DSSG meetings
There are individual meetings per DSSG 3 times per year (spring, summer, winter). The next DSSG meetings will be held in November 2024. The meetings are run by a chair and up to 4 co-chairs. The Role & Responsibilities for the chair and the co-chairs are available here.
The names of the current DSSG chairs/co-chairs and contacts are listed in the table below. To contact the Operational Lead of a DSSG please email info@cancertrials.ie for their attention.
DSSG Contacts
Key personnel for each Disease Specific Sub Group (DSSG).
| DSSG | ||
| Breast | Chair | Prof Patrick Morris |
| Co-Chair | Prof Fran Duane | |
| Translational Co-Chair | Prof Leonie Young | |
| Surgical Co-Chair | Prof Aoife Lowery | |
| Surgical Co-Chair | Mr Michael Boland | |
| Operational Lead | Ausra Teiserskiene | |
| Lung | Chair | Prof Jarushka Naidoo |
| Translational Co-Chair | Prof Stephen Finn | |
| RT Co-Chair | Prof Gerry Hanna | |
| Operational Lead | Eithne Nicol | |
| Genitourinary | Chair | Prof Ray McDermott |
| Co-Chair | Dr. Paul Kelly | |
| Translational Co-Chair | Prof Bill Watson | |
| Operational Lead | Anne-Marie Howe | |
| Gastrointestinal | Clinical Co-Chair | Prof Grainne O’Kane |
| RT Co-Chair | Prof Aisling Barry | |
| Translational Co-Chair | Prof Jochen Prehn | |
| Colorectal Co-Chair | Dr Darren Cowzer | |
| Surgical Co-Chair | Mr Michael Eamon Kelly | |
| Operational Lead | Anna Shevlin | |
| Haematology/Lymph | Chair | Dr Anne Fortune |
| Translational Co-Chair | Prof Ruth Clifford | |
| Operational Lead | Emer Mulvaney | |
| Gynaecology | Chair | Prof Karen Cadoo |
| Co-Chair | Dr Dearbhaile Collins | |
| Translational Co-Chair | Sharon O’Toole | |
| Operational Lead | Lucy Murphy | |
| Melanoma | Chair | Prof Fergal Kelleher |
| Operational Lead | Anna Walsh | |
| Head and Neck | Chair | Dr Sinead Brennan |
| Operational Lead | Sinead Ryan | |
| Central nervous system | Chair | Mr Stephen McNally |
| RT Co-Chair | Dr David Fitzpatrick | |
| Co-Chair | Prof Jack Gleeson | |
| Operational Lead | Claire Bermingham | |
| Paediatric | Chair | Dr. Cormac Owens |
| Translational Co-Chair | Dr Maureen O’Sullivan | |
| CTI Contact | Claire Bermingham |