Ms. Patricia Kavanagh graduated as a Registered General Nurse from Charing Cross Hospital London in 1992. Returning to Dublin she completed a B.Sc. in Nursing at University College Dublin and worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.

She completed an M.Sc. in Advanced Nurse Practice and is a Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Rheumatology). She completed a Post Graduate Programme in Education and is a Registered Nurse Tutor.

She is currently in the position of Academic Teaching Fellow in Trinity College Dublin, involved with undergraduate and postgraduate programmmes.