Prof. Mick Molloy

F.R.C.P., F.R.C.P.I., F.F.S.E.M., F.F.S.E.M.(UK), F.R.C.S.I(HON)

CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN/RHEUMATOLOGIST

 

• Director of MMed Science – Sport and Exercise Medicine UCC

• Former Medical Advisor Irish Rugby Football Union

• Former Chief Medical Officer, International Rugby Board

• Inaugural Dean, Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine, RCPI, RCSI

• Former President Irish Society for Rheumatology

• Chairman of the Ethics Committee UCC

 

Post-graduate training carried out in London, in the Hammersmith Hospital, Royal London Hospital and Kings College Hospital.

 

Supervised 9 PhDs and 8 MDs

 

My research interests include:

The genetics of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis

Injury surveys in rugby, including Rugby World Cup 2007, U20 Rugby World Cup 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, Women’s Rugby World Cup 2010

Exercise for Health and Disease