Dr Mairéad O'Driscoll

Dr Mairéad O’Driscoll is the CEO of the HRB, the lead agency in Ireland supporting health research, information, and evidence to inform policy and practice.

Before being appointed CEO, she held other senior roles in the HRB including Director of Research Strategy and Funding and Head of Policy, Evaluation and External Relations.

She worked in academia and industry before moving into policy research, first with the Royal Society in London and then with the Wellcome Trust.

She also spent time in South Africa where she worked on the development of the government’s first national research and technology foresight study.

She is a member of several national and international groups, and is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and the University of London.