Dr. Mary Tumelty

Dr Mary Tumelty LL.B, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, UCC. Mary has research interests in the area of Health Law, Patient Safety, and ADR. She is particularly interested in empirical approaches to health law research.

In 2021, Dr Tumelty was appointed to the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee (HRCDC) by the Minister for Health. She was also a member of the Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU) (Ireland’s multi-profession health regulator) from 2019-2023.

Her work has been funded by the Royal Irish Academy, the Irish Research Council, the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She has also collaborated on projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, and COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology).