RESEARCH STATEMENT
Dr Oonagh Mc Sorley is a lecturer (education) in the School of Nursing. Her research to date mainly focuses on men with prostate cancer. Specifically measuring quality of life, coping and the side-effects of cancer treatment. The aim of which is to improve the life of those men living with prostate cancer.  She has experience in a wide range of methodologies both quantitative e.g. latent growth modelling) and qualitative (in-depth interviews and focus groups). 

LEADERSHIP ROLES

Internal

Member of School of Nursing and Midwifery Health and Conduct Committee and the Assessment Committee.

External

Member of UK Oncology Nursing Society

TEACHING ROLES

Undergraduate

I teach into many of the modules in the third year undergraduate adult nursing degree. I am Co-module co-ordinator for the Developing Leadership & Professionalism module (BSc Nursing). This is a core module taught across all nursing fields.

I am also a personal tutor to a class of UG nursing students

Post-registration and postgraduate taught.

I am the pathway lead for the Specialist Practice Nursing Course in Oncology and teach into all of the modules in this course. 

I also contribute to other PG courses see below:
- Lecturer: Nursing Care of the Older Person, Specialist Practice (Post-registration Nursing)

- Lecturer: Endoscopy and Related Procedures, Short Course (Post-registration Nursing)

 
CURRENT GRADUATE SUPERVISION
1.Layla Salem Alshammari(full-time PhD), Queens University Belfast, A mixed methods study to develop and evaluate the effectiveness and acceptability of nurse-led foot care education in patients with end-stage renal disease (with Helen Noble, QUB and Peter O’Halloran, QUB)

2.Kawthar Al Jabri (full-time Masters) The role of the nurse in developing Cancer Palliative Care Services. Queen’s University Belfast with Clare McVeigh (QUB)