HIHI Team

Noel Murphy

HIHI Clinical Liaison and HSE Biomedical Engineer, Cork University Hospital | UCC

Noel is a Biomedical Engineer with 13 years’ experience working within the Health Service Executive (HSE), where he introduces, manages and integrates medical device technology into a broad spectrum of clinical disciplines.  Prior to the HSE, Noel worked for both indigenous and multinational organisations in software and hardware development roles. Noel has been supporting the work of Health Innovation Hub Ireland since November 2013, assessing medical device technologies and healthcare applications presented to the HIHI. Noel utilises his technical and system knowledge to assess to impact  of the technology from an overall system, end user and process and workflow perspective whilst also project managing pilots and studies within the health system.

Noel is a Chartered Engineer with Engineers Ireland, has completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Leadership & Management with RCSI and most recently in 2018 completed a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma and is an active Lean Practitioner within the Health Service.

Team Members

Mr Dave Shanahan
Chair of the National Oversight Group of Health Innovation Hub Ireland
Professor John R. Higgins
HIHI Lead PI, University College Cork and Cork University Maternity Hospital
Professor Seamas Donnelly
HIHI PI, Trinity College Dublin
Professor Martin O’Donnell
HIHI Academic Advisor, HIHI PI, Executive Dean CMNHS, University of Galway
Professor Martin O’Halloran
HIHI PI, University of Galway
Dr Tanya Mulcahy
HIHI Director, University College Cork
Jane O’Flynn
HIHI National Operations Manager, Munster Technological University
Eimear Galvin
HIHI Regional Manager, Trinity College Dublin
Noel Murphy
HIHI Clinical Liaison and HSE Biomedical Engineer, Cork University Hospital
Noreen Lynch
HIHI Clinical Liaison and HSE Clinical Nurse Manager, Bantry University Hospital
Niamh Allen
HIHI Clinical Liaison and Clinical Nurse Manager, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital
Eimer O’Connell
Project Manager, Health Innovation Hub Ireland, University of Galway
Michael Duane
HIHI Clinical Liaison and Principal Clinical Engineer, University Hospital Galway
Caroline McGarry
Communications and PR Lead