Ms Suzanne Smith

Research Policy Compliance Officer

Research & Graduate Studies Office

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Biography

With a social science background, I have experience in both the U.S. and Ireland across a range of roles including: intercultural relations and anti-racism training, addiction interventions, higher education administration, business promotion, adult education teaching, undergraduate lecturing, academic research, postgraduate student supervision, primary school management, voluntary organisation governance, living lab management, as well as research funding, policy, and culture.

Qualifications & Awards

B.Soc.Sc (University College Dublin); H.Dip.in Business for small enterprise support (DkIT); MSc by research (DkIT) on the topic of: The Barriers to access and use of GP out-of-hours services for older people; currently engaged in PhD studies (VUB, Belgium).

Research & Interests

My interests lie in social justice (promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in the education sector as well as in health and social care contexts) and enhancing equal opportunities for engagement and contribution in society through open access to education and research. My prior research has been in the areas of anti-racism, intercultural relations, immigration, equality, and digital health/wellbeing in older age.

Publications

The publications listed below represent my 10 most recent works as recorded on ORCiD

BMC Women's Health
9 February 2026
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-025-04204-1
Type: Journal article

JMIR Research Protocols
25 November 2025
DOI: 10.2196/74989
Type: Journal article

Geriatrics
30 September 2025
DOI: 10.3390/geriatrics10050128
Type: Journal article

29 July 2025
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7087419/v1
Type: Preprint

26 June 2025
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI250676
Type: Book chapter

15 May 2025
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI250489
Type: Book chapter

28 March 2025
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.74989
Type: Preprint

Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research
24 January 2025
DOI: 10.1007/s41666-024-00183-4
Type: Journal article

2025
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-85572-6_4
Type: Book chapter

Heart Rhythm O2
July 2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2024.06.003
Type: Journal article

Ms Suzanne Smith

Biography

Qualifications & Awards

Research & Interests

Publications

Videos

Daycare@Home: Developing an innovative sustainable digital community daycare intervention

Designing Daycare@Home using NVivo

Ms Suzanne Smith

Biography

Qualifications & Awards

Research & Interests

Publications

A robber of joy or a natural transition? a qualitative exploration of women’s menopause experiences in Ireland A robber of joy or a natural transition? a qualitative exploration of women’s menopause experiences in Ireland

Coping Together: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Work of Home Health Care Assistants in Ireland Coping Together: A Qualitative Study Exploring the Work of Home Health Care Assistants in Ireland

Bother: a concept analysis and implications for digital health inclusion in older age Bother: a concept analysis and implications for digital health inclusion in older age

Progressive Release of Informational Materials for People Living with Dementia and Their Informal Carers Progressive Release of Informational Materials for People Living with Dementia and Their Informal Carers

Improving the Readability of Dementia Information Documents Using ChatGPT Improving the Readability of Dementia Information Documents Using ChatGPT

Integrating the quantitative with the qualitative: findings from a mixed methods cardiac rehabilitation exercise trial Integrating the quantitative with the qualitative: findings from a mixed methods cardiac rehabilitation exercise trial

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