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Dr Emma O'Neill
BVSc BSc PhD DipECVIM-CA DSAM
FRCVS
- Location: Ireland
- Year of Fellowship: 2023
- Route to Fellowship: Meritorious Contributions to Clinical practice
Field of work
Universities and colleges
Areas of special interest
- Canine liver disease
- Veterinary education
- Evidence based practice
Areas of support
- Collaborative research
- Innovation in professional practice
- One Health Agenda
- Professional mentoring
- Promoting knowledge and best practice
- Translating research into veterinary practice
Professional positions
- Associate Professor Small Animal Medicine, University College Dublin
- Programme Director Graduate Certificate in Small Animal Medicine, University College Dublin
- Member of International Council for Veterinary Assessment (ICVA) Academic Veterinary Assessment Committee
- Member of Academic Council, University College Dublin
Awards
- University Level Teaching Excellence Award (2021-22), University College Dublin - recognition of sustained commitment to teaching excellence and student learning
- College of Health and Agricultural Sciences Teaching award (2021-22), University College Dublin.
- Fellowship in Teaching and Academic Development (2019-21), University College Dublin
Biography
Emma graduated from the University of Bristol with a BSc(Hons) in Physiology (1992) and a BVSc (1994), completing a residency in Small Animal Medicine 1998. Emma was awarded a Wellcome Trust Veterinary PhD Studentship to study at Bristol Medical School, gaining a PhD in Immunology (2003).
Emma joined University College Dublin (2002) as Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine becoming Associate Professor 2018, having gained both the RCVS and European College Diplomas in Small Animal Medicine (2004). Emma holds two Post Graduate Diplomas in Teaching and Learning and gained a UCD Fellowship in Teaching and Academic Development (2019-21), completing an institution-wide research project that explored student metacognitive skills development.
Emma designed, developed and directs the UCD Graduate Certificate in Small Animal Medicine, a distance education programme for Veterinarians. A recipient of a 2021-22 University Teaching Excellence Award, Emma is passionate about teaching and equipping students with the appropriate skills to help them realise their full potential. Her teaching spans the undergraduate veterinary and vet nursing programmes, the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine programme and ECVIM residency training, with extensive experiential clinical teaching within UCD’s veterinary teaching hospital. Emma has had substantial involvement with ECVIM specialist examinations and her primary areas of interest are canine liver disease, veterinary education and evidence based practice.
Emma joined University College Dublin (2002) as Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine becoming Associate Professor 2018, having gained both the RCVS and European College Diplomas in Small Animal Medicine (2004). Emma holds two Post Graduate Diplomas in Teaching and Learning and gained a UCD Fellowship in Teaching and Academic Development (2019-21), completing an institution-wide research project that explored student metacognitive skills development.
Emma designed, developed and directs the UCD Graduate Certificate in Small Animal Medicine, a distance education programme for Veterinarians. A recipient of a 2021-22 University Teaching Excellence Award, Emma is passionate about teaching and equipping students with the appropriate skills to help them realise their full potential. Her teaching spans the undergraduate veterinary and vet nursing programmes, the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine programme and ECVIM residency training, with extensive experiential clinical teaching within UCD’s veterinary teaching hospital. Emma has had substantial involvement with ECVIM specialist examinations and her primary areas of interest are canine liver disease, veterinary education and evidence based practice.