Prof. Anne MacFarlane is the first female, and only social science, Full Professor of academic primary care in Ireland. She is the Co-Director of an interdisciplinary Participatory Health Research Unit, at the School of Medicine, University of Limerick (UL). Since 2019, she has been Director of UL’s World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Participatory Health Research with Refugees and Migrants. She also has leadership roles in participatory health research in the North American Primary Care Research Group, the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research, and the European Public Health Association. She is Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the School of Medicine’s General Practice, Public Health and Primary Care Research Group, Sláinte. Her interests are participatory health research, implementation science, and migrant health.