Dr Suja Somanadhan is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Global Engagement at the UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, with over 25 years of experience as a nurse practitioner. Her work focuses on rare diseases, child and family health, participatory and qualitative research, and developing patient-reported outcome and experience measures (PROMs/PREMs), all grounded in health equity and EDI principles. She is Co-Lead of the All-Ireland Rare Disease Interdisciplinary Research Network (RAiN), Co-Chair of the Children's Research Network Ireland and Northern Ireland, and Deputy Director of the CHilD Research Centre (CHilD-RC) at UCD — a collaborative interface across the bio-psycho-social sciences that aims to enhance understanding of children's well-being and human development through an integrated, interdisciplinary knowledge base. A Fulbright Scholar (Health Impact Award, 2019–2020) and recipient of the IFNA Innovative Contribution to Family Nursing Award (2023). In 2025, she received the AIIHPC International Palliative Care Research Fellowship.