Dónal P. O'Mathúna

Research Interests
Dr. Dónal P. O’Mathúna has research interests in both healthcare ethics and evidence-based practice (EBP). His ethics research focuses on disasters, pandemics and humanitarian crises, in particular examining ethical issues in One Health research. One Health is an increasingly important approach to global health at the intersection of human, animal and environmental factors that raise challenging ethical issues. He leads a number of funded research and training grants on One Health ethics and disaster bioethics and has contributed to ethics initiatives with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and other international agencies. He is a member of WHO’s Research Ethics Review Committee. His funded research seeks to develop practical tools and support strategies that facilitate reflection on ethical issues in humanitarian research (see below). He has spoken and published widely in bioethics, including co-editing a number of books on disaster bioethics and research ethics (see below).
Dr. O’Mathúna’s work in EBP primarily involves conducting Cochrane systematic reviews. He is the director of the Cochrane Affiliate at the Helene Fuld Institute for EBP through which he offers systematic review workshops. He was the inaugural director of Cochrane Ireland from 2014 to 2017 and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Cochrane US Network. He has co-authored six Cochrane systematic reviews and published peer-reviewed articles on evidence-based practice. A selection of these can be viewed at the links below.
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The Ohio State University College of Nursing is aiming to double undergraduate enrollment by 2027 in response to nationwide nursing shortages.
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Full-time program can be completed in as few as 18 months
A new program at The Ohio State University College of Nursing is helping students with a degree and an interest in a career in health care reach their goals at an accelerated pace.
The college launched the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (aBSN) program in 2024 for students who have finished college in a non-nursing field but desire to have a career in nursing. The full-time program can be completed in as few as 18 months.