About
Barbara Gormley MPRII, is an Irish Research Council Scholar and lecturer in the Schools of Psychology and Communication at Dublin City University (DCU). Barbara’s current area of research and expertise is in Health/Science Communications, specifically, high-risk and crises that are associated with public health emergencies, namely the H1N1, Swine Flu and SARS – CoV- 2/ COVID-19 pandemics. During COVID-19, Barbara was seconded to the Communications and Behavioural Committee that advised NPHET on COVID-19 responses. As well as lecturing across various media and communications disciplines at the undergraduate level, Barbara lectures on the MSc in Science and Health Communication at DCU, where she is a member of the Celsius research cluster. She is a member of the Public Relations Institute of Ireland, where she lectures on the Diploma in Public Relations.