Board of Directors
Board
- Mr Ivor Fitzpatrick, Senior Partner of Ivor Fitzpatrick &
Co Solicitors.(Chair)
- Dr Blanaid Hayes, Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Beaumont
Hospital.
- Mr John McCormack, CEO Irish Cancer Society.
- Dr Angie Brown. Medical Director Iriah Heart Foundation
- Ms Valerie Duncan
- Dr. Maurice Mulcahy
- Prof Patrick Goodman
Professor Ivan Perry
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.
Dr. Mark Morgan
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.
Dr Fenton Howell
MB BCh BAO, DCH, MPH, B Comm, FFPHMI, FFPH, FRCPI.
Dr Fenton Howell is a Director of Public Health with the
Population Health Directorate of the Health Service Executive. He
is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland and
of the UK Faculty of Public Health. He is also a Fellow of the
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland. He is the past Dean of the
Faculty of Public Health Medicine of Ireland, RCPI and is a Past
President of the Irish Medical Organization.. He has a long history
of advocacy in tobacco control and is a Board member of ASH
Ireland. He is also on the Board of the All Ireland Institute of
Public Health and The Research Institute for a Tobacco free
Society.
Mr John McCormack
Chief
Executive, Irish Cancer Society
Mr John McCormack was appointed CEO of the Irish Cancer Society
in October 2002. He was formerly Company Secretary and
Financial Controller with the Society, is a member of the Institute
of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland and holds an MBA from
Dublin City University.
Mr. McCormack joined the Society in 1989 having previously
worked as an Audit Senior with BDO Simpson Xavier. In 1991, he
founded the Irish Charities Tax Reform Group which has lobbied
successfully for the introduction of tax relief on corporate
donations.
One of Mr McCormack's key areas of interest is men's health and
in April 2006, he lead the launch of Action Prostate Cancer (APC)
and the Prostate Cancer Information Service (Freefone 1800 380
380), to complement the Society's already hugely successful Action
Breast Cancer programme. Since its launch, the Prostate Cancer
Information Service (PCIS) has responded to over 10,000 enquiries
from men (and their partners).
Mr McCormack was also instrumental in contributing to the
success of the Society's 2006 - 2008 lobbying campaign for the
roll-out of a free nationwide cervical screening programme for all
women aged 25 - 60 years. This screening programme titled,
CervicalCheck, was launched by the National Cancer Screening
Service (NCSS) in September 2008.
In 2006, the Society embarked upon a strategic planning process
and in Summer 2008, it adopted a new mission statement and set of
strategic targets. The strategic plan has at its core a vision of
Ireland for world class cancer service for Ireland, with equal
access for all, where fewer people get cancer and those that do
have better outcomes.
Mr McCormack will lead the delivery of the new strategic targets
over the next five years. These targets centre around implementing
a zero tolerance approach to smoking in young people, reducing the
incidence of advanced colorectal cancer and mortality from that
cancer and ensuring every member of the Irish public has access to
the information and support they need.