Victoria Coffey

Victoria Coffey (16 September 1911 – 15 June 1999) was an Irish medical doctor and paediatrician. She was one of the first people to research sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and one of the first females to undertake significant research into congenital abnormalities. was born on 16 September 1911 at 108 Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street) in Dublin, Ireland. She was the daughter of John Benvenutus Valentine Coffey, a landowner, weigh-master, cattle exporter and bookmaker Her family homes included Larch Hill, Tibradden, and Venetian Hall, Howth Road (both in Dublin, and both Georgian mansions have since been demolished). Her early education was at the Cross and Passion College, Kildare. Her paternal grandfather William Coffey was Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1909 to 1910, an Alderman, High Sheriff and ex-officio Privy Councillor. won numerous medals for her musical performances. She played the piano and cello, and trained as a singer under instruction from Vincent O'Brien. "that was one of the main reasons she was so motivated to learn about the health of newborns and young children". (Fr. Louis Coffey O.P., Provincial of the Dominican Order in Ireland and founder of the moving crib exhibition in Dublin, and the St. Martin de Porres magazine) was associated. She survived polio in 1955. At the age of 25, she qualified for the RCSI,

Later life and legacy Coffey lived on Cowper Road in Rathmines, a suburb of Dublin, with her parents before their deaths, and remained there until her own death.

On International Women's Day in 2018, Coffey was honoured for her outstanding contribution to medicine and was chosen to be part of "Women on Walls", an arts project hosted by RCSI in partnership with Accenture, with her portrait displayed in the RCSI's principal boardroom.