Kellie Morrissey is a Lecturer in University College Cork’s School of Applied Psychology, and her main interests are in the intersection of health and politics in the design of digital health technologies in sensitive settings.

She has been working in Human-Computer Interaction since her PhD (awarded by UCC in 2017), where she worked within under-resourced nursing homes in the south of Ireland to explore the potential for digital interactions to create opportunities for social connection for people with moderate to late stage dementia.

Following a one-year Research Associate position on the EPSRC-funded MyPlace project at Newcastle University, UK, Dr Morrissey was awarded a career fellowship in Open Lab in 2017, where she led the Digital Social Care research theme.

In September 2019, she took up a position in UL’s School of Design where she worked for 4+ years on Design for Health & Wellbeing.

In January 2024, Dr Morrissey began her current post in UCC’s School of Applied Psychology. She have been awarded (as PI and Co-I) over €1.5 million in funding from sources such as EPSRC, SFI, IRC, GCRF, the Utrecht Network, and more. She has also been lucky enough to see two PhD students to graduation and is currently supervising three more.

Dr Morrissey is a member of the People and Technology research group (PATLab) at University College Cork and her current work focuses on women’s health, reproductive health, and experiences of embodiment in technology design and use.