UPMC
Kate Connors
Administrator to Quality & Nursing and Research Coordinator, UPMC Whitfield Hospital.
BSc in Public Health and Health Promotion
Kate graduated from University College Cork with a First-Class honour’s degree in Public Health and Health promotion. During her final year in college, she took up a position in the School of Public Health as a Research Assistant. The September after graduation Kate moved to the Boston where she worked on the Quality Assurance and Data Validation team in Cytel Inc. After leaving this role during the Pandemic, she took up her current role in UPMC Whitfield Hospital.
Kate will act as the research coordinator within UPMC Whitfield. She will engage with the nursing students which present to the hospital for work placement and promote the project across all UPMC sites throughout Ireland. She will also work in collaboration with the Clinical Placement Coordinators to ensure that they actively participate in the project.
To contact Kate, please quote SSTeMM and email her at connorsk@upmc.ie
Kate graduated from University College Cork with a First-Class honour’s degree in Public Health and Health promotion. During her final year in college, she took up a position in the School of Public Health as a Research Assistant. The September after graduation Kate moved to the Boston where she worked on the Quality Assurance and Data Validation team in Cytel Inc. After leaving this role during the Pandemic, she took up her current role in UPMC Whitfield Hospital.
Kate will act as the research coordinator within UPMC Whitfield. She will engage with the nursing students which present to the hospital for work placement and promote the project across all UPMC sites throughout Ireland. She will also work in collaboration with the Clinical Placement Coordinators to ensure that they actively participate in the project.
To contact Kate, please quote SSTeMM and email her at connorsk@upmc.ie
Gwen Daniels
Chief Nursing Officer, Senior Director UMPC Ireland.
Registered General Nurse.
Gwen has twenty-seven years nursing experience both in the public and private sector in Ireland and abroad. Gwen has recently been appointed the Chief Nursing Officer of UPMC Ireland and was previously the Director of Nursing. As the Chief Nursing Officer, Gwen is responsible for overseeing nurse practise development and education and works tirelessly to ensure the best possible experience for our patients and staff.
Gwen will play a pivotal role in piloting the SSTeMM project in the clinical area, engaging with the Clinical Placement Co-ordinators on all sites to ensure that the students who present to UPMC for work placement are captured in the study. UPMC, and their student nurses, aim to provide practical information and data relating to the clinical environment and the student nurse experience and wellbeing.
Contact To contact Gwen, please quote SSTeMM and email her at danielsg@upmc.ie
Gwen has twenty-seven years nursing experience both in the public and private sector in Ireland and abroad. Gwen has recently been appointed the Chief Nursing Officer of UPMC Ireland and was previously the Director of Nursing. As the Chief Nursing Officer, Gwen is responsible for overseeing nurse practise development and education and works tirelessly to ensure the best possible experience for our patients and staff.
Gwen will play a pivotal role in piloting the SSTeMM project in the clinical area, engaging with the Clinical Placement Co-ordinators on all sites to ensure that the students who present to UPMC for work placement are captured in the study. UPMC, and their student nurses, aim to provide practical information and data relating to the clinical environment and the student nurse experience and wellbeing.
Contact To contact Gwen, please quote SSTeMM and email her at danielsg@upmc.ie
