HSE National Committee for the Governance, Management and Support of Research

The HSE National Committee for the Governance, Management and Support of Research was established in May 2022 to oversee the implementation of the HSE National Framework for the Governance, Management and Support of Health Research (RGMS Framework).

• Key Roles
• Objectives
• Membership

Key Roles

1. Oversee the implementation of the RGMS Framework to ensure national cohesiveness for health research governance
2. Provide advice and support to National HSE R&D with regards to the newly developed research governance structures and ethics committees that are currently being set up to implement the framework
3. Formal appointing authority for the new HSE Reference RECs

Objectives

1. Support and oversee the implementation of the HSE Strategic Action Plan for Research 2019-29 and the HSE National Framework for the Governance, Management and support of research
2. Supporting approaches for research governance and management that address the organisational complexities in order to facilitate collaboration
3. To act at champions for research at senior management level with a view to promote a research culture within the HSE and its funded organisations
4. To oversee the outputs of the working groups led by HSE National R&D and provide and to provide steering guidance
5. Formally confer status of HSE Reference REC to newly set up committees and formally endorse the nomination of the RREC Chair
6. To provide strategic advise with regards to the implementation of the national research information management system
7. To support Public and Patient Involvement in Research
8. To champion the translation of research into policy and practice

Membership

1. HSE National Director for Strategy and Research – Chair	Philip Crowley
2. HSE Head of HSE Research & Evidence	Ana Terrés
3. HSE National Finance representative	Mairead Dolan
4. HSE National HR representative	Pat O’Boyle
5. HSE Acute Operations representative	Mike Corbett
6. HSE Community Operations representative	Maurice Farnan
7. HSE Chief Clinical Officer representative	Brian Kinirons
8. HSE Data Protection Officer representative	Mary Deasey
9. HSE Data Governance representative	Orla Treacy
10. Chair of the Chief Academic Officers Group	Helen Whelton
11. Patient representative	Robert Joyce
14. Chair of National Clinical Trials Coordination Office	Robert O’Connor
15. Research Ethics Committees	Rosalie Smyth Lynch
16. HSE Integrated Information Service (OCIO)	Tom Laffan
17. Researcher representative	Joe Eustace
18. HSE Research & Development	Maria Quinlan
19. Voluntary Agencies (Section 38)	Tanya King

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