Research Officer
Grace Phillips is an early‑career researcher and PhD candidate in the College of Medicine and Health at University College Cork (UCC). Her PhD research focuses on postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder after a traumatic childbirth. Her academic background is in public health and epidemiology, and she holds an honours undergraduate degree in Public Health and a Master of Public Health (Epidemiology pathway), both from UCC.
Previously, Grace worked on various research projects within the School of Public Health and the School of Nursing and Midwifery at UCC and as a Research Officer at the NSRF.
Grace has contributed to commissioned reports, peer‑reviewed publications and has presented her research at national and international conferences, engaging with multidisciplinary audiences across public health, mental health, and suicide prevention research.
Grace’s research interests include perinatal mental health, the social and structural determinants of mental health, and suicide prevention in high‑risk groups.
View Grace’s research profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3202-9790
