Prof. Sam McConkey
President IDSI
RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland
Sam McConkey graduated from the University of Dublin, Trinity College in 1989, followed by membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and diplomas in Child Health and Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. From Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, he was awarded a Master of Arts in Mathematics and Statistics in 2000 and from Trinity College, a Doctor of Medicine in 2002. During the 1990s and early 2000s, Sam completed postgraduate training in Infectious Disease, Tropical Medicine and General Internal Medicine, following which he did clinical vaccine trials in Oxford University, gained a Wellcome Fellowship with Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford from where he was seconded to the Medical Research Council Laboratories in The Gambia. Samuel McConkey is a Deputy Dean, Associate Professor and has held the position of Head of Department of International Health and Tropical Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland since 2006. He has written over 60 publications in peer-reviewed publications. He has served on several national and international boards and committees.
Sam McConkey’s areas of expertise can be summarised as follows: vaccines, clinical trials, HIV, Hepatitis B, HTLV1, Malaria, Tuberculosis, international health and social science research. He spoke out strongly in national and international media about SARS CoV2 and Ebola starting early well before the media and political leaders realised their significance, and has continued this role of public-facing academic. He is a physician at three busy hospitals, and lead for sexual health in the north east.
