Dr. Aoife Cotter
President IDSI
Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, University College Dublin
Dr. Aoife Cotter is an Infectious Diseases Consultant and has been looking after patients with HIV, viral hepatitis, TB and other infectious diseases at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH) since. She is the CEPHR (Centre for Experimental Pathogen Host Clinical (MMUH) and Data Programme Lead. Since completing a PhD in 2014 (co-supervisors at CEPHR, UCD & Institute for Global Health, University College Dublin), she has developed her interest in cohort methodology as an investigator for the HIV UPBEAT Cohort, the All Ireland Infectious Diseases Cohort, TRACER (hepatitis C treatment cohort study), SORTED (SARS-CoV-2 in healthcare workers), the UK- Ireland POPPY Trial (frailty and ageing in people with HIV) and the National Irish COVID Biobank. As site lead for the ID Clinical Trial Network, she is a PI for trials at MMUH including the SWIFT and LAPTOP Studies. She is a full member of the European AIDS Clinical Society Guidelines for the management of HIV.
