Dr O’Rourke graduated from the School of Medicine, University College Dublin, in 2009. Following completion of higher specialist training in clinical microbiology, she undertook a post-CSCST Fellowship in Microbiology, relating to transplantation medicine - haematopoietic stem cell and national transplant coordination.

MB BCh BAO FRCPath FFPath, RCPI

Infections in the immunocompromised patient.

Antimicrobial stewardship.

Dr O’Rourke’s research interests include the seroprevalence and molecular epidemiology of human herpesvirus 8 and immunological aspects of human herpesvirus 8 disease, infections in the immunocompromised patient, antimicrobial stewardship, and the impact of rapid molecular diagnostics on the diagnosis and management of infection.