Dr Grace O’Malley

Dr Grace O’Malley is a paediatric physiotherapist and clinical researcher specialised in childhood obesity and exercise science. She is based at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences where she leads a research team exploring the co-morbidities related to obesity and investigating the development and implementation of complex interventions including eHealth interventions. She leads the W82GO Child and Adolescent Obesity Management Service delivering assessment and treatment for childhood obesity at Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street and is committed to ensuring children and adolescents with obesity have equal access to evidence-based care. Dr O’Malley was the Inaugural Chair of the Association for the Study of Obesity on the Island of Ireland and participates in developing national programmes and strategies related to childhood obesity in Ireland. She is Secretary of The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) and a member of the EASO Childhood Obesity Task Force.