Barbara Dooley

President

Barbara Dooley is Dean of Graduate Studies at University College Dublin. She is a Professor of Psychology, an active researcher and supervisor. She was Director of Research for Headstrong (now Jigsaw) - The National Centre for Youth Mental Health from 2008-2015. Her field of research is on the application of psychological theory and methodology to a range of priority mental health areas such risk and protective factors in youth mental health, body-image research, alcohol and eating disorders. She was the Principal Investigator for My World Survey 1 (2012) and My World Survey 2 (2019) http://www.myworldsurvey.ie/. The My World Surveys are a collaboration between the UCD School of Psychology and Jigsaw, studying risk and protective factors in young people aged 12-25 years old. The combined sample for My World Survey 1 and My World Survey 2 exceeds 34,000. She co-founded the UCD Youth Mental Health Lab with colleagues in 2013. She is a member of the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention Evaluation Advisory Group, President of the International Association for Youth Mental Health and steering group member of the European Universities Association – Council for Doctoral Education.