Kathleen McLoughlin

At Forum 2011, Kathleen McLoughlin, with Marie Richardson, led the workshop on Preparing the Public.

She has worked as Head of Education, Research and Professional Development at Milford Care Centre, Limerick since 2007. Prior to joining Milford, she worked in the HSE as a member of the National Quality and Risk Team. In addition to driving the education and research function at Milford, Kathleen has a particular interest in the area of health promoting palliative care and has completed her PhD thesis in Psychology at NUI Maynooth entitled “Identifying and changing attitudes toward palliative care: an exploratory study.” Her interest in this field has led to the development of Ireland’s first compassionate communities pilot project in North-West Limerick and a successful bid for Milford Care Centre to host the 3 International Public Health and Palliative Care Conference in Limerick in 2013. Kathleen is married, has two children and lives in Offaly.