Active research programmes: 
Professor Hussey leads a group working in the area of exercise rehabilitation in patients with cancer. Her research is translational and is aimed at scientifically improving exercise prescription to optimise therapeutic responses. This includes evaluating means of improving physical capacity preoperatively to reduce postoperative morbidity for patients undergoing complex cancer surgery. Her current research in oesophageal, hepatopancreatic biliary and thoracic cancer is funded by the Health Research Board and the Irish Cancer Society. Professor Hussey has a strong publication record which numbers over 90 full paper publications.