Associate Professor Dolores Keating

Dolores Keating is Head of Pharmacy Services at Saint John of God Hospital, a registered Superintendent Pharmacist with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the School of Pharmacy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She is a graduate of the School of Pharmacy, Trinity College Dublin, and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatric Pharmacy from Aston University Birmingham, a Masters Degree in Clinical Pharmacy from Queens University Belfast, and a PhD from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

In 2013, Dolores was the first Irish-based pharmacist to become a Credentialled Member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy, United Kingdom. She has Black Belt certification in Lean Six Sigma quality improvement methodology and has led numerous organizational quality improvement projects to date. Dolores instigated the introduction of the Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training and research program to Ireland and was MHFA Director from 2016 to 2018. In her role as Head of Pharmacy, Dolores has led the development of clinical pharmacy services at Saint John of God Hospital for over 20 years.

She has extensive experience in translating research into practice, and has a particular interest in guideline development, health professions education, quality improvement, medicines optimisation and physical health improvement. In her professorial role, she has influenced the design and delivery of the RCSI undergraduate pharmacy curriculum to enhance the contribution of pharmacy to mental health care.