Meet the team

The RCSI Clinical Research Centre (RCSI CRC) has an experienced, reliable and enthusiastic team with the skills, flexibility and attention to detail required to meet the needs of each research project and, ultimately, contribute towards sound research data.

Our team has developed expertise across many different types of research, such as clinical trials, device studies, screening programmes, biobanking and registries, and a broad spectrum of therapeutic areas.

Director

Head of Operations

  • Fionnuala Keane

Director of Nursing

  • Ailbhe Cullen

Director of Research Nurse Education

  • Deirdre Hyland

Research team

  • Toyosi Atoyebi, Research Nurse (Principal Investigator: Orla Hardiman)
  • Sofia Sison, Research Nurse, (Principal Investigator: Orla Hardiman)
  • Ann Collins, Research Nurse/Study Coordinator (Principal Investigator: Gerry McElvaney)
  • Claire Foley, Senior Research Nurse (Principal Investigators: Peter Conlon, Eoghan de Barra, Mark Sherlock)
  • Benson Jacob, Research Nurse (Principal Investigators: Eoghan de Barra, Mick O’Reilly)
  • Margaret Large, Research Nurse (Principal Investigators: Killian Hurley, Richard Costello, David Williams) 
  • Michelle Smyth, Research Nurse (Principal Investigator: Ger Curley)
  • Gwen Searle, Research Nurse (Principal Investigator: Rob Argent)
  • Maria Sison, Research Nurse, (Principal Investigator: Daragh Monely)

Research Registrars

  • Christina Campbell, Respiratory Medicine
  • Leanne Cussen, Endocrinology
  • Maria Tomkins, Endocrinology