Sinéad is a Lecturer in Quality and Patient Safety, teaching on the School's undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Sinéad has a passionate interest in research relating to patient safety and medical education, developed through her work with the West Northwest Intern Training Network and the Irish Centre for Applied Patient Safety and Simulation. She is involved with a number of ongoing projects which share the common aim of identifying factors that contribute to deficient patient safety and medical errors, improving the delivery and efficacy of medical education, and developing strategies and interventions to improve the quality of patient care delivered in healthcare settings.