Professor Patrick Murray is Dean of Medicine and Head of School. He chairs the Medicine Programmes Board, the School Executive Management Committee and an eight-person School Management Team. Professor Murray is supported by five Associate Deans, six Academic Section Leaders and Heads of Subject.

The School Executive Management Committee is the most senior representative group within the School.  Chaired by the Dean of Medicine/Head of School, this committee comprises Associate Deans, representatives from each of the academic sections and the main research groups as well as senior administrative staff from across the School and its various programme areas.  The School Executive Management Committee currently comprises:

The School Executive Management Committee is supported by Ms Kasia Gaughan, School Office Manager.

The School Management Team guides the day-to-day coordination of School activities and prepares agenda items for the School Executive Management Committee. The School Management Team currently comprises:

 The School Management Team is support by Ms Liz Hannon, PA to the Dean & Head of School.

A Strategic Development Advisory Group has been established to guide the Dean and the School Executive Management Committee on various specified items.  The Group aims to develop responses to important strategic developments opportunities for consideration by the School leadership.

The SDAG reports to the Dean of Medicine/Head of School.

The School has established a Teaching & Learning Strategy Group comprising educational leads across all subject areas and education development support staff from across the School.

Following the appointment of Associate Professor Suzanne Donnelly as Associate Dean for Programmes & Educational Innovation and  Dr Jonathan McNulty as Associate Dean for Graduate Taught Studies, the work of this committee is being reviewed to align it with the School's key educational strategic objectives.

The School has established a Research, Innovation & Impact Group (RIIG) chaired by Associate Professor Marguerite Clyne and with representatives from each academic section across the School. The group is a consultative forum which aims to guide the development of the School's research strategy and inform development initiatives.  Current membership includes:

• Associate Professor Marguerite Clyne (Chair)
• Prof Cormac Taylor
• Prof Denis Shields
• Prof Fionnuala McAuliffe
• Prof Walter Cullen
• Dr Amanda McCann
• Dr Helen Gallagher
• Dr Louise Rainford
• Dr Marcus Butler
• Dr Peter Doran
• Dr Tom Flanagan
• (Surgery Representative to be advised)

The RIIG Reports to the School Management Team and contains a number of member of both the School Management Team and the School's Executive Management Committee.  Over coming weeks, the group will articulate its key projects and initiatives and it welcomes feedback from across the School's extensive research community.

Administration staff are deployed in a series of teams aligned to support the School’s key academic functions; including the Programme Office, School Office, Research Office, Dean’s Office & Development Teams on the Belfield campus as well as two teams (Eccles and Merrion teams) who coordinate student and staff supports across clinical sites.

Technical staff are deployed across the School to support specialist teaching and research activities and include technical staff who support audio-visual and information technology, anatomy dissection laboratories & our Body Donation programme, as well as pathology and physiology laboratories.  Technical staff are also integrated with research teams across all School sites.