Dear colleague,
Speaker Announcement - Dr Grainne Gorman, Chief Executive Officer of the Health Research - RCSI Millin Meeting
 
Date: Friday, 13 November 2026, 11:30am to 12pm
 
Keynote Lecture: Surgical Research in Ireland: A HRB Perspective - 11:30am to 12pm
 
RCSI is delighted to announce Dr Grainne Gorman, Chief Executive Officer of the Health Research Board, as one of our keynote speakers for this year's highly anticipated RCSI Millin Meeting on Friday, 13 November 2026. 
 
Dr Gorman is a Neurologist by training specialising in mitochondrial disease. At Newcastle University, she served as Professor of Neurology, Director of the Welcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, and Theme Co-Lead within the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre. She is an alumna of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences’ FLIER (Future Leaders in Innovation, Enterprise and Research) programme and a graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. 
 
Dr Gorman has completed undergraduate and postgraduate training in Ireland, attaining specialist certification in Neurology before moving to the UK to join Newcastle University, where her work has focused on clinical trials and translating mitochondrial research into innovative, co-designed care with patients and communities.
 

To register, please visit: https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-and-events/events/event/2026/millin-meeting

 

Best regards,

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland