Niamh Geaney qualified as a Registered General Nurse in the UK in 1990.  She worked in a large London hospital for 10 years before returning to Cork where she worked in the Intensive Care Unit in the Mercy University Hospital.  In 2003 she began working in working in a privately owned Clinical Research Organisation, Shandon Clinical Trials Ltd.  There, she worked as a Clinical Research Nurse initially before moving to the role of Study Monitor. During her time as Study Monitor, she gained a great deal of experience in the conducting, execution and reporting of clinical trials.  

 After leaving Shandon Clinical Trials, she then worked as a Pharmacovigilance Officer in SMPC Ltd, a company providing contract Pharmacovigilance services to the Pharmaceutical Industry. She also worked as a Clinical Research Manager for Atlantia Food Clinical Trials Ltd., an independent Clinical Research Organisation specialising in clinical trials in the area of food for health.  Ms Geaney joined the Neonatal Brain Research Group, (part of The INFANT Centre), Cork University Maternity Hospital in September 2013 as Study Monitor for the HIP Study. The HIP Trial is an EU FP7 funded project and is the largest multi centred European study in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns (ELGANs).

Email: ngeaney@ucc.ie