Kirsty O’Brien

5.0k citations

37 papers · 2.0k indexed · h-index 23

Modeling and Simulation top 1%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies 4
Infectious Diseases top 2%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research 5
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing 4
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies 3
Emergency Medicine top 2%
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies 3
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology top 10%
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance 3
General Dentistry top 10%
General Health Professions
- Homelessness and Social Issues 3
Molecular Biology
- RNA regulation and disease 3

Co-authors: Tom Fahey Borislav D. Dimitrov Susan M. Smith Robert Ohle Kieran Walsh Fran O’Reilly Paula Byrne Patricia Harrington
Cited by: Modeling and Simulation Infectious Diseases Emergency Medicine
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 paper)SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología (1 paper)Oncogene (1 paper)
Partner nations: Ireland United Kingdom United States

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Kirsty O’Brien

35 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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1	Developing an approach for assigning GRADE levels in a systematic overview of reviews of diagnostic test accuracy using general principles identified from current GRADE guidelines: A case study Research Synthesis Methods ·Andrew Dullea,Lydia O’Sullivan,Kirsty O’Brien,Patricia Harrington,Marie Carrigan,Susan Ahern,M. McGarry,Karen Cardwell,Michelle O’Neill,Kieran Walsh,Barbara Clyne,Susan M. Smith,Máirín Ryan	2025	0
2	Diagnostic Accuracy of 18F-Prostate Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) PET/CT Radiotracers in Staging and Restaging of Patients With High-Risk Prostate Cancer or Biochemical Recurrence: An Overview of Reviews Seminars in Nuclear Medicine ·Andrew Dullea,Lydia O’Sullivan,Kirsty O’Brien,Marie Carrigan,Susan Ahern,M. McGarry,Patricia Harrington,Kieran Walsh,Susan M. Smith,Máirín Ryan	2024	2
3	Duration of protective immunity following COVID‐19 vaccination of individuals with underlying health conditions: A rapid review Reviews in Medical Virology ·Kieran Walsh,Helen O’Donnell,Mark O’Loughlin,Heather Eames,Jingjing Jiang,Katie M. O’Brien,Natasha Broderick,Kirsty O’Brien,Marie Carrigan,Laura Comber,Karen Cardwell,Joan Quigley,Susan M. Smith,Éamon Ó Murchú,Karina Butler,Brenda Corcoran,Kevin Connolly,Patricia Harrington,Máirín Ryan,Michelle O’Neill	2024	0
4	Presymptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a secondary analysis using published data BMJ Open ·Miriam Casey-Bryars,John Griffin,Conor G. McAloon,Andrew W. Byrne,Jamie M. Madden,David McEvoy,Áine B. Collins,Kevin Hunt,Ann Barber,Francis Butler,Elizabeth Lane,Kirsty O’Brien,Patrick Wall,Kieran Walsh,Simon J. More	2021	32
5	The relationship between procedural volume and patient outcomes for percutaneous coronary interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Kieran Walsh,T Plunkett,Kirsty O’Brien,Conor Teljeur,Susan M. Smith,Patricia Harrington,Máirín Ryan	2021	1
6	Inferred duration of infectious period of SARS-CoV-2: rapid scoping review and analysis of available evidence for asymptomatic and symptomatic COVID-19 cases BMJ Open ·Andrew W. Byrne,David M. McEvoy,Áine B. Collins,Kevin Hunt,Miriam Casey-Bryars,Ann Barber,Francis Butler,John Griffin,Elizabeth Lane,Conor G. McAloon,Kirsty O’Brien,Patrick Wall,Kieran Walsh,Simon J. More	2020	212
7	PMD18 A COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND BUDGET IMPACT ANALYSIS OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN POINT-OF-CARE TESTING TO GUIDE ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIBING FOR RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS IN PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS IN IRELAND Value in Health ·Christopher G. Fawsitt,D. Lucey,Patricia Harrington,Karen Jordan,Liam E. Marshall,Kirsty O’Brien,Conor Teljeur	2019	1
8	Quantifying patient preferences for symptomatic breast clinic referral: a decision analysis study BMJ Open ·Aisling Quinlan,Kirsty O’Brien,Rose Galvin,Colin Hardy,Ronan McDonnell,Doireann Joyce,Ronald McDowell,Emma Aherne,Claire Keogh,Katriona O’Sullivan,Tom Fahey	2018	1
