Iseult graduated from the Dublin School of Physiotherapy at Trinity College Dublin in 1983 and worked clinically in a variety of settings for a number of years. While studying for her MSc, Iseult was appointed as a lecturer in the School of Health Sciences (Ulster University) where she first completed the MSc and then her PhD. In 2018, Iseult accepted a Senior Lecturer position in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast and was subsequently invited to be a member of the MBRU faculty in the College of Nursing and Midwifery in 2020.

Since 2002, Iseult has been involved in teaching and learning in Higher Education. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and she teaches on both undergraduate and post-graduate courses. Her research area is primarily about musculoskeletal health, and more recently, on the impact of surgery for cancer on the musculoskeletal system. Iseult is also interested in teaching and undertaking qualitative research, and has developed practical skills workshops for Masters and Doctoral level students planning to undertake qualitative research.