Suja Somanadhan, PhD, MSc, BA (Hons), HDip (Children’s Nursing), RCN, RGN, RNT is an assistant professor of Children’s Nursing at the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems. Her research focuses on translating care for people with rare genetic diseases into practice using Integrated Family System-based research approaches. Currently, she is leading several research projects related to child and family health and wellbeing. They include measuring the impact of caring for children with rare diseases (IMPACT Study), giving a voice to the children and their families with rare diseases through sand play, arts, music, photovoice, and interviews (SAMPI Project), the Rare Disease Research Partnership (RAinDRoP), and the Co-Designing Head Safety Interventions with Children Project (Co-HSi Project).
In 2020, Dr. Somanadhan received national health research project funding to lead an international collaborative project: How can we help children adjust to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond?
Dr. Somanadhan is an active member of the IFNA UK/Ireland Chapter and is currently serving as the IFNA country liaison for Ireland. For more information contact IFNA member, Suja Somanadhan.
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Twitter: Suja Somanadhan@sujas15