9	Evolutionarily conserved dual lysine motif determines the non-chaperone function of secreted Hsp90alpha in tumour progression Oncogene ·Mengchen Zou,Ashish C. Bhatia,Hangming Dong,Priyamvada Jayaprakash,Juchen Guo,Divya Sahu,Yue Hou,Fred Tsen,C. Tong,Kirsty O’Brien,Alan J. Situ,Thomas Schmidt,Mei Chen,Qi‐Long Ying,Tobias S. Ulmer,David T. Woodley,W Li	2016	60
10	PIPc study: development of indicators of potentially inappropriate prescribing in children (PIPc) in primary care using a modified Delphi technique BMJ Open ·Emma Barry,Kirsty O’Brien,Frank Moriarty,J Cooper,Patrick Redmond,Carmel Hughes,Kathleen Bennett,Tom Fahey,Susan M. Smith	2016	22
11	Developing an International Register of Clinical Prediction Rules for Use in Primary Care: A Descriptive Analysis The Annals of Family Medicine ·Claire Keogh,Emma Wallace,Kirsty O’Brien,Rose Galvin,Susan M. Smith,C. Preston Lewis,Anthony Cummins,Gráinne Cousins,Borislav D. Dimitrov,Tom Fahey	2014	32
12	The prevalence of abnormal preoperative coagulation tests in pediatric patients undergoing spinal surgery for scoliosis The Spine Journal ·Katie M. Ryan,Kirsty O’Brien,Irene Regan,John M. O’Byrne,David P. Moore,Paula M. Kelly,Jacques Noël,Joseph S. Butler,Beatrice Nolan,Patrick J. Kiely	2013	12
13	Predicting streptococcal pharyngitis in adults in primary care: a systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of symptoms and signs and validation of the Centor score BMC Medicine ·Jolien Aalbers,Kirsty O’Brien,Wai-Sun Chan,Gavin A. Falk,Conor Teljeur,Borislav D. Dimitrov,Tom Fahey	2011	69
14	Optimized retrieval of primary care clinical prediction rules from MEDLINE to establish a web-based register Journal of Clinical Epidemiology ·Claire Keogh,Emma Wallace,Kirsty O’Brien,Paul Murphy,Conor Teljeur,Bríd McGrath,Susan M. Smith,Niall S. Doherty,Borislav D. Dimitrov,Tom Fahey	2011	27
15	Validity of British Thoracic Society guidance (the CRB-65 rule) for predicting the severity of pneumonia in general practice: systematic review and meta-analysis British Journal of General Practice ·Maggie McNally,James P. Curtain,Kirsty O’Brien,Borislav D. Dimitrov,Tom Fahey	2010	53
16	Comparison of self-reported health & healthcare utilisation between asylum seekers and refugees: an observational study BMC Public Health ·Magzoub Toar,Kirsty O’Brien,Tom Fahey	2009	71
17	Exon skipping mutations in collagen VI are common and are predictive for severity and inheritance Human Mutation ·Anne Katrin Lampe,Yaqun Zou,D. Sudano,Kirsty O’Brien,Debbie Hicks,Steven H. Laval,Richard Charlton,C. Jimenez‐Mallebrera,Ruoyu Zhang,Richard S. Finkel,G. Tennekoon,Gudrun Schreiber,Marjo S. van der Knaap,Harold Marks,Volker Straub,Kevin M. Flanigan,Mon‐Li Chu,Francesco Muntoni,Kate Bushby,Carsten G. Bönnemann	2008	68
18	Polymorphism in the human DJ-1 gene is not associated with sporadic dementia with Lewy bodies or Parkinson's disease Neuroscience Letters ·Christopher M. Morris,Kirsty O’Brien,A.M. Gibson,John Hardy,Andrew Singleton	2003	25
19	Clinical and Neuropathological Correlates of Apolipoprotein E Genotype in Dementia with Lewy Bodies Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders ·Andrew Singleton,Anna Wharton,Kirsty O’Brien,Matthew P. Walker,Ian G. McKeith,Clive Ballard,John T. O’Brien,Robert H. Perry,Paul G. Ince,J.A. Edwardson,Christopher M. Morris	2002	47
20	Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5 (eIF5) acts as a classical GTPase-activator protein Current Biology ·F. Paulin,Linda Campbell,Kirsty O’Brien,Jane Loughlin,Christopher G. Proud	2001	84

About Kirsty O’Brien

Kirsty O’Brien is a scholar working on Issues, ethics and legal aspects, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology and Family Practice, having authored 37 papers that have together received 2.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (5 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (4 papers), SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (4 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (3 papers), Homelessness and Social Issues (3 papers), RNA regulation and disease (3 papers), Antibiotic Use and Resistance (3 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Modeling and Simulation (262 citations), Infectious Diseases (663 citations) and Emergency Medicine (308 citations). Kirsty O’Brien has collaborated with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Tom Fahey, Borislav D. Dimitrov, Susan M. Smith, Robert Ohle, Kieran Walsh, Fran O’Reilly, Paula Byrne, Patricia Harrington, Karen Jordan and Michelle O’Neill. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Oncogene.

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