Professor Ivan Perry, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCC (Chairman)
Dr Patrick Doorley, Director of Population Health HSE.

Mr Ivor Fitzpatrick, Senior Partner of Ivor Fitzpatrick & Co Solicitors. 

Dr Blanaid Hayes, Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Beaumont Hospital.
Dr Fenton Howell, Specialist in Public Health, North Eastern Health Board

Mr John McCormack, CEO Irish Cancer Society.
Dr Mark Morgan, Psychologist, St Patrick's College of Education

Mr Michael O'Shea, CEO Irish heart Foundation.
Professor Michael Ryan, Professor of Pharmacology, UCD

Professor Ivan Perry is currently Professor of Public Health and Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork.

Professor Perry received his postgraduate training in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London. Before appointment in UCC, he was a Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology and Assistant Director of the UK Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU), at Imperial College School of Medicine, London (1996-1997). Professor Perry also worked as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology & Public Health at the Department of Primary Care & Population Health Sciences, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London between 1992 and 1996. In this post, Professor Perry worked with Professor AG Shaper on the British Regional Heart Study (BRHS) cohort, completing both Masters and Doctoral level training in Epidemiology.

He instigated and coordinated the follow-up of incident cases of Type 2 Diabetes in the BRHS cohort, work which has led to significant publications in high impact international journals. His current major interests are: chronic disease epidemiology with a focus on the role of diet and lifestyle in the etiology of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, suicide epidemiology and health services research. He has over 80 PubMed listed publications and has contributed chapters to international textbooks on chronic disease epidemiology, and cardiology. He is Director of the National Parasuicide Registry, Chairman of the National Primary Care Steering Group and Chairman of the Board of the Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society. He is also a member of several Boards and national advisory groups, including the National Cancer Registry, the National Suicide Research Foundation, the Cork Northside Community Health Initiative and the National Suicide Reduction Steering Group.

National Director of Population Health: Dr Patrick Doorley.

Dr. Patrick Doorley was Director of Public Health & Planning with the Midland Health Board. He worked in a number of Dublin hospitals in his early medical career. He worked as Director of Community Care, Medical Officer of Health for 6 years before taking up the post of Director of Public Health & Planning with the Midland Health Board in 1995. Dr Doorley is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine (RCPI). He is a board member of the Women’s Health Council, the Office of Tobacco Control and of the Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society.

Pat is responsible for the strategic planning for all aspects of the HSE to positively influence health, health service delivery and outcomes by promoting and protecting the health of the entire population and target groups.

Professor Michael P Ryan was educated in University College Dublin and is now Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology there. He is scientific co-coordinator of the Centre for Integrative Biology in the Conway Institute for Biomolecular and Biomedical Research at UCD.

Professor Ryan served as President of the Irish Society of Toxicology (1997-1999) and as Vice President (1995-1997). He is a member of the Board of St. Luke’s Cancer Research Institute, the Scientific Committee of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Food Additives, Contaminants and Residues.

Primary School Principal (1964-72), teaching principal, Killina N.S., Co. Roscommon. Lecturer, St. Patrick’s College: 1973- 1988 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University, 1983-84 Seconded for three years as research/education officer to the Primary Curriculum Review Body (1989-92), sponsored by the Department of Education.

Director of Post-graduate studies, St. Patrick’s College, 1992-2002 Appointed Head of Education Department, 2002 Research interests have been in four broad areas:
(i) Studies that sought to identify the prevalence and causes of substance use among Irish adolescents, carried out initially with the Economic and Social Research Institute and more recently as part of the European School Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD)
(ii) Evaluations of programmes including prevention of substance misuse , professional development , relationships and sexuality education , remedial education , early school leaving interventions and gender related beliefs. I have evaluated several programmes aimed at prevention of smoking for the DES, Health Boards and the Cancer Society
(iii) Self-motivation and specifically how intrinsic motivation is developed. A major part of this research is how motivation to change behavior is acquired and strengthened.
(iv) Aspects of educational disadvantage and how disadvantage impacts on a range of life experiences and behaviors, with a particular emphasis on how disadvantage impacts on life chances and substance use. I have a particular interest in collaborating with colleagues in Ireland and in overseas institutions and have worked with over 40 colleagues in several institutions in Ireland and abroad.