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Hire Dr. Gerry H.
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Freelance Medical Writer | Expert in: Scientific Publishing-Medical Education-Grant Writing-Research Design/Analysis

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, General Proofreading & Editing
Research Market Research, User Research, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research
Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI Data Visualization, Data Insights
Work Experience

St. James's Hospital

- Present

Research Synergies Manager

St James's Hospital Dublin

June 2023 - Present

Research & Innovation Manager

St James's Hospital Dublin

March 2022 - June 2023

Clinical Researcher (PhD)

St James's Hospital Dublin

September 2017 - August 2021

Clinical Pharmacist

St James's Hospital Dublin

August 2012 - September 2017

Education

PhD Clinical Medicine

Trinity College Dublin

September 2017 - September 2021

PG Certificate Biostatistics

Trinity College Dublin

October 2017 - June 2018

MSc Clinical Pharmacy

University College Cork

September 2013 - October 2015

MPharm

Robert Gordon University

September 2006 - June 2010

BSc (Hons)

University of Galway

September 2002 - June 2006

Certifications
  • Certification details not provided.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Gerry Hughes, Colm Kerr, Niamh Allen, Martina Kelly, Fiona O’Rourke, Yvonne Lynagh, Jean Dunne, Brendan Crowley, Niall Conlon, Colm Bergin (2022). SARS-CoV-2 anti-nucleocapsid assay performance in healthcare workers at baseline and 6 months . Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -).
Gerry Hughes and Robert Cunney and David Mockler and Alida Fe Talento and Aisling O' Leary and Colm Bergin(2022). The use of complexity theory to inform antimicrobial stewardship: a scoping review . Journal of Hospital Infection. Elsevier {BV}
Gerry Hughes and Eilis O' Toole and Una Coleman and Alida Fe Talento and Keith Doyle and Aisling O' Leary and Colm Bergin(2022). Beyond consumption: a qualitative investigation of hospital clinician attitudes to receiving feedback on antimicrobial prescribing quality . Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology. 2. (1). Cambridge University Press ({CUP})
O'Doherty L, Hendricken Phelan S, Wood N et al. Study protocol for the St James's Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital, Trinity College Dublin Allied Researchers' (STTAR) Bioresource for COVID-19 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] HRB Open Res 2022, 5:20 (https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13498.1) .
Acceptability of and symptom findings from an online symptom check-in tool for COVID-19 outpatient follow-up among a predominantly healthcare worker population @article{2021, doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050444}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1136%2Fbmjopen-2021-050444}, year = 2021, month = {sep}, publisher = {{BMJ}}, volume = {11}, number = {9}, pages = {e050444}, author = {Colm Kerr and Simon O' Regan and Donnacha Creagh and Gerry Hughes and Una Geary and Mary-Paula Colgan and Caitriona Canning and Zenia Martin and Concepta Merry and Noirin Noonan and Colm Bergin}, title = {Acceptability of and symptom findings from an online symptom check-in tool for {COVID}-19 outpatient follow-up among a predominantly healthcare worker population}} . BMJ Open.
Dynamic Assay for Profiling Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies and Their ACE2/Spike RBD Neutralization Capacity @article{2021, doi = {10.3390/v13071371}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3390%2Fv13071371}, year = 2021, month = {jul}, publisher = {{MDPI} {AG}}, volume = {13}, number = {7}, pages = {1371}, author = {Thomas Phelan and Jean Dunne and Niall Conlon and Cl{\'{\i}}ona N{\'{\i}} Cheallaigh and W. Mark Abbott and Raquel Faba-Rodriguez and Fatima Amanat and Florian Krammer and Mark A. Little and Gerry Hughes and Colm Bergin and Colm Kerr and Sudharshana Sundaresan and Aideen Long and William McCormack and Gareth Brady}, title = {Dynamic Assay for Profiling Anti-{SARS}-{CoV}-2 Antibodies and Their {ACE}2/Spike {RBD} Neutralization Capacity}} . Viruses.
Gerry Hughes, Ellen Martin, Marie Philbin, Colm Bergin, Alida Fe Talento (2021). Antimicrobial stewardship challenges and innovative initiatives in the acute hospital setting during the COVID-19 pandemic . Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
Improved diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 by using nucleoprotein and spike protein fragment 2 in quantitative dual ELISA tests @article{2021, doi = {10.1017/s0950268821001308}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs0950268821001308}, year = 2021, publisher = {Cambridge University Press ({CUP})}, volume = {149}, author = {Carolina De Marco Verissimo and Carol O{\textquotesingle}Brien and Jes{\'{u}}s L{\'{o}}pez Corrales and Amber Dorey and Krystyna Cwiklinski and Richard Lalor and Jack M. Doyle and Stephen Field and Claire Masterson and Eduardo Ribes Martinez and Gerry Hughes and Colm Bergin and Kieran Walshe and Bairbre McNicholas and John G. Laffey and John P. Dalton and Colm Kerr and Sean Doyle}, title = {Improved diagnosis of {SARS}-{CoV}-2 by using nucleoprotein and spike protein fragment 2 in quantitative dual {ELISA} tests}} . Epidemiology and Infection.
(2020). Changing Disease Epidemiology to Inform Expanded Coronavirus Disease 2019 Testing . Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Gerry Hughes, Liam Townsend, Colm Kerr, Mary Kelly, Roisin O’Connor, Eileen Sweeney, Catriona Doyle, Ruth O’Riordan, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Colm Bergin, et al.(2020). Bacterial pneumonia coinfection and antimicrobial therapy duration in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection . JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 2. (3). Oxford University Press ({OUP})
Gerry Hughes, Eilis O’Toole, Alida Fe Talento, Aisling O’Leary, Colm Bergin(2020). Evaluating patient attitudes to increased patient engagement with antimicrobial stewardship: a quantitative survey . JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 2. (3). Oxford University Press ({OUP})
(2020). Prevalence of smell and taste dysfunction in a cohort of CoVID19 outpatients managed through remote consultation from a large urban teaching hospital in Dublin, Ireland . Infection Prevention in Practice.
A.F. Talento and G. Hughes and E. Cottrell and C. Bergin(2018). Response to Enoch et al . Journal of Hospital Infection. 100. (2). p. 147--148. Elsevier {BV}