Hilary Humphries MB BCh BAO

Dr Hilary Humphreys is Dean of the Faculty of Pathology. He is also a Senior Fellow on Council, and has previously served as Vice President and Censor of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. Hilary Humphreys is Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Consultant Microbiologist in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.

Hilary Humphreys has a long standing research interest in hospital infection prevention and control and antibiotic resistance, including MRSA. He has chaired expert groups, including the Strategy for the control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland (SARI) and working parties that have produced guidelines on MRSA in the UK and Ireland. More recently, he has received a major research grant to determine amongst other things the benefits of universal MRSA screening and enhanced environmental decontamination. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Hospital Infection and Clinical Microbiology and Infection.