Owen Patrick Smith

Biography

MA, MB, BA Mod.(Biochem.), FRCPCH, FRCPI, FFpathRCPI, FRCPEdin, FRCPLon, FRCP Glasg, FRCPath, Hon FTCD Professor of Haematology, The University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Consultant Paediatric Haematologist, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12 Professor Smith is a Consultant Paediatric Haematologist at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Dublin, and is Professor of Haematology at the University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin. His active research areas of interest include: childhood and adolescent leukaemias & lymphomas, bone marrow failure syndromes, angiogenesis and haematological malignancies, the molecular and cellular basis of the inflammatory – coagulation interface in human disease.

Research Interest

The co-author of more than 300 research original articles, letters, books, book chapters and papers, Professor Smith is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, the Royal College of Physicians of Dublin, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. He is a member of numerous associations and societies, including; the Medical Research Council Childhood Leukaemia Working Party, the International Berlin Frankfurt Munster Study Group for Childhood Leukaemia, the United Kingdom Haemophilia Centre Directors Organisation, the European Paediatric Network for Haemophilia Management, the United Kingdom Children’s Cancer Group, the Paediatric Haematology Forum of the British Society of Haematology, and the European Paediatric Network for Severe Congenital Neutropenia. He was awarded the Graves Medal by the Royal Academy of Medicine and Health Research Board in 2001 for his research into the pathobiology and novel therapeutic strategies in severe sepsis that had received international acclaim. In 2006, Professor Smith was awarded the St Luke’s Medal by the Royal Academy of Medicine and St Luke’s Hospital for his work on improving outcomes in adolescent cancers with specific reference to the haematological malignancies. He was admitted to Honorary Fellowship of Trinity College Dublin (the oldest and most valued tradition of the University) in 2009.