Great conference today with LGBT Ireland on Addressing Invisibility in LGBTQIA+ Health and Social Care. I was there to present on the persistent gaps in our understanding of sexual minority women’s health and the importance of strengthening research, policy and practice in this area.

Delighted to share our latest article in Intl Journal of STD and AIDS With recent shifts in asymptomatic STI screening practices, we argue that decisions to reduce screening should consider not only epidemiological outcomes but wider socioecological concerns journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Delighted to be co-editing this forthcoming special issue in Public Health Nursing on LGBTQI+ Health in Public and Community Care. We welcome submissions exploring LGBTQI+ health needs, healthcare experiences, service delivery, policy, education and equity. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Today I’m honoured to receive a UCD Values in Action Award for fostering inclusion across and beyond the university. A very meaningful recognition of work grounded in equity, justice, belonging and the collective efforts of so many committed to making our institutions and healthcare more inclusive.

Booking link now live; please come and join me for some nostalgia & writing: www.kent.ac.uk/alumni/event...

Happy International Nurses Day! As a profession, I hope we continue to strive for healthcare that is more equitable, compassionate, and rooted in justice. Thinking especially of comrades providing care in Gaza & other humanitarian settings. Solidarity with nurses everywhere this #IND2026

Delighted to share this publication on the development of the world’s first guidelines for Universal Design for Learning in nursing practice learning environments. Great to already see them being used by clinical partners to support more inclusive nursing education journals.imist.ma/index.php/IJ...

It’s interesting to hear medical schools now putting forward ‘love’ in healthcare as a novel concept in medical education. Nursing has centred love in our praxis for generations - conceptualised by Prof Therese Meehan as ‘disinterested love’ in her Careful Nursing model www.carefulnursing.ie

Great to be in NYC again at Weill Cornell Medicine for the BNGAP LGBT Health Workforce Conference to present work from our studies on LGBTQ+ primary care clinicians experiences and our review of SOGI data in electronic health records doi.org/10.1111/jocn... doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

Great to collaborate again with @davidjjfield.bsky.social on our latest article in Nursing Standard With rising rates of syphilis in many, there is a clear need for nurses to feel confident in recognising it journals.rcni.com/nursing-stan... #Nursing #SexualHealth #STI #NurseEducation #syphilis

Our latest research on clinician awareness, attitudes, and prescribing practices relating to DoxyPEP in Ireland has been published in the International Journal of STD & AIDS. Grateful to collaborate with an excellent team of colleagues on this work. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I’m really honoured to have received a Values in Action (VIA) Award from University College Dublin. The VIA Awards recognise colleagues who bring UCD’s core values to life through their everyday work, in areas such as inclusion, engagement, and community impact.

New paper out in the International Journal of Nursing Studies We argue that current SOGI data in healthcare is too simplistic, reducing complex lives to static categories. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Delighted to share our new paper on clinicians providing primary care for LGBTQ+ people. The study shows how this work involves not only care, but advocacy, invisible labour, and navigating growing political hostility and precarity. doi.org/10.1111/jocn...

Heartbroken to hear the passing of Dolores Keane. I’ve been listening to her since I was a child, it’s hard to put into words how much her music has meant to me. Feels like the loss of something profoundly Irish, but the gift she left through her music will remain. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam

I don’t know why a version of this story gets telegraphed every six months. I don’t know why people scoff or find it objectionable and invariably the real story is never one about censorship. It’s a case of giving people information. It’s actually about being aware of trauma that isn’t your own.

Great to see our paper published in Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. The study explores clinicians’ experiences of responding to mental health crises among people experiencing homelessness in Ireland, conducted with SafetyNet Primary Care. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Recently, a photograph surfaced of my godmother and grand aunt, Aggie Martin. It made me think about the quiet ways women shape who we become, often without knowing it. #InternationalWomensDay

I am delighted to have been appointed Adjunct Fellow with the University of Western Sydney. I’m very much looking forward to working with and supporting colleagues in the School of Nursing and Midwifery to enhance LGBTQIA+ inclusion across teaching and learning.

Honoured to have been asked to contribute to a special issue marking 50 years of the Journal of Advanced Nursing, with a reflective commentary on the contribution of nursing to HIV care and prevention. doi.org/10.1111/jan....

First paper of the year 📄 Our survey of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men shows high interest in DoxyPEP, good knowledge, and 1/3 already using it, often sourced informally rather than via sexual health services. Now following up with a clinician study! sti.bmj.com/cgi/content/...

Really looking forward to delivering this webinar on 26 January 2026 at 18.30. Focusing on key foundations for understanding LGBTQIA+ health inequalities and what this means for contemporary nursing practice and education. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

“So total is the cis woman’s right to safety that she cannot even be asked to stop and think of the other; just as the total right to Jewish safety means that any appeal to the dignity of Palestinian life is already an antisemitic assault”. - powerful piece @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Amazing talk by @debbieging.bsky.social at the UCD Masculinities Observatory conference on the manosphere - going to be thinking about the gay manosphere for a long while!

Not my usual kinda gig but here at the One Health Conference on why empathetic, justice-oriented One Health policy must centre the realities of marginalised communities. Leaning on some of my research on mpox and DoxyPEP

Delighted to share our new commentary in Journal of Advanced Nursing: Reimagining Nursing Education in Ireland Through New National Standards. Ireland’s 2025 nursing standards offer a bold vision for an equity-focused, socially responsive nursing workforce onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Responding to ECDC/WHO report showing Ireland has the second-highest rate of overall cases per capita in Europe, Dr John Gilmore, assistant professor in the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, described the finding as ‘really disheartening’. Read more: www.imt.ie/news/ireland...

ECDC WHO report out this morning and it is worrying to see Ireland has the second highest rate of new HIV diagnoses in Europe. We have the tools to end new transmissions with U=U and PrEP, yet stigma, long waits for services and inequities in care continue to hold us back. #HIV #Ireland

Delighted to have our DoxyPEP research presented at the Society for the Study of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Ireland annual scientific meeting! A brilliant opportunity to share emerging evidence and spark important conversations. More to come! #DoxyPEP #SexualHealth #STIResearch #Ireland

Delighted to have another article out this week! 🌈📘 Our piece on Usualising and Specificising LGBTQI+ inclusion in nursing & midwifery education is now published in Nurse Education in Practice. #LGBTQI #NursingEducation #InclusiveTeaching #HealthcareEquality www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper alert! Our study explored how Universal Design for Learning is being embedded in nursing education in Ireland. Systemic leadership and faculty development are key to realising UDL’s full potential. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #UDL #NursingEducation #InclusiveTeaching

I’m delighted to join the Editorial Board of the International Journal of STD & AIDS. The journal is a leading international platform for the dissemination of high-quality research on sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and sexual health

Great few days at #IUSTI Athens great discussion, old friends, new ones (maybe a few new enemies!). Struck by lack of community voices though & stigmatising views at times, we won’t win the fight against STIs without community partnership. Big love to @thelovetankcic.bsky.social for great workshop

Great to be in Athens for the 38th Annual IUSTI Europe Congress (International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infection). I’m presenting our work on Awareness, Attitudes and early Use of DoxyPEP in Ireland!

Scoping Review of Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research in Ireland First national map of SGM health studies, key gaps, big questions, and a call for more inclusive, equity-focused research. Proud to lead and collaborate with a brilliant team! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I joined the Think UDL! podcast with Dr Freda Browne to share how we’re embedding Universal Design for Learning across nursing curricula & our co-design with students, practical guidelines for placement, and measurable change. Episode here: #UDL #NursingEducation open.spotify.com/episode/5Jo9...

Delighted to see our Universal Design for Practice Learning (Nursing) published today! They’re the world’s first such guidelines which will hopefully enhance student placements Funded through the University for ALL programme at UCD Access and Lifelong Learning unit www.ucd.ie/nmhs/newsand...

Our article “Exploring the Healthcare Experiences and Preferences of LGBT+ People: An Online Asynchronous Focus Group Study” is out in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Grateful to all who took part and shared their voices.🌈 Funded by @ucddublin.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

UCD One Health Centre Conference 2025 📅 9 Dec | 📍 O’Reilly Hall, UCD Dublin From Priorities and Clusters to Real-World Impact – One Health in Action 🔗 Register: bit.ly/1HealthUCD Early Bird Prices #UCDOneHealth2025 #OneHealthInAction #OneHealth @ucddublin.bsky.social

Listen to me and @benbgdalton.bsky.social discuss Queer Medical Humanities and different issues and approaches in queering health, healthcare and health futures open.spotify.com/episode/0v73...

‘People liked homosexuals if they were a sort of funhouse reflection of their own image. They didn’t want them to be completely different.’ Edmund White, ‘Give it Up for Billy’ (2002;2007) #Queer #Gay #EdmundWhite

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Associate Editor at International Journal of Nursing Practice!

I was honoured to be invited to speak at Stanford School of Medicine this morning about my research on LGBTQI+ health. It was a real privilege to share space with such an inspiring community of researchers and clinicians committed to advancing queer health. A meaningful way to spend my birthday!

It’s so good to see a total of four panels focussed on sexual and gender minority health at #SigmaCongress2025 Great to connect with nursing scientists making a difference to LGBTQ+ health equity

Chaired a great session this morning on workplace violence and nursing incivility - lots of reflections whether we’re just seeing a societal shift play out in our workplaces and profession. Regardless of the cause these are issues nursing urgently needs to deal with

Great to present findings from our scoping review on LGBTQ+ health research in Ireland and talk a little bit about next steps in making healthcare more equitable for LGBTQ+ people in Ireland! #SigmaCongress2025

Arrived safely in Seattle for the 36th annual nursing research congress hosted by Sigma Theta Tau - International Honor Society for Nursing

#Proud to showcase Dr. John Gilmore @gilmorejnurse.bsky.social. - his research focuses on the lived experiences of sexual & gender minorities in healthcare. Supporting efforts toward more equitable health systems. Read bit.ly/4f0fvDd #LGBTQIA #HealthEquity #SocialJustice @ucddublin.bsky.social

Excited to be heading to Seattle next week to speak at the 36th Annual Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Congress! I’m looking forward to connecting with colleagues from around the world and sharing insights from my work on LGBTQ+ Health in Ireland.

Very excited to be speaking at @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social this summer! I’ll share insights from the research conducted while I was in the USA as a Fulbright scholar, and plans for future research to enhance LGBTQI+ health in Ireland!