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 | ||
| 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 | Dr 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 | Fiona Cregg | ||
| Head and Neck | Chair | Dr Sinead Brennan | |
| Operational Lead | Laura Friel | ||
| Central nervous system | Chair | Mr Stephen McNally | |
| Operational Lead | Verena Murphy | ||
| Paediatric | Chair | Dr. Cormac Owens | |
| Translational Co-Chair | Dr Maureen O’Sullivan | ||
| Operational Lead | Verena Murphy |