HPRC Governance

HPRC Steering Committee 2025

The Steering Committee of the HPRC is comprised of the following Health Promotion senior staff:

• Professor Colette Kelly (Director, HPRC)
• Professor Margaret Hodgins 
• ‌‌Professor Margaret Barry
• Professor Saoirse Nic Gabhainn
• ‌‌Dr Vicky Hogan 
• Dr Mary Jo Lavelle
• Dr Martin Power
• Dr Lisa Pursell

The International Advisory Board consists of the above Steering Committee and the representatives below from Health Promotion practice, policy and research at a national and international level: ‌

• Ms Biddy O’Neill, National Policy Lead, Health and Wellbeing Programme, Department of Health, Ireland
• Dr Sophie Jullien, Technical Officer, Child and Adolescent Health - World Health Organization (WHO), based in Athens, Greece
• Ms Helen Deely, Interim Assistant National Director for Health and Wellbeing, Health Service Executive, Ireland (HSE)
• Prof. Hannah McGee (Hon). Professor Emeritus, Division of Population Health Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Prof. Martin O'Donnell, Executive Dean, College of Medicine of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Galway, Ireland
• Prof. Lokesh Joshi, Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation, University of Galway, Ireland
• Prof. Caroline McIntosh, Head of School of Health Sciences, University of Galway, Ireland