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Governance Structure

There is a clear governance structure in place for the management of SIREN. Work is co-ordinated by the Principal Investigator, Professor John Browne of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork. Professor Browne is the Chair of the Programme Management Committee which is comprised of co-applicants and other core researchers. The Programme Steering Group, composed of key stakeholders and constituents, is chaired by Professor John Higgins, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork. The Scientific Advisory Group is composed of international experts in emergency and urgent care and is chaired by Professor Jon Nicholl, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield.

SIREN Governance Structure

Programme Management Committee

The Programme Management Committee is chaired by the Principal Investigator, Professor John Browne, University College Cork. The role of this committee is to oversee the delivery of the whole research programme and to optimise integration and collaboration between the six work packages.

Name	Title	Organisation
Professor John Browne	Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health	University College Cork
Dr Elsa Droog	Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health	University College Cork
Dr Conor Foley	Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health	University College Cork
Dr Sheena McHugh	Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health	University College Cork
Dr Orla Healy	Specialist in Public Health Medicine (HSE South)	Health Service Executive (HSE)
Dr Steve Thomas	Associate Professor, Centre for Health Policy and Management	Trinity College Dublin
Dr Bridget Kane	Post-Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Health Policy and Management	Trinity College Dublin
Dr Claire Buckley	General Practitioner/Specialist Registrar in Public Health Medicine	Health Service Executive (HSE)
Dr Tony Fitzgerald	Biostatistician/Senior Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health	University College Cork
Professor Garry Courtney	National Lead, Programme for Acute Medicine	Health Service Executive (HSE)
Professor Ronan O Sullivan	Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine/Director of Paediatric Emergency Medicine Unit, National Children Research Centre	Cork University Hospital/National Childrens Research Centre
Professor Susan Smith	Associate Professor, Department of General Practice	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Ms Claire Collins	Research Assistant, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health	University College Cork
Ms Brenda Lynch	PhD Student, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health	University College Cork

Programme Steering Group

The Programme Steering Group is chaired by Professor John Higgins, University College Cork and is composed of key collaborators and stakeholders. The Steering Group will advise on the direction and implementation of the research.

Name	Title	Organisation
Professor John Higgins (Chair)	Head,College of Medicine and Health	University College Cork
Dr Deirdre Madden	Senior Lecturer in Law	University College Cork
Professor Ivan Perry	Head, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health	University College Cork
Ms Anne Marie Oglesby	Clinical Risk Advisor, Clinical Indemnity Scheme	State Claims Agency
Dr Jennifer Carroll	Consultant Physician	Cork University Hospital/HSE
Dr Gerard McCarthy	Consultant in Emergency Medicine, CUH	HSE
Ms Margaret Murphy	External Lead Advisor	World Health Organisation (WHO)
Ms Margo Topham	Services Development and Support Manager	Bon Secours Hospital, Cork
Ms Lis Nixon	Director of Performance Improvement for Unscheduled Care, Special Delivery Unit	Department of Health
Mr Liam Woods	National Director of Acute Hospitals	HSE
Ms Joan Regan	Principal Officer in the Acute Hospitals Policy Division	Department of Health
Dr Mary Browne	Lead, Quality and Patient Safety Directorate/Specialist in Public Health Medicine	Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE
Ms June Boulger	National Lead, Service User Involvement in Health Care, National Advocacy Unit	Quality and Patient Safety Directorate, HSE
Dr Colm Henry	National Clinical Advisor and Group Lead for Acute Hospitals	HSE
Mr Paul Gallagher	Director of Nursing St. James's Hospital/President Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland	Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Mr Peter Dennehy	Director, Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council	PHECC
Mr John Hennessy	National Director of Primary Care	HSE
Mr Leo Kearns	National Lead, Transformation and Change	HSE
Mr Sean Egan	Inspector Manager (Healthcare)	HIQA
Ms Irene O' Byrne Maguire	Clinical Risk Advisor, Clinical Indemnity Scheme	State Claims Agency (SCA)

Scientific Advisory Group

This group is chaired by Professor Jon Nicholl, University of Sheffield. The experts in this group play a pivotal role in enhancing the scientific quality of the research programme.

Name	Title	Organisation
Professor Jon Nicholl (Chair)	Dean, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR)	University of Sheffield
Professor Fiona Lecky	Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, (ScHARR)	University of Sheffield
Professor Alicia O'Cathain	Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, (ScHARR)	University of Sheffield
Professor Ellen Weber	Interim Chair and Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine	University of California, San Francisco

Collaborators

College Of Medicine and Health, University College Cork

Health Information Systems Research Centre (HISRC), University College Cork

Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)

State Claims Agency

National Directorate for Quality and Patient Safety, Health Service Executive (HSE)

Medical Care Research Unit, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield