BCNI Investigators

BCNI is a collaborative network of clinicians, scientists, and population health experts with a shared interest in blood cancer research. It is led by investigators from across the country. 

Dr Eva Szegezdi

Dr Eva Szegezdi

Director, Blood Cancer Network Ireland
Email: eva.szegezdi@universityofgalway.ie
Ext: 5037
Direct: 353- (091)-49 5037
See profile for further information (profiles are listed below)

Dr Philip Murphy

Dr Philip Murphy

Deputy Director with clinical responsibility, Blood Cancer Network Ireland
Email: philipmurphy@beaumont.ie
(01) 8092622
See profile for further information (profiles are listed below)

Professor Michael O'Dwyer

Professor Michael O'Dwyer

Investigator, Blood Cancer Network Ireland
Email: michael.odwyer@nuigalway.ie
Previously BCNI Director (2015-2019)
Ext: 4443
Direct: 353-91-494443
See profile for further information (profiles are listed below)

Professor Mary Cahill

Professor Mary Cahill

Investigator
Email: maryr.cahill@hse.ie
Ext: 2548
Direct: 353-(021)-492 2548
See profile for further information (profiles are listed below)

Professor Paul Browne

Professor Paul Browne

Investigator
Email: pbrowne@stjames.ie
Ext: 1476
Direct: 353-(01)-896 1476
See profile for further information (profiles are listed below)

Dr John Quinn

Dr John Quinn

Investigator
Email: johnquinn@beaumont.ie
Direct: 353-(01)-8092655
See profile for further information (profiles are listed below)

Professor Peter O'Gorman

Professor Peter O'Gorman

Investigator
Email: pogorman@mater.ie
Direct: 353-(01)-8500977
See profile for further information (profiles are listed below)

Professor Ruth Clifford

Professor Ruth Clifford

Investigator
Email: ruth.clifford1@hse.ie
Direct: 353-(61)-233423
See profile for further information (profiles are listed below)

BCNI Staff

Our staff represent expertise from a range of clinical and research backgrounds. They ensure the day-to-day workings of BCNI, including clinical trials, biobanking and data registration, are consistenly run to the highest standards. 

Dr. Sharon Kelly

Dr. Sharon Kelly

Programme Manager, University of Galway
Email: Sharon.M.Kelly@@universityofgalway.ie
Ext: 5037
Direct: 091-495037

Cliodhna Nolan

Cliodhna Nolan

Biobank Research Assistant, UCC
Email: Cnolan@@ucc.ie

BCNI Members

 Clinicians, nurses and researchers can apply to be BCNI members. Members will recieve reguar updates on BCNI activities and progress and can become involved in clinical, biobanking and registry activities.

If you would like to become a BCNI Member please complete  this BCNI Membership form

Name

Institution

Position

Senthil Kumar University Hospital Waterford Consultant Haematologist
 Ruth Clifford University Hospital Limerick Consultant Haematologist
Gerardene Meade Murphy University College Cork Lecturer
Paul Young University College Cork Lecturer
Leanne O'Sullivan University College Cork PhD student
Brian Hennessy University Hospital Waterford Consultant Haematologist
Dalyia Benjamin CCRC and Mercy hospital Cork Clinican and PhD student
Ezzat Elhassadi University Hospital Waterford Consultant Haematologist
Keith Egan Cancer Trials Ireland(Beaumont) Programme manager
Tracey O’Donovan University College Cork Research fellow
Siobhen Glavey Royal College of Surgeons Ireland Lecturer
Dervla O'Shea Cork University Hospital Consultant Haematologist
Tony McElligott TrInity College Dublin Lecturer
Janusz Krawczyk Galway University Hospital Consultant Haematologist
Vitaliy Mykytiv Cork University Hospital Consultant Haematologist
Alan Ó Céilleachair University College Cork/National Cancer Registry Post-doc
Niamh Keane St James Hospital Dublin Specialist Registrar in Haematology
Patrick Thornton RCSI/Beaumont Consultant Haematologist
Philip Murphy Beaumont Consultant Haematologist
Aileen Walsh Midlands regional hospital Tullamore Clinical trials nurse
Maureen O'Grady University Hospital Limerick Trail unit manager
Salvador Figueroa Morales Roche Medical Manager
Audrey Carthy Beaumont CNM in Clinical trials unit
Ian Hann Irish Blood Transfusion Service Professor
Andrew Hodgson Sligo University Hospital Consultant Haematologist
Maeve Leahy University Hospital Limerick Consultant Haematologist
Daniel Angelov Tullamore Hospital Haematology SpR
Geraldine Walpole  Sligo University Hospital Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Haematology
Edel Quinn Sligo University Hospital CNS hematology
Samantha Sloan Belfast City Hospital Haem Nurse Practitoner
Richard McCafferty St James Hospital Dublin Chief Medical Scientist
Clodagh Ryan Mercy Hospital Consultant Hematologist
Catherine Flynn St James Hospital Dublin Consultant Hematologist
Leah O'Brien Genomics Medicine Ireland Clinical Partnerships lead
Annmarie Wrafter GUH Hematology lab Medical Scientist
Mairead Ni Chonghaile St James Hospital Dublin CNS hematology
Tracey Steede Galway University Hospital Senior Medical scientist
Anne Fortune Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Consultant Hematologist
Finnuala Creighton Irish Cancer Society Nurse
Su Wai Maung Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Consultant Hematologist
Elizabeth Vandenberghe St James Hospital Dublin Consultant Hematologist
Clodagh Keohane Mercy University Hospital, Cork Consultant Hematologist