Dr Lisa O'Leary's Recognition (34)

Invited by MSPs to a panel to discuss Assisted Dying (Terminally Ill Adults) (Scotland) Bill.
2025 - 2025

Recognition Type	Advisory panels and expert committees or witness
Description	I was invited by Pam Duncan-Glancy and Jeremy Balfour (MSPs) as part of my role in the Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Disability. This is an online event to discuss Assisted Dying.
Affiliated Organisations	The Scottish Government
Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research

Invited to submit book chapter to the The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Disability
2024

Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Invited to contribute to WHO/IASSIDD Collaboration focused on the mental health of adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
2024

Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Co-organiser for IASSIDD Health Special Interest Group conference (hosted by University of Greenwich )
2024 - 2025

Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Led a live webstream for the MSc in Research Methods for Health and Social Care
2023 - 2023

Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
URL	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTTpFPLi-ZM&t=2124s

ILM Level 7 Certificate Executive & Senior level Coaching
2024

Research Areas	Coaching
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Invited reviewer for Bailey Thomas Charitable Fund
2024

Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Invitation to join education working group on large project funded by EPSRC
2024

Description	Invited by Kings College London to join education working group on large project funded by EPSRC
Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

CPG on lung health and Scottish Parliamentary event
2024 - 2024

Affiliated Organisations	The Scottish Government
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research

Member of National Involvement Network(ARC Scotland)
2024

Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Invited member of Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Learning Disability
2024

Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Co-editor of Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
2025

Recognition Type	Editorial Activity
Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research

Lead editor for special issue issue Journal of Applied Research In Intellectual Disabilities
2023 - 2024

Recognition Type	Editorial Activity
Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
URL	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14683148/homepage/call-for-papers/si-2023-000380

Organising and Chairing Health Special Interest Group AGM, IASSIDD for international conference in Chicago
2024 - 2024

Recognition Type	Conference Organising Activity
Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
URL	https://iassidd2024.org/

Invited member of Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Disability
2024

Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Chair of Health Special Interest Group for International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Associate Editor for Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
2022 - 2024

Research Areas	Learning disabilities
URL	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14683148

Reviewer for Scottish Learning Disability Observatory public engagement video on Chest Infections
2021 - 2021

Recognition Type	Advisory panels and expert committees or witness
Affiliated Organisations	University of Glasgow
Research Areas	Learning disabilities
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law Research
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care
URL	https://www.sldo.ac.uk/publications/reports/sldo-film-reducing-child-deaths-from-chest-infections/

Advisor on the STAY SAFE research project recently funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing
2020 - 2023

Recognition Type	Advisory panels and expert committees or witness
Research Areas	Learning disabilities Physical activity Public health
Research Themes	Health
Research Centres/Groups	Population and Public Health Research Group
Org Units	School of Health and Social Care

Reviewer for the Health Research Board Open Research Platform