Sinéad Donnelly

Sinéad Donnelly
Sinéad Donnelly
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Otago
Thesis	The experiences of ethical issues at the end of life for first and second year doctors (2020); ;
Academic advisors	Lynley Anderson, Simon Walker
Academic work
Institutions	University of Otago

Sinéad Donnelly (also Ni Dhonnghaile) is an Irish–New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in palliative care.

Academic career

Donnelly was born in Ireland, and trained there as a palliative and general medicine physician. Her father was a physician, and her whole family trained in health care.^[1] Donnelly trained with Ireland's first palliative medicine specialists Dr Michael Kearney and Professor Tony O’Brien.^[1]  

Donnelly completed a Master of Health Science in 2020 titled The experiences of ethical issues at the end of life for first and second year doctors at the University of Otago.^[2] Donnelly then completed a research PhD at the Cleveland Clinic in America. She was the first Irish doctor to be awarded a doctorate for research on palliative medicine.^[3] Donnelly joined the faculty of the University of Otago in Wellington in 2009, and works at Wellington Hospital.^[4] She was appointed associate professor in 2020 and full professor in 2024.^[5]^[4]

Donnelly is Chair of the network Hospital Palliative Care Aotearoa, and a founding member of the Palliative Care Collaborative Aotearoa, which advocates for "better, more equitable palliative care available across New Zealand".^[4]^[6] Donnelly has produced six documentaries about social justice issues and palliative care, some of which have been shown on television and used in medical training. In 2023 her documentary Te Whakahemohemo, The Way We Care, showed stories of dying patients and their carers, and the healthcare professionals around them. It premiered at the Roxy Cinema in Miramar, Wellington, and was shown on Maori TV.^[7]^[4]

Selected works

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Donnelly, Sinead (30 June 2024). "Dr Sinead Donnelly: Palliative medicine uses morphine with care". NZ Herald. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
C A MacRae; N Ghaisas; S Kass; et al. (September 1995). "Familial Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome maps to a locus on chromosome 7q3". Journal of Clinical Investigation. 96 (3): 1216–20. doi:10.1172/JCI118154. ISSN 0021-9738. PMC 185741. PMID 7657794. Wikidata Q24679142.
David J Meagher; Maria Moran; Bangaru Raju; Dympna Gibbons; Sinead Donnelly; Jean Saunders; Paula T Trzepacz (1 February 2007). "Phenomenology of delirium. Assessment of 100 adult cases using standardised measures". British Journal of Psychiatry. 190: 135–141. doi:10.1192/BJP.BP.106.023911. ISSN 0007-1250. PMID 17267930. Wikidata Q48478872.
Sinead Donnelly; Mellar P Davis; Declan Walsh; Michael Naughton; World Health Organization (1 January 2002). "Morphine in cancer pain management: a practical guide". Supportive Care in Cancer. 10 (1): 13–35. doi:10.1007/S005200100274. ISSN 0941-4355. PMID 11777184. Wikidata Q34484587.
Sinead Donnelly (28 April 2020). "The Elderly & COVID-19: Cocooning or Culling: - the choice is ours". QJM. doi:10.1093/QJMED/HCAA145. ISSN 1460-2725. PMC 7197567. PMID 32343807. Wikidata Q94446009.

References

^ ^a ^b "Latest medical professor success | CCDHB". www.ccdhb.org.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ Ni Dhonnghaile, Sinead (2020). The experiences of ethical issues at the end of life for first and second year doctors (Master of Health Sciences thesis). University of Otago. hdl:10523/10262.
^ Otago, University of (27 June 2024). "Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Sinéad Donnelly". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Otago, University of (12 December 2023). "Otago announces 29 new professors". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ Biochemistry, Department of (10 December 2019). "30 new Professors for the University of Otago". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ "PCCA – Palliative Care Collaborative Aotearoa | We advocate, lead and advise to get better, more equitable palliative care in NZ". pcca.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
^ Otago, University of (25 October 2023). "The way we care". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

External links

Sinead Donnelly talking about euthanasia, 9 December 2018, via YouTube
Donnelly's documentaries on Vimeo

[:1-1] "Latest medical professor success | CCDHB". www.ccdhb.org.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[2] Ni Dhonnghaile, Sinead (2020). The experiences of ethical issues at the end of life for first and second year doctors (Master of Health Sciences thesis). University of Otago. hdl:10523/10262.

[3] Otago, University of (27 June 2024). "Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Sinéad Donnelly". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[:0-4] Otago, University of (12 December 2023). "Otago announces 29 new professors". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[5] Biochemistry, Department of (10 December 2019). "30 new Professors for the University of Otago". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[6] "PCCA – Palliative Care Collaborative Aotearoa | We advocate, lead and advise to get better, more equitable palliative care in NZ". pcca.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

[7] Otago, University of (25 October 2023). "The way we care". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2024.

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