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Fionnuala Ni Ainle, MD, PhD

Consultant Haematologist
University College Dublin
Dublin 20, Dublin, Ireland

Fionnuala Ní Áinle MD, PhD
Twitter: @fniainle
Professor Ní Áinle is a Consultant Haematologist at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH) and Rotunda Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. She serves as Clinical Lead for National Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Patient Safety Programme in Ireland and is a Full Clinical Professor at University College Dublin (UCD) School of Medicine. She is privileged to treat patients affected with Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) and has a strong interest in women’s issues in thrombosis and haemostasis. Prof. Ní Áinle serves as Director of the Irish Network for VTE Research and with Prof. Patricia Maguire, co-directs the SPHERE Research Group, UCD Conway Institute. She is honoured to work very closely with the Irish patient organization Thrombosis Ireland, raising VTE awareness in Ireland and internationally. She is actively involved in international VTE clinical trials and serves on several trial steering committees. Her translational research interests explore the role of blood coagulation and extracellular vesicles in the aetiology, management and therapy of clinical disorders, particularly disorders of pregnancy. She is a former member of the World Thrombosis Day International Steering Committee and serves as a council member and “director at large” of INVENT-VTE (the International Network of VENous Thromboembolism Clinical Research Networks). She acted as a Section Coordinator on the Task Force of the 2019 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute Pulmonary Embolism and serves on the editorial board of several journals, including the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) flagship journals Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (JTH) and Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis (RPTH). She serves on the council of ISTH (class of 2028) and as vice-chair of the ISTH Guidelines and guidance committee.

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