Strategic Advisory Group

REPRESENTATIVES OF PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS

Dr. Joe Harford (Chair)
Director, Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute (Bethesda)

Mr. Enda Connolly
Chief Executive, Health Research Board (Dublin)

Professor Bernadette Hannigan
Director, Health and Social Care Research and Development Division, Northern Ireland Health and Personal Social Services (Belfast)

WORKING GROUP CHAIRS 2010

Cancer Registries and Epidemiology
Dr. Harry Comber
Director, National Cancer Registry Ireland (Cork)

Clinical Trials
Dr. Anne Cody
Head of Research Infrastructure and Special Initiatives Unit, Health Research Board (Dublin)

Information Technology
Professor Donal Hollywood
Marie Curie Professor of Clinical Oncology, Head of the Academic Unit of Clinical and Molecular Oncology, Trinity College Dublin (Dublin)

Nursing
Sheila O'Malley
Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health and Children (Dublin)

Prevention
Dr. Fenton Howell
Director of Public Health, HSE Population Health Directorate (Navan)

Scholar Exchange & Training
Professor Mark Lawler
Associate Professor of Experimental Haematology/Oncology, Trinity College Dublin (Dublin)

OTHER STRATEGIC ADVISORY GROUP MEMBERS

Dr. Lee J. Helman
Scientific Director for Clinical Research, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute (Bethesda)

Dr. Mary Hynes
Cancer Network Manager, West, National Hospitals Office, Health Service Executive, Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway

Professor Richard Kaplan
Associate Director, National Cancer Research Network (Leeds and London)

Professor Elaine Kay
Consultant Histopathologist, Beaumont Hospital, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Dublin)

Professor Michael Kerin
Professor/Head of the Department of Surgery, National University of Ireland (Galway)

Professor Dennis McCance
Director, Centre for Cancer Research & Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast (Belfast)

Dr. Richard Wilson
Director, Northern Ireland Cancer Clinical Trials Unit, Belfast City Hospital (Belfast)

PALLIATIVE CARE LIAISON

Professor Philip Larkin
Professor of Clinical Nursing [Palliative Care], School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, Health Sciences Centre, University College Dublin (Dublin)

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Isabel V. Otero
International Program Director, Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute (Bethesda)