Dr Jean O’Connell is an Endocrinologist and Clinical Lead at the Centre for Obesity Management, St Columcille’s and St Vincent’s University Hospitals Dublin, and HSE Clinical Lead for the Obesity National Clinical Programme in Ireland.
A founding member and past president of the Association for the Study of Obesity in Ireland (ASOI), she served on the working group that developed Ireland’s Model of Care for Obesity Management and chaired the executive committee that adapted the Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guidelines for an Irish context.
Jean is particularly interested in educating healthcare professionals and students about the harms of weight bias and stigma, with the aim of improving access to evidence-based obesity care and helping healthcare environments become safe spaces for people living with obesity. She pursues this work in collaboration with advocates from the Irish Coalition of People Living with Obesity (ICPO), and through developing and delivering advanced obesity education programmes at the National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland.
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