Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has appointed Dr Tracy Cunningham as Chairperson at the Health Research Board (HRB).
He has also appointed two new Board members, Professor Mark Lawler and Professor Peter Doran.
Dr Cunningham retired as the Chief Medical Officer at Amryt Pharma, a biopharmaceutical rare and orphan diseases company where she was responsible for regulatory affairs, pharmacovigilance/drug safety, quality, and clinical/preclinical development functions. She brings many years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry across clinical development, research and medical affairs.
Professor Doran is Director of the UCD Clinical Research Centre and Professor of Clinical Trials at the UCD School of Medicine. He is leading multisite-clinical research and has established a significant patient focused research programme as well as establishing and leading the graduate taught programme in clinical and translational research.
Professor Mark Lawler is Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Digital Health Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast. He brings extensive experience in digital health, precision medicine and inequalities research, co-leading two all island initiatives in digital health and precision medicine.
