Karina Butler

Karina Mary Butler is an Irish professor of paediatrics and chair of Ireland's National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC).[1]

Karina Butler
Born
Karina Mary Butler
NationalityIrish
Alma materUniversity College Dublin
Occupation(s)Doctor, academic
Years active1978–present
EmployerUniversity College Dublin
Known forChair of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee

Background

Butler graduated with a degree in medicine from University College Dublin (UCD) in 1978. She became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 1996.[2]

Career

Butler is a specialist consultant in paediatrics and infectious disease at Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street and Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin. She is a Clinical Professor in Paediatrics at UCD.[2][1][3][4]

Butler is the chair of NIAC and sat on the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) from January 2021 until it disbanded in February 2022.[5][4]

References

  1. "Prof Karina Butler – Keynote Speakers – IDSI". www.idsociety.ie. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  2. "Search Results – Karina Mary Butler". medicalcouncil.ie. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. "Consultants A-Z". www.olchc.ie. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  4. "UCD Professor, Karina Butler, Appointed to NPHET | College Tribune". collegetribune.ie. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. Horgan-Jones, Jack (5 January 2021). "Nphet gets three new members to boost infectious disease, scientific resources". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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