Professor Sinéad Harney

Professor Harney graduated from UCG in 1994 and did her specialist training in Rheumatology and General Medicine in Dublin. She completed her final training in Oxford in 2005 and was awarded a DPhil by thesis titled “Major Histocompatibility Genetics of Rheumatoid Arthritis”. Professor Harney joined the rheumatology team in CUH in 2005 as a rheumatology consultant. She completed a Masters in Sports and Exercise Medicine in UCC in 2007. Her research interests include the Genetics of inflammatory arthritis and occult cardiovascular disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis. She is a board member of the TUE committee of the Irish Sports Council.