Reappointment to Board of the National Haemophilia Council - 11 July 2024

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has re-appointed Professor Niamh O'Connell to the National Haemophilia Council with effect from 11 July 2024 until 10 July 2027.

Prof. Niamh O’Connell M.B., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.I., F.R.C. Path is the National Haemophilia Director at the National Coagulation Centre (NCC), St. James’s Hospital, Dublin. Having returned to Ireland in 2004 following specialist training in Haemostasis and Thrombosis the UK, Prof. O’Connell joined the NCC as Consultant Haematologist in 2010 and took on the role of Director of the NCC in 2018. The NCC is the lead Comprehensive Care Centre for adults in Ireland and is a hub for clinical services, research, training and education in disorders of haemostasis on a national basis. The NCC, working in partnership with the two other Comprehensive Care Centres in Ireland and with the Irish Haemophilia Society, is committed to delivering high quality and safe healthcare and to promoting healthy living for people and their families living with haemophilia and other coagulation disorders. Prof. O’Connell’s research interests include clinical trials in novel therapies for haemophilia, clinical outcomes in haemophilia and application of information technology solutions in the management of haemophilia.