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Management Team

The Management Team oversee the delivery of the UCD Cancer Trials Cluster workpackages and deliverables.

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Prof Patrick Murray

Co-lead of the UCD Cancer Trials Cluster, Interim Director of the UCD Clinical Research Centre.

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Dr Chris Crockford

Research Project Manager, UCD Cancer Trials Cluster.

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Dr Anne Fortune

Mater Hospital Site Lead, UCD Cancer Trials Cluster. Consultant Haematologist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Cavan General Hospital. Director CTRU @ MMUH. Chair Lymphoid and Haematology DSSG Cancer Trials Ireland.

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Dr Mark Doherty

St Vincent's University Hospital Site Lead, UCD Cancer Trials Cluster. Consultant Medical Oncologist, St Vincent's University Hospital.

Trial Managers

Our trial managers oversee the day-to-day delivery and operations of our clinical trial units at St Vincent's University Hospital, the Cancer Clinical Research Trust, and the Mater Hospital.

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Jo Ballot

Clinical Research Manager, the Cancer Clinical Research Trust @ St Vincent's Hospital.

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Karen Culhane

Operations Manager, Cancer Clinical Research Trust @ St Vincent's Hospital.

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Bindu Krishnanivas

Research Nurse Manager (CNM3) at the Clinical Trial Research Unit, Mater Hospital.

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Lisa Scahill

Operations and Business Manager at the Cancer Trials Research Unit, Mater Hospital

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Investigators

Our primary investigators for clinical research at St Vincent's Hospital and the Mater Hospital.

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Dr Austin Duffy

Consultant Medical Oncologist, Mater Hospital.

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Professor Liam Gallagher

Professor of Cancer Biology in the UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science.

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Dr Barry Kevane

Consultant Haematologist, Mater Hospital.

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Dr Su Maung

Consultant Haematologist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.

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Professor John McCaffrey

Consultant Medical Oncologist, Mater Hospital.

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Professor Amanda McCann

Principal Investigator and Senior Conway Fellow in the UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research in UCD

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Professor Ray McDermott

Consultant Medical Oncologist Genito-Urinary cancer, Clinical Lead of Cancer Trials Ireland. Chair of the UCD Cancer Trials Cluster Advisory Committee.

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Dr Geraldine O'Sullivan Coyne

Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Mater Misecordiae University Hospital.

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Dr Shirley Potter

Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. Associate Clinical Professor, UCD School of Medicine.

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Dr Liam Smyth

Consultant Haematologist, St Vincent's University Hospital. Chair of the SVUH Haematology Research Group.

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Professor Janice Walshe

Consultant Medical Oncologist, St Vincent's University Hospital.

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Our Sites

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The UCD Clinical Research Centre (CRC) bridges UCD with its clinical partners, the Mater Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital. The UCD CRC has a significant track record of supporting both investigator and industry-initiated clinical research projects.

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The Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) in the Mater Hospital coordinates a wide range of clinical trials in cancer and leads out on the work of the UCD Cancer Trials Cluster locally. 

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The Cancer Clinical Research Trust (CCRT) is an independent clinical research organisation that leads on oncology trials at St Vincent's Hospital and the UCD Clinical Research Centre. 

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St Vincent's University Hospital manages haematology trials on site, and works alongside the Cancer Clinical Research Trust and the UCD Clinical Research Centre to provide cancer trials. 

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Contact the UCD Cancer Trials Cluster

UCD Clinical Research Centre, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4
E: cancertrials@ucd.ie