Dr Barbara Burke

Dr Barbara Burke is a Specialist Registrar in Obstetrics & Gynaecology with the Royal College of Physicians Ireland (RCPI), and a Clinical Research Fellow and PhD candidate at INFANT, UCC. The focus of her research is the prediction of at-risk pregnancies and sentinel perinatal events associated with early brain injury and cerebral palsy. This project is part of the ELEVATE programme, and is funded via Research Ireland and The Cerebral Palsy Foundation. Dr Burke’s supervisors are Professor Keelin O’Donoghue, Professor Maeve Eogan and Professor Gordon Lightbody.

Career Profile:

• 2025 – Present                Clinical Research Fellow, INFANT
• 2022 – Present                 RCPI Higher Specialist Training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• 2022 – 2023                     Lead NCHD, The Coombe Hospital
• 2021 – 2022                     Forensic Examiner, Sexual Assault Treatment Unit, Cork
• 2021                                  MRCPI Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• 2019 – 2022                     RCPI Basic Specialist Training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• 2018 – 2019                     Internship, South Intern Network

Education Profile

• 2025 – Present                PhD Candidate, UCC
• 2023 – 2025                     Postgraduate Diploma in Genomic Medicine, University of Exeter
• 2022 – 2023                     Professional Certificate in Healthcare Management Practice, UCD
• 2020 – 2022                     Graduate Certificate in Obstetric Ultrasound, UCD
• 2014 – 2018                     Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, UL
• 2012 – 2013                     MSc Evolutionary Biology, UCD
• 2006 – 2010                     BSc Zoology, UCC