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Project Steering and Working Groups

Initial Membership of the Project Steering Group was as follows:

  • Jason Last, Dean of Students, Chair
  • Barbara Dooley, Acting Registrar, Deputy President & Vice President for Academic Affairs 
  • John Buckley, Director of School of Veterinary Medicine Office 
  • Reverend Brendan Ludlow, Chaplain
  • Dr Denise McGrath, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science
  • Andrea Koenigstorfer, Area Lead for Mental Health Engagement, HSE
  • Niall Dennehy, Project Manager
  • Molly Greenough, President, UCD Student Union
  • Dr Fiona Thompson,  Student Health Service
  • Lynn Foster, Student Engagement Manager
  • Dr Gareth Hughes, Be Well Learn Well
  • Aisling O'Grady, Head of Student Advisers
  • Gary Smith, Head of Estate Services Operations
  • Míde Nic Fhionnlaoich, UCