Life and Medical Sciences Committee
The Life and Medical Sciences Committee is an all-island multidisciplinary committee formed in September 2014. The committee’s membership represents academia, industry, media, and other interest groups. The primary functions of the committee are to address issues of national and international interest through a programme of work, advise the Academy on the formation of policy and act as the national adhering organisation for international unions including the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) and the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS). The committee has a varied programme of works ranging from lectures, expert statements on issues of national and international importance, and special events focusing on topical issues. This work enables the committee to engage with the wider scholarly community, policy makers and the general public.
The committee contributes to advice papers from the Academy. To see the committee contribution to the new Government Strategy please click here.
The committee are the authors of a number of expert statements produced by the Academy. To read previous statements on the topics of life sciences please click here.
Commitee members
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Catherine Godson
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Patrick Gerald McKenna
Vice-President, Member of Seven Academies Group -
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Richard O'Kennedy
EASAC Biosciences Steering Panel -
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Related News & Events
‘Gene Editing: Technologies, Potential and Ethical Implications’
A one-day conference presented by the Royal Irish Academy Life and Medical Sciences Committee addressing the wide-ranging implications of the CRISPR-Cas9 technique for all of life and medical science.
A unified biology during the 21st century and its impact on our lives and our environment
Academy Discourse by Professor Nils Christian Stenseth from the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis at the University of Oslo.
