Brenda is currently a PhD student within the SPHeRE (Structured Population and Health-services Research Education) HRB Scholars Programme as a member of their 2014 cohort. She is working with Dr Tony Fitzgerald on Work Package 3 (WP3), “Analysis of Quantitative Indicators of EUCS Performance - Comparison of emergency and urgent care system performance across regions”, of the SIREN (Study of the Impact of Reconfiguration on Emergency and Urgent Care Networks) project.

From 2012 to 2014 she was a Data Manager /Researcher and a part time Senior Demonstrator/Guest Lecturer with the Centre for Policy Studies in UCC.  She completed her Bachelor of Commerce at UCC in 2009 and subsequently graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2010 with a Masters in Economic Development. From 2011 to 2012 she worked with Bank of New York Mellon as a member of their Derivative Support Team.