UCC Athena SWAN Main Steering Group Members

Interim Registrar Professor Stephen Byrne chairs the Steering Group. The Steering Group members (listed below) represent a diverse cross section of the university community, including representatives from both STEMM and non-STEMM disciplines, academic and administrative roles, students, and early to mid and late-career roles.

Steering Group	Member	Role
‌	Dr Deirdre Bennett	Head, Medical Education Unit, School of Medicine; Director, 5 Year Undergraduate Medical Programme; Member, Staff Development Committee
	Prof Helen Whelton	Head of College Medicine and Health
	Dr Frank Burke	Senior Lecturer/Consultant, Restorative Dentistry; Deputy Dean, University Dental School and Hospital; Vice Head (Academic Affairs) College of Medicine & Health
	Prof. Louise Crowley	Vice Dean (Student Affairs), School of Law; Member of Governing Body Chair, Academic Council Staff Development Committee
	Prof. Sarah Culloty	Head of College SEFS. Director, Environmental Research Institute
	Ms Tracy Eagles	HR Central Services Manager
	Dr Amanullah De Sondy	Head of Dept. Study of Religions & Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Islam
	Prof. Nuala Finnegan	Chair, UCC Equality Committee; Head, Department of Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies; Director, Centre for Mexican Studies
	Dr Tadhg Nagle	Lecturer, Business Information Systems, College of Business and Law
	Prof. Ursula Kilkelly	Professor of Law and Dean of the School of Law. Head of the College of Business and Law.
	Ms Ann King	Athena SWAN Project Officer; Member, UCC Equality Committee
	Dr Angela Flynn	Lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery
	Prof Carol Linehan	Head of School of Applied Psychology; Co-Investigator, Genovate Project; Chartered Work and Organisational Psychologist
	Prof. John Cryan	Vice-President for Research and Innovation
	Dr Eric Moore	School of Chemistry and Tyndall National Institute
	Dr Padraic Morrissey	Senior Researcher, Photonics, Tyndall National Institute
	Dr Siobhán Cusack	Director of Research Strategy and Projects, OVPRI UCC
	Prof Ciara Heavin	Professor, Business Information Systems.
	Mr Barry O'Brien	Director of Human Resources
	Dr Avril Hutch	EDI Unit Director
	Dr. Peter O'Brien	Deputy Director, Irish Photonic Integration Centre, Senior Head of Group Tyndall National Institute; Group member funder under SFI Advance Programme (Women in Science Award); STEMM outreach in schools, including Young Scientist projects (YS Ireland & Tanzania).
	Mr Kieran Creedon	HR Business Partner for the Deputy President and Registrar’s area
	Prof. Stephen Byrne (Chair)	Deputy President and Registrar
	Mary O'Rourke	Office of the Vice-president of Teaching and Learning; Staff LGBT Network
	Dr Brendan Palmer	Post-Doc Representative (School of Public Health)
	Dr Ruth Ramsay O'Riordan	Dean of Graduate Studies. Head of Graduate School, College of Science, Engineering & Food Science (SEFS), SEFS Vice-Head; Aurora Leadership Foundation alumna 2014 and role model and mentor in 2015; Mentor, Through the Glass Ceiling programme. Senior Lecturer.
	Prof Aideen Sullivan	Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience
	Dr Silvia Ross	Senior Lecturer, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures; Formerly Associate Dean & Head of CACCSS Graduate School; Chair, Board of MA Women’s Studies.
	Professor Chris Williams	Head of the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
	Dr Abina Crean	School of Pharmacy