Speciality: Clinical Microbiology
Dr Sadhbh O’Rourke is a consultant microbiologist at St James’s Hospital and a clinical senior lecturer at Trinity College Dublin.
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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.
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MB BCh BAO FRCPath FFPath, RCPI
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Infections in the immunocompromised patient.
Antimicrobial stewardship.
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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.