The Steering Group of the SPHeRE Programme meets three times annually and has strategic representation from the eight HEIs involved with SPHeRE, key stakeholders drawn from health systems, charities and the public. The Steering Group has a view to generating broad-based support for SPHeRE, influencing and being influenced by priorities and strategic concerns in the health system and generating new funding possibilities.
A full list of our current Steering Group membership is as follows:
 | Prof Sarah Barry SPHeRE Programme Director Trinity College Dublin |
 | Prof John Browne SPHeRE Programme Co-Director University College Cork
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 | Dr Mary Clarke SPHeRE Programme Co-Director The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
 | Prof Kate Irving Dublin City University |
 | Prof Sinead McGilloway Maynooth University |
 | Prof Molly Byrne NUI Galway |
 | Prof Deirdre Hurley-Osing University College Dublin |
 | Dr Jon Salzberg University of Limerick |
 | Dr Máirín Ryan HIQA – Health Information and Quality Authority |
 | Dr Anne O’Farrell HSE – Knowledge Management (incorporating Health Intelligence) |
| Dr Ana Terres HSE – Head of Research and Development |
 | Ms Margaret Moore Health & Social Care Professionals Group |
 | Mr Sean Murphy General Manager, Letterkenny Hospital |
 | Dr Derick Mitchell CEO IPPOSI (Irish Platform for Patients Organisations, Science & Industry) |
 | Dr Sarah Delaney Research Officer HRCI (Health Research Charities Ireland) |