Dr Suzanne Bracken

Suzanne Bracken graduated with a PhD in Immunology from Trinity College Dublin. She also holds a MSc degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Ulster, Coleraine and a BSc (Hons) degree in Chemistry from UCD. Currently she is the Research & Innovation Programme Manager for the Dublin-Midlands Health Region and also provides programme management support to the new shared campus biobank project at St James’s Hospital.

Suzanne has over 13 years’ experience managing clinical and translational research projects and has been involved in promoting harmonised health research in Ireland since 2011. She has chaired the Health Research – Data Protection Network, the National Biobanking Working group and the NSAI Biotechnology Standards Consultative Committee (Mirror committee to ISO/276 Biotechnology). These experiences have allowed her to gain an excellent overview of the national biobanking landscape and significant knowledge and learnings of progress in health research in Ireland to date.