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Dr. Katy Tobin

Assistant Professor in Biostatistics (Public Health & Primary Care)
Assistant Professor in Biostatistics (Trinity Inst. of Neurosciences (TCIN))
 (3531896) 8567
      
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Dr. Katy Tobin

Assistant Professor in Biostatistics (Public Health & Primary Care)

 Katy.Tobin@tcd.ie

 

Assistant Professor in Biostatistics (Trinity Inst. of Neurosciences (TCIN))

 (3531896) 8567


Katy Tobin is a biostatistician at the Global Brain Health Institute and the Discipline of Public Health and Primary Care in the School of Medicine. Katy holds a PhD from Trinity College Dublin in Biomathematics of infectious disease and a first class double honours BSc. in Applied Mathematics and Biology from NUI Maynooth. Over the past 10 years, she has developed her skills in the application of mathematical and statistical methods to solve complex healthcare problems. Her research interests include neurodegenerative disease, brain health, alcohol use, prevention, lifecourse epidemiology, and infectious diseases.
  Addiction and substance abuse   Ageing, memory and other cognitive processes   Biostatistical methods   Epidemiology   Health outcomes   Infectious diseases   Mathematical modelling   Neurodegeneration   Patterns of health   Public health   Vaccines
Project Title
 DIVE (dementia inclusion through virtual empathy training): a VR training for dementia awareness and empathy in public spaces and wider communities across five European countries
From
To
Summary
Funding Agency
Erasmus+
Project Title
 FASDcare: Understanding the needs and caregiver burden among family caregivers of people with FASD in Ireland
From
2021
To
Summary
Funding Agency
Irish Research Council
Project Title
 Adaptation of the Communities That Care (CTC) Youth Survey for the Irish Context
From
01/26
To
Summary
Funding Agency
South Western Substance Use Regional Forum
Project Title
 Developing and evaluating a community and evidence-based model of prevention
From
09/25
To
09/28
Summary
Funding Agency
Clondalkin Prevention Lab, Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force.,
Project Title
 SENSE-Cog Care: A feasibility study of hearing and vision support to improve quality of life in care home residents with dementia
From
06/2021
To
05/2023
Summary
Over 70% of residents with dementia (RwD) in nursing homes live with under-recognised and under-treated hearing &/or vision impairment. This reduces quality of life, contributes to poor dementia-related outcomes, and significantly increases the cost of care. Reversing hearing/vision impairments may cost-effectively improve outcomes for RwD. Our EU-funded SENSE-Cog programme (www.sense-cog.eu), is currently evaluating a home-based hearing/vision intervention (HVI) for people with dementia; we are now adapting this HVI for nursing homes.
Funding Agency
Health Research Board
Programme
Definitive Intervention and Feasibility Awards
Project Type
Health Services Research
Person Months
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Anna"Marie Paavonen; Elizabeth M. McCarthy; Katy M. Tobin, The needs and challenges among family caregivers of children and young people with FASD in Ireland, Journal of Public Health, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Wang F, Tobin K, Thomas S, Lowe R, Adrion ER, Unmet need, under-met need and public financing of home care in England., Ageing and Society, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
J. P. Connelly, Erin Boland, Brenda Buckley, Niall Curley, Amr El Refaie, Miriam Galvin, Matthew Gibb, Liz Graham, Brendan Lennon, Alejandro Lopez Valdes, Ann-Michelle Mullally, Nicole Müller, Janice Nolan-Palmer, Gerald O" Nolan, Cíara O"Reilly, Valeria Raaft Rezk, Helen Rochford-Brennan, Katy Tobin, Helen Tormey, Dominic Trépel & Iracema Leroi, SENSE-Cog Residential Care: hearing and vision support for residents with dementia in long-term care in Ireland"protocol for a pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial, Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Liam Costello, Akinsola Ogunbowale, Katy Tobin, Leo F A Stassen, Liam A. Costello, Impact of vitamin D deficiency on disease outcomes in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study, Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Gribben, A., Burke, T., Harrington, C., Husein, A., Murnane, K. S., Hendricks, P. S., Tobin, K., Ivers, J. H., Thuery, G., Harkin, A. & Kelly, J. R., Amid magic and menace: psychiatrists' attitudes to psilocybin therapy, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Darker C.D., Dempster, M., O"Connor C., O"Connell, N., Nicolson, G., Graham, C., Zgaga, L., Burke, E., Mather, L., Barry, J., Scally, G., Nolan, A., Tobin, K., & Crowley, P, Non-adherence to COVID-19 containment behaviours: results from an all-Ireland telephone survey, 16th European Public Health Conference `Our Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanity, Dublin, Ireland, 2023, 2023, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Johnston BM, Daveson B, Normand C, Ryan K, Smith M, McQuillan R, Higginson I, Selman L, Tobin K, BuildCARE, Preferences of Older People With a Life-Limiting Illness: A Discrete Choice Experiment., Journal of pain and symptom management, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Martin Dempster, Nicola O'Connell, Christopher D. Graham, Cliodhna O'Connor, Lina Zgaga, Emma Burke, Luke Mather, Gail Nicolson, Joe Barry, Gabriel Scally, Ann Nolan. Katy Tobin, Philip Crowley and Catherine D. Darker, Non-adherence to COVID-19 containment behaviours: results from an all-Ireland telephone surv, BMC Public Health, 22, (898), 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
McNicholas, T. and Tobin, K. and O'Callaghan, S. and Kenny, R.A., Global cognitive performance at 4-year follow-up in individuals with atrial fibrillation - Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Age and Ageing, 50, (6), 2021, p2192-2198 , Notes: [cited By 1], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Nolan, A., Burke, S., Burke, E., Darker, C., Barry, J., O'Connell, N., Zgaga, L., Mather, L., Nicolson, G., Dempster, M., Graham, C., Crowley, P., O'Connor, C., Tobin, K and Scally, G., Obstacles to Public Health that even Pandemics cannot Overcome: The Politics of Covid-19 on the Island of Ireland, Irish Studies in International Affairs, 32, (2), 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Connelly JP, Boland Erin, Buckley Brenda, Curley Niall, Refaie Amr El, Galvin Miriam, Gibb Matthew, Graham Liz, Lennon Brendan, Valdes Alejandro Lopez, Mullally Anne-Michelle, Muller Nicole, Nolan-Palmer Janice, O'Nolan Gerald, O'Reilly Ciara, Rezk Valeria Raaft, Rochford-Brennan Helen, Tobin Katy, Tormey Helen, Trepel Dominic, Leroi Iracema, 'SENSE-Cog Residential Care: Hearing and vision support for residents with dementia in long-term care in Ireland: Protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial', Research Square, 2023, -, Notes: [Pre-Registered Study], Protocol or guideline, PUBLISHED
Katy Tobin, FASDcare: Understanding the experiences and needs of family caregivers of people with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Ireland, 2023, p1 - 26, Report, PUBLISHED
M. Hann, K. Tobin & H. Tormey, Sense-Cog RC_SAP_V.1.0_01.06.22, 2022, -, Notes: [Statistical Analysis Plan], Miscellaneous, SUBMITTED
Katy Tobin, Prevalence of Drug Use and Gambling in Ireland and Drug use in Northern Ireland 2014/15 Drug Prevalence Survey: Gambling Results, Ireland, Department of Health, 2019, p1 - 16, Report, PUBLISHED
Katy Tobin, Prevalence of Drug Use and Gambling in Ireland and Drug use in Northern Ireland 2014/15 Drug Prevalence Survey: Prescription Drugs Results, Ireland, Department of Health, Sept, 2018, p1 - 26, Report, PUBLISHED
Katy Tobin, Prevalence of Drug Use and Gambling in Ireland and Drug use in Northern Ireland 2014/15 Drug Prevalence Survey: Cannabis Results, Ireland, Department of Health, 2018, p1 - 30, Report, PUBLISHED
Katy Tobin, Prevalence of Drug Use and Gambling in Ireland and Drug use in Northern Ireland 2014/15 Drug Prevalence Survey: Polydrug and New Psychoactive Substances Results, Ireland, Department of Health, 2018, p1 - 26, Report, PUBLISHED
Katy Tobin, Prevalence of Drug Use and Gambling in Ireland and Drug Use in Northern Ireland 2014/15: Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force (Ireland) and Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland) Results, Ireland, Feb, 2017, p1 - 140, Report, PUBLISHED
Katy Tobin, Prevalence of Drug Use and Gambling in Ireland and Drug Use in Northern Ireland, Ireland, Department of Health, nov, 2016, p1 - 48, Report, PUBLISHED