Michal Molcho

Biography

Dr Michal Molcho is a Sociologist (Sociology of Health) and Lecturer in Health Promotion, National University of Ireland, Galway, and member of the Health Promotion Research Centre (HPRC) since 2005. Prior to joining the Department of Health Promotion, she worked in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel (1996-2004) as a researcher and later as an associate researcher and project director in the Research Program on Adolescent Health. Qualifications include B.A. in Criminology, M.A. in Sociology of Health and Ph.D. Sociology (2003). Teaching commitments include modules on the M.A. in Health Promotion, M.Sc. in Occupational Health, the Medical undergraduate programme (Professionalism) and the B.A. Connect with Children, and is course coordinator of the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Promotion delivered in Dublin and the acting director of the MA/Postgraduate Programme in Health Promotoin.

Research Interest

Adolescents health; injuries; violence; social inequalities; cancer survivorship, childhood cancer survivorship