Fionnuala McAuliffe is a Full Academic Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at National Maternity Hospital Dublin, Head of Women’s and Child’s Health at University College Dublin. She is Director of the UCD Perinatal Research Centre, a multidisciplinary research centre aiming to improve outcome for mother and baby though clinically relevant pregnancy research.

She is FIGO Division Director Elect for Maternal and Newborn Health. She is Past Chair of FIGO committee on Impact of Pregnancy on Long- term Health and is a FIGO executive council member. She is lead on FIGO pregnancy obesity and nutrition initiative and FIGO Initiative on impact of pregnancy on long-term health.
She has received over euro 50 million as CoPi/PI. has over 480 peer reviewed publications including national and international pregnancy care guidelines and has supervised over 20 higher research degrees.