Professor Louise Kenny MBChB Hons, PhD MRCOG

Executive Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Health & Life Sciences

Prior to joining the University Louise was Professor of Obstetrics and Consultant Obstetrician at Cork University Maternity Hospital.

Louise was the founding Director of the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funded Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT www.infantcentre.ie). Louise has a longstanding clinical and research interest in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Her research group is supported by more than €30 million of peer-reviewed funding and her work has resulted in more than 200 peers reviewed original papers, reviews and book chapters.

Louise has received numerous awards for her work, including the prestigious title of Researcher of the Year by SFI (2015) and 2015 Irish Tatler magazine Woman of the Year Award for STEM. Louise received a CBE for her work in 2022.