Former Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has announced that he has been appointed Professor of Public Health at University College Dublin (UCD).
Holohan said he will not be paid for the position.
He wrote on Twitter: “Welcome to appt as Adjunct Full Professor of Public Health in@UCDDublin on a pro bono basis. “Have great plans to add value to the role and do other interesting things.”
Professor Cecily Kelleher, Director of the UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences, said: “I am pleased to announce that outgoing Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has taken on a five-year appointment as Adjunct Full Professor at UCD, at the College of Health and Agricultural Sciences.
“I welcome Tony to his new role and am delighted that a figure of his caliber and stature will contribute to our research and education programs and trust that the collaborations he will create will positively impact public health policy in the future. “
UCD said additional titles are awards given to individuals whose appointment to the university “will enhance the teaching or research profile of a school, research institute or college and contribute to the intellectual life of the university.”
In April it was announced that he would be retiring as CMO and taking up a position at Trinity College Dublin (TCD).
It was later revealed, however, that he would remain a civil servant and employed by the Ministry of Health, but would be seconded to Trinity indefinitely until he retired in about 10 years’ time, retaining his main medical salary of €187,000 and any pay increases that may have occurred. by virtue of his rating.
After controversy and an appeal from Taoiseach Micheál Martin to adjourn the trial, Dr. Holohan that he would not take the position.
The former CMO retired on 1 July and Prof. Dr. Breda Smyth assumed the role as interim CMO, pending the completion of the competition to fill the role on a permanent basis.
Professor Smyth has worked in public health for 16 years and was Professor of Public Health Medicine at NUI Galway and Public Health Consultant at HSE West.