Professor Fidelma Dunne, MD, PhD, FRCP (UK), FRCPI, MRIA, Director of the Institute for Clinical Trials, Professor of Translational Clinical Trials, Clinician scientist and Consultant endocrinologist at Galway university hospital (GUH)

Fidelma Dunne is a Professor of Translational Clinical Trials, Clinician scientist and Director of the Institute for Clinical Trials, University of Galway and Consultant endocrinologist at Galway university hospital (GUH). She holds an MD (University College Cork), PhD (University of Birmingham UK), Masters Medical Education (University of Dundee Scotland), and Master’s Clinical Research (University of Galway). She was a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University New York in 2015. In addition, she is a PI and Director of the All-Ireland Clinical Trial Network in Diabetes and an Adjunct Professor at Steno Diabetes Research Centre Odense Denmark (2025-2030).

Professor Dunne has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to advancing education training research and improving outcomes in the critical area of diabetes and pregnancy over 25 years with >260 peer review publications, 13,000 citations, H index of 64. She was awarded the International Jorgen Pedersen (DPSG Europe 2021) and Norbert Freinkel awards (ADA 2024) for contributions in this field and has been elected a member of the prestigious Royal Irish Academy (2024). She was co-chair in the development of a national Model of Care for women with Diabetes in pregnancy (2024).

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