Mary Codd graduated in medicine from University College Dublin. Following residency in internal medicine at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, and Middlesex Hospital, London, she trained in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, and School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.
Mary was appointed to UCD in 2008 and is Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science. She teaches epidemiology, applied research methods and data management, biostatistics and computational methods at all levels from undergraduate through to post-doctoral students. She is Director of the UCD MPH programme, delivered at both UCD and Penang Medical College, Malaysia. She is also Director of the consultative group, UCD CSTAR, a recognised UCD Academic Centre for Support and Training in Analysis & Research.