Mary Claire Kennedy

Mary-Claire is an Associate Professor and is the Academic Integrity Lead at University of Limerick.

She has experience in supporting students and academics in upholding academic integrity and managing academic misconduct cases.

She holds a BSc (Pharm) from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and is a Trinity Scholar ‘of the Sevens’. She was awarded an MPharm from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2010 and completed her PhD with the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, TCD in 2015. This PhD was undertaken through the Health Research Board (HRB) PhD Scholars Programme in Health Services Research. Mary-Claire worked as a community pharmacist and completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in Statistics with TCD while completing her PhD research.

Moving to the University of Leeds in 2015, she was Programme Lead for Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Pharmacists, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals in the School of Healthcare and was appointed Chair of the Academic Integrity Committee during her time with the School. She completed an M(Ed) with the University of Leeds in 2020 and also became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (or Advance HE). Returning to Ireland in 2022, she worked with the Irish Institute of Pharmacy. She completed a Professional Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring with Kingstown College in 2023.