Dr Siobhán Neville is a Consultant General Paediatrician with special interest in Inclusion Health at University Hospital Limerick and Associate Professor of Paediatrics at University of Limerick School of Medicine. Her primary clinical and research interests are in the area of Paediatric Inclusion Health and she endeavours to provide accessible, trauma-informed care to children and young people from communities experiencing social exclusion such as recent migrants (in particular, those in receipt of or seeking international protection), minoritised ethnic groups, and families experiencing homelessness.

Dr Neville graduated with first-class honours (MB BCh BAO) from UCD in 2011. She completed basic and higher specialist training in General Paediatrics through the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, during which she spent six months working in rural Tanzania as part of the VSO-RCPI Partnership Programme. She later completed a two-year Fellowship in Paediatric Hospital Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, where she developed her interest in medical education and completed the Sick Kids Teaching Scholars Program. She is co-editor of the 12th edition of the Hospital for Sick Children Handbook of Paediatrics. 

Associate Professor Neville has obtained Membership of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in the UK and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. She is a Fellow of the Faculty of Paediatrics of the RCPI, and a member of the International Society of Social Paediatrics and Child Health. She received a Postgraduate Leadership Award from the University of Toronto in 2020.  Associate Professor Neville obtained a Masters in Quality and Safety in Healthcare Management through the RCSI in 2018 and has been actively involved in quality improvement education and practice. Dr Neville worked as a Consultant in General Paediatrics at Children's Hospital Ireland at Temple Street in Dublin before taking up the role of Consultant Paediatrician and Senior Lecturer in Paediatrics at UL in 2021.

Qualifications: 

• MB BCh BAO (First Class Hons), University College Dublin, 2011
• MRCPI (Paediatrics), Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 2014
• MRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health UK, 2014
• MSc Quality and Safety in Healthcare Management, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, 2018

Professional experience: 

Associate Professor Neville worked as a Consultant General Paediatrician at Children's Hospital Ireland Temple Street before taking up her current clinical academic position. Along with her role as Associate Professor in Paediatrics at UL, she works as a Consultant General Paediatrician at University Hospital Limerick with special interest in Inclusion Health. 

Professional memberships: 
Fellow of the Faculty of Paediatrics of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (FFPAED)
Member of the International Society for Social Paediatrics and Child Health (ISSOP)

Research interests: 
Healthcare for children from marginalised populations 
Quality improvement
Medical education