Below you can find all of the personnel involved in the core I-PARC team and research advisory panel. Find more information about each organisation by clicking below.
Principal Investigators
- Fiona Mansergh, Assistant Principal for Health and Wellbeing, Department of Health
- Catherine Woods, Chair of Physical Activity for Health, University of Limerick
I-PARC Team Members
Health Partners
- Health Service Executive
- Sarah O’Brien, National Lead – Healthy Eating an Active Living Policy Programme
- Shirley O’Shea, Senior Health and Wellbeing Officer for Physical Activity, Health and Wellbeing Division
- Public Health Agency Northern Ireland
- Colette Brolly, Health and Social Wellbeing Improvement Manager
Sport Partners
- Sport Ireland
- David Callaghan, Evaluation Officer
- Emma Jane Clarke, Partnership and Governance Director
- Una May, Director of Participation and Ethics
- Vydehi Muppavarapu, Evaluation Officer
- Benny Cullen, Research Director
- Sport Northern Ireland
- Caolan Ward, Policy, Strategy and Insight Manager
Education Partners
- Department of Education and Skills
- Niamh Barry, Inspectorate,
- Ronan Kielt, Assistant Principal, Curriculum and Assessment Policy Unit
Transport Partners
- Department of Transport, Tourism and and Sport
- James Lavelle, Assistant Principal Officer
Academic Partners
- University of Limerick
- Enrique Garcia Bengoechea, Research Fellow
- Caera Grady, Research Assistant and I-PARC Project Manager
- Waterford Institute of Technology
- Niamh Murphy, Lecturer in Physical Activity and Health
- Ulster University
- Marie Murphy, Dean of Postgraduate Research and Director of Ulster Doctoral College
- University College Dublin
- Grainne O’Donoghue, Lecturer / Assistant Professor Physiotherapy, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science
Research Advisory Panel and Collaborators
- Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
- Paula Carroll, Department of Sport and Exercise Science
- University of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Paul Kelly, Lecturer in Physical Activity for Health
- Nanette Mutrie, Director of Physical Activity and Health Research Centre, School of Sport, Physical Education and Health Sciences
- Amsterdam UMC, VUmc in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Femke van Nassau, Senior Researcher, Department of Public and Occupational Health and Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute
- University of Sydney, Australia
- Adrian Bauman, Professor of Public Health, Sydney School of Public Health
- University of Bristol, England
- Joey Murphy, Lecturer in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Public Health
