Gary Foley

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About Gary Foley

GP, Researcher, Educator, Passionate about Child Health and Health Equity. Investigating the barriers and successes to healthcare access and engagement for those who need it most. GP lead at the Roma Clinic, Tallaght ensuring this vulnerable population have a dedicated local clinic to try and optimise their healthcare. GP Teaching Fellow, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. This involves creating and delivering educational content aimed at medical students showing the different aspects of primary care, focusing on paediatrics and health equity. Assistant Programme Director - ICGP/TCD GP training scheme. Here, as part of the training team, we deliver world class primary care training to future GPs, ensuring that they will be safe and competent primary care physicians upon completion of the scheme. Clinical PhD looking at how air pollution affects pneumococcal infection in children and newborns. Secondary project investigating how air pollution influences SARS-CoV-2 infections. Awared by Queen Mary University London The Royal London Children’s Hospital, Whitechapel, London. Career Goals: Primary care physician with a special interest in paediatric primary care management and public health measures aimed at delivering safe and effective healthcare to vulnerable populations. Main Qualifications: MICGP (Irish College of General Practitioners) Clinical PhD (Queen Mary University of London) MRCGP (The Royal College of General Practitioners) MRCPCH (The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health) MB BCh BAO (University College Dublin) BA (Mod) Biochemistry with Immunology (Trinity College Dublin) Research Interests Inclusion health and healthcare access to vulnerable populations. Effects of air pollution on adult and child health Paediatric infectious diseases and allergy Air pollution exposure and infectious disease Infection and cell surface receptors