Professor Breida Boyle

Professor Breida Boyle Consultant Microbiologist,St.James`s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland and Clinical Associate Professor , Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Tel: 00353-1-4162971 Email: bboyle@stjames.ie, boyleb@tcd.ie Profile Summary Consultant Microbiologist, St.James`s Hospital, Dublin, Clinical Associate Professor in Clinical Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin since 2007. Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, London. Fellow of the Faculty of Pathology, Royal College of Physicians Ireland, 2015. Instigator , developer and module convener Masters , MSc In HealthCare Infection (Management) , Trinity College Dublin. Deputy Medical Director of the National Interim Gonoccocal Reference Laboratory. Main research interests are health-care associated infection including aspects of prevention and economics of healthcare associated infection. As Clinical lead in Infection Prevention and Control , St.James Hospital oversaw the transition of the service to a Quality Managed System , developing e-learning programmes, web-based policies/tools/audits , Multi-drug resistance preparedness, service delivery of educational sessions to almost 2,000 healthcare workers per annum,while supervising Msc theses in this area and publishing research. Invited speaker to the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases , Amstersdam 2019 on research in the area of Diagnostic Stewardship and economic benefit. Current Committee Membership International Treasurer of European Union Committee of Medical Specialists (UEMS)-Multidisciplinary Joint Committee in Infection Control , UEMS-MJC-IC Member,European Union Committee of Medical Specialists ,Subspecialty Medical Microbiology Committee (UEMS-SMM) Member UEMS-SMM examination subgroup Liaision officier UEMS-SMM to European Committee on Infection Control (EUCIC) National Secretary of the ISCM ( Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists) 2013-2016 Current Executive member of the ISCM Committee Member of Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Specialist Training Committee Medical Microbiology , Faculty of Pathology The following Committees producing National Guidance : Member of the National Forum on Gonorrhoea AMR Member of the National Cancer Clinical Programme (NCCP) development committee on Guidance for Haematology/Oncology Day ward Facilities Member of The Irish Helicobacter pylori Working Group :consensus for the diagnosis and treatment of H. pylori infection in adult patients in Ireland Member of the National Cancer Clinical Programme (NCCP) National Prostate Biopsy Infection Project Board Medical education: Curriculum development National Higher Specialist Training programme in Microbiology, medical school curriculum reviewer, author Post CSCST Fellowship in Transplanation Medicine-Haemopoietic Stem cell and National Transplant Coordination Curriculum. St.James`s Hospital, Dublin. Clinical Lead Clinical Microbiology, Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. Member PCHCAI Committee , previous Hospital Clinical Lead Infection Prevention and Control Committee. Consultant lead Quality reviewer Clinical Microbiology Department and member of Laboratory Quality Management Committee. Prof.Boyle is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching to a wide spectrum of healthcare disciplines in relation to HealthCare Infection and Clinical Microbiology; groups included medical students,consultants, post grad. nursing colleagues, pharmacists, scientists, biomedical scientists, molecular scientists, radiographers etc. Prof.Boyle has demonstrated innovation in concept and concept implementation in medical postgraduate curriculum having devised the concept and formulated the original curriculum for the Masters in HealthCare Infection (Management) as well as acting as module convenor and supervisor for Msc theses for a number of years.

  ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP   DIAGNOSTIC STEWARDSHIP   HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION COST   Microbiology   Translational microbiology