Selena O’Connell is currently a research assistant at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork and at the Health Implementation Science and Technology Cluster, University of Limerick. She has a background in Psychology and has submitted her PhD thesis at University College Cork. Her PhD examined the area of self-management support for people with chronic disease, with a focus on understanding the support preferences of people with asthma. Selena is interested in research on the implementation of healthcare interventions and policies aimed at reducing the burden of chronic diseases.