Honours and Awards

External committees

ARC Biomedical Sciences Panel, Arthritis Resaearch Campaign. Vice Chairman. 2007 - 2011.

PhD Scholars Programme Review Panel, Health Research Board of Ireland. Panel Member. 2007 -

DAAD Fellowship Committee. Member. 1998 -

The UK Grad "Rugby" Team, UK Grad. Member. 2005 -

Memberships of professional bodies

Member, Genetics Society. 1997 -

Links with other academic bodies

Irish Universities Quality Assurance Board. International Adviser. 2009 -

Irish Higher Education Authority. International Expert: Review of PhD Education. 2008 -

External Examiner, Brunel University, Uxbridge. External examiner for the BSc courses in Biosciences. 2006 - 2010.