificcommittees/publications/AMR%20Gonorrhoea%20guidelines%20documetn%20FINAL%202017.pdf 2014 - 2015
SSSTDI nominee to the National Forum for Minimising AMR GC 2018 to date
SSSTDI nominee to the national working group evaluating syphilis surveillance in Ireland 2018 to date
SSSTDI nominee to the Eurpean MSM Internet Survey 2017 (EMIS, Ireland) Steering Group 2018 to date
Chair of the HSE convened National HIV PrEP working group 2016 to 2018
SSSTDI nominee to the Services Subgroup and Writing Committee of the National Sexual Health Strategy 2012 to 2013
External Expert Reviewer of the British Association of HIV (BHIVA) HIV in Pregnancy Guidelines 2010 to 2017
Member of the National Increase in HIV and STIs in MSM Response Group 2016 to 2018
Expert Advisor to the HIQA Routine Second HIV test in Pregnancy HTA, https://www.hiqa.ie/reports-and-publications/health-technology-assessments/hta-antenatal-hiv-screening 2011 to 2012
Expert Advisor to the HIQA HIV PrEP HTA,https://www.hiqa.ie/reports-and-publications/consultation/draft-hta-prep-programme 2018 to date
Lead on the HSE antibiotic prescribing website Genital Conditions chapter, https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/2/gp/antibiotic-prescribing/ 2015 to date
Invited Speaker on HIV Prevention, ICGP Annual Conference 3rd May 2019
Invited Speaker on STI update, ICGP Annual Conference 6th May 2016
Invited Speaker at the Joint BASHH/BHIVA Conference, PrEP in Ireland 17 - 20 April 2018
Invited Speaker EACS Conference, HIV Models of Care: the way forward 21 - 24 October 2015
Invited Speaker EACS, HIV and Breastfeeding Debate 25 - 27 October 2017
Invited Speaker EACS, HIV and Pregnancy case discussion panel 12 - 15 October 2011
Invited Speaker ICGP Summer School, HIV testing June 2014
Invited Speaker to the 4th International Workshop on HIV and Women, Conception and HIV January 2014
Invited Speaker RCPI Infection Masterclass, Syphilis in the 21st Century August 2013
Invited Speaker IUSTI, Implementation of Chlamydia Screening August 2009
Invited Speaker ICGP Summer School, STIs in the Community June 2012
Invited Speaker SSSTDI Annual Meeting, Ireland should adopt a test and treat policy for HIV, debate November 2012
Invited Speaker Institute of Obstetricians Four Provinces Meeting, Guidelines for the management of HIV and STIs in pregnancy November 2014
Invited Speaker at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital Guinness Study Day, Managing HIV in pregnancy December 2018
Member of the Writing Committee on Interim Guidance on termination of pregnancy https:https://www.rcpi.ie/news/releases/institute-of-obstetricians-and-gynaecologists-issues-interim-clinical-guidance-on-termination-of-pregnancy-under-12-weeks/ 2018
Invited Speaker, Club Health Dublin, 10th International Conference on Nightlife, Substance Use and Related Health Issues 24 - 26 June 2017
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Council Member of the Society for the Study of STIs in Ireland 2004 to date
Member of the British HIV Association 2004 to date
Member of the European AIDS Clinical Society 2004 to date
Member of the Infectious Diseases Society of Ireland 2007 to date
Member of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV 2008 to date
Waitt C, Low N, Van de Perre P, Lyons F, Loutfy M, Aebi-Popp K, Does U=U for breastfeeding mothers and infants? Breastfeeding by mothers on effective treatment for HIV infection in high-income settings., The lancet. HIV, 2018, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
F Lyons,M O'Brien, C Hurley, Á McNamara, F Cooney, GMc Darby, Sexual Health in Ireland: What do we know?, HSE, Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme,https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/for-professionals/research/research-reports/sexual-health-in-ireland_june2018.pdf , , June , 2018, p1 - 73, Notes: [One of the overarching goals of Ireland's first sexual health strategy is to ensure that 'equitable, accessible and high quality sexual health services, which are targeted and tailored to need, will be available to everyone'. A priority action of the strategy was to conduct a service mapping exercise and needs assessment. I led on this process which included this report. For the first time this report presents all available epidemiological, statistics and research information in one place, bringing the information together and developing key areas where action is required. This report has been used by the Department of Health in planning for abortion services in Ireland and will inform the development of a sexual health services action plan by the HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme. ], Report, PUBLISHED  URL
Caroline Hurley, Fiona Lyons, Kate O'Donnell and Derval Igoe on behalf of the Continuum of HIV Care Steering Group, Continuum of HIV Care, Ireland 2017, HSE, Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme,https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/for-professionals/research/research-reports/sexual-health-in-ireland_june2018.pdf , , July, 2018, p1 - 15, Notes: [This report informs policy in Ireland's response to HIV. ], Report, PUBLISHED  URL
F. Lyons, Consultation Report: Stakeholder Workshops on Actions for Sexual Health Services Ireland, https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/for-professionals/research/research-reports/, June , 2018, p1 - 28, Notes: [These reports provide an evidence informed and stakeholder reviewed assessment of the priority areas for action in relation to provision of sexual health services in Ireland.], Report, PUBLISHED
F Lyons, F Cooney, Á McNamara, M Daly, C Collins, M O'Shea, H Barry, M Germaine, D Mc Keown, Sexual Health Services in Ireland: A Survey of STI and Contraception Services, https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/for-professionals/research/research-reports/, June , 2018, p1 - 88, Notes: [This is one in a series of reports that systematically documents sexual health services in Ireland as regards geographic location, access and availability of STI and contraception services to the public and availability of STI testing diagnostic services that has been used to plan policy and sexual health service provision.], Report, PUBLISHED
F Lyons, F Cooney, Á McNamara, M Daly, C Collins, M O'Shea, H Barry, M Germaine, D Mc Keown, Sexual Health Services in Ireland: A Survey of General Practice, https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/for-professionals/research/research-reports/, January, 2018, p1 - 28, Notes: [This is one in a series of reports that systematically documents sexual health services in Ireland as regards geographic location, access and availability of STI and contraception services to the public and availability of STI testing diagnostic services that has been used to plan policy and sexual health service provision.], Report, PUBLISHED
F Lyons, F Cooney, Á McNamara, M Daly, C Collins, M O'Shea, H Barry, M Germaine, D Mc Keown, STI Diagnostics in Ireland: A Survey of Laboratories, https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/for-professionals/research/research-reports/, June , 2018, p1 - 28, Notes: [This is one in a series of reports that systematically documents sexual health services in Ireland as regards geographic location, access and availability of STI and contraception services to the public and availability of STI testing diagnostic services that has been used to plan policy and sexual health service provision], Report, PUBLISHED
N Lynn, S Murphy, O Cunningham, A Lynam, F Lyons, F Mulcahy, Hsv management in pregnancy at a joint antenatal-genitourinary clinic in a large maternity hospital in dublin, ireland - a model of care, Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2017, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
L Nic Lochlainn, K O'Donnell, C Hurley, FLyons, D Igoe, Findings from the men who have sex with men (MSM) internet survey ireland (MISI): estimated proportion of MISI respondents eligible for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP) , Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2017, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
F. Lyons and the national HIV PrEP working group, 'Practical Guidance for Healthcare Workers in Ireland on HIV Pre Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)', https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/sexual-health/sexually-transmitted-infections/information-on-hiv/, 2017, 1 - 22, Protocol or guideline, PUBLISHED
  

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Human Papillomavirus and Genital warts: relationship and management in, editor(s)W. Prendiville, Philip Davies , The Health Professional's HPV Handbook: Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer, CRC Press, CRC Press, 2006, [F. Lyons], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Best oral presentation at the SSSTDI, Dublin. Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in an Irish setting 2002
Best oral presentation at the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology Annual Conference. Management of Abnormal Cytology in HIV-1 infected women (MACH-1) in the era of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) 2004
Best oral presentation at the SSSTDI, Dublin. Emergence of genotypic resistance despite HAART in HIV positive women in pregnancy 2004