Jeff Moore PhD

With nearly 20 years of experience in implementing, researching, and evaluating global best practices in primary care mental health. Played a pivotal role in shaping research and data strategies for both IAPT (Improved Access to Psychological Therapies) and Jigsaw, Ireland’s National Centre for Youth Mental Health. As the research and evaluation lead at Jigsaw for the past two years, spearheaded the development of Ireland's leading youth mental health data system and introduced innovative data governance policies. Member of the National Research Ethics Committee with experience in review and ensuring adherence to national and EU regulations. Strong track record in developing program evaluation and performance metrics that drive both clinical and strategic decision-making. Published peer-reviewed research on childhood adversity, resilience, and youth mental health service implementation and evaluation (IF = 2.16-3.19). Principal Investigator on the largest study of Irish migrants to the UK to date, which was presented in the House of Commons and featured in the editorial of the Irish Times, significantly influencing policy and public discourse.

• Expert Ethics Assessor, National Research Ethics Committee (2024, Present)
• Lecturer/Assistant Professor (P/T), DCU, School of Education (2015, 2020)

Coordinator of the Youth Mental Health modules and supervisor of thesis projects.

• Research and Training Associate (P/T), Immigrant Counseling and Psychotherapy, London (2013, 2016)

 Led training programmes on culturally sensitive practices and conducted evaluations of clinical interventions

• Committee Member - HSE and Spunout Digital Navigator Steering Group (2024).
• Committee Member - NHS Equality Impact Assessment Committee (2010).
• Committee Member - NHS Suicide Prevention Steering Committee (2009)
• Board Member - Camden Black and Minority Ethnic Alliance (2008).
• Secretary to the Board - Benevolent Society of St Patrick (2008-2011).

• International Association of Youth Mental Health
• Data Stewards Ireland
• Digital Mental Health Society
• Irish Health Promotion Association
• Association of Professional Healthcare Analysts

• Science Communication (Cambridge Innovation Centre, 2024)
• Data Governance in Healthcare (University College Dublin, 2024)
• Data Science in Healthcare: inferential and predictive statistics; machine learning; R studio; (University of Edinburgh (2023)
• Project Management (University College Dublin (2021)

• Data Stewardship (ESOC, 2024).
• Implementation Science (University College Cork, 2024).
• SNOMED CT Foundation ( SWOMED, 2023)
• SPSS Advanced (DCU, 2013)
• Monitoring and Reporting Diversity (LBC, 2011).
• Programme Evaluation (UCL & LBC, 2011).
• Community-Based Healthcare Evaluation (NCVO, 2010)

· Moore, J., Blix, A., Doyle, E., & others. (accepted with minor corrections). Predicting reliable improvement in primary care youth mental health. Journal of Early Intervention in Psychiatry.

· Moore, J., Blix, A., Lyng, J., & Duffy, J. (accepted with minor corrections). Outcomes and satisfaction in primary care youth mental health: A brief report. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

· Moore, J., & Tilki, M. (2023). The promoting effects of neighborhood social cohesion on self-reported depression: A cross-sectional analysis of adult Irish migrants in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Population Studies, 14(2), 45-60. https://doi.org/10.36922/ijps.431

· O'Reilly, A., O'Brien, G., Moore, J., Duffy, J., Longmore, P., Cullinan, S., & McGrory, S. (2021). Evolution of Jigsaw - a National Youth Mental Health Service. Early intervention in psychiatry, 10.1111/eip.13218. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.13218

· O’Reilly, A., Tibbs, M., Booth, A., Doyle, E., McKeague, B., & Moore, J. (2021). A rapid review investigating the potential impact of a pandemic on the mental health of young people aged 12–25 years. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 38(3), 192-207. doi:10.1017/ipm.2020.106

· Moore, J., Tilki, M. (2021). Correlates of primary healthcare access and the moderating effects of gender: A cross-sectional analysis of Irish migrants. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 24(6), 1397-1405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-021-01208-5

· Donnelly, A. O’Reilly, L. Dolphin, L. O’Keeffe, J. Moore (2019), Measuring the performance of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) in a primary care youth mental health service. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. 1-5. doi:10.1017/ipm.2018.55

· Liebenberg, L. & Moore, J. (2016), the Resilience Research Centre – Adult Resilience Measure; a Social Ecological Measure of Resilience, the international journal of social indicators. 136 (1): 1–19

· Moore, J., Flynn, M and Morgan, M. (2019) The Social Ecological Resilience and Mental Wellbeing of Irish Emigrant Survivors of Clerical institutional childhood Abuse, British Child Abuse Review, 28 (1) 52-68.

· Moore, J. (2019) Perceived Functional Social Support and Self-Rated Health: The Health Promoting Effects of Instrumental Support for the Irish Community in London. J Immigrant Minority Health 21, 1004–1011.

· Moore, J., Lyng, J., Hughes, F., & Douglas, M. (2023, Month). Reporting and specifying implementation strategies used in digital youth mental health. Paper presented at The Digital Mental Well-being Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

· Moore, J., Cullinan, S., O’Brien, G., O’Reilly, A., & Duffy, J. (2022, Month). Implementation strategies in youth mental health: Lessons from Jigsaw - the National Centre for Youth Mental Health (Ireland). Paper presented at The International Conference on Youth Mental Health, Copenhagen, Denmark.

· Hjemdal, O., Liebenberg, L., Höfler, M., Arslan, G., Friborg, O., & Moore, J. (2015, June 19). Resilience measures for adults.Paper presented at Pathways to Resilience III: Beyond Nature vs. Nurture, Alumni Hall, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

· Moore, J., & O’Reilly, A. (2019). Measuring and understanding youth participation in Jigsaw: The National Centre for Youth Mental Health. Paper presented at The International Conference on Youth Mental Health, Brisbane, Australia.

- Moore, J., Longmore, P. (2017) Collaborative Leadership in Primary Care: An explanatory study. Paper presented at The International Conference on Youth Mental Health, Dublin, Ireland.

· Moore, J., Lyng. (2024) The Feasibility of Single Session Interventions in Primary Care Youth Mental Health. Jigsaw: The National Centre for Youth Mental Health.

· Moore, J., (2024) A Data Quality Framework in Jigsaw. [Internal report]. Jigsaw: The National Centre for Youth Mental Health.

· Moore, J. (2023). Evaluating Live Chat: An asynchronous web-based youth mental health intervention[Internal report]. Jigsaw.

· Booth, A. Blix, A, Moore, J., (2022) A scoping review protocol of existing literature on centralised access to healthcare services. Jigsaw: The National Centre for Youth Mental Health.

· Moore, J., Waters, E., Tilki, M., Clarke, L. (2012). A fresh perspective: A needs analysis of the Irish community in Britain [Report]. London Irish Centre and Department for Foreign Affairs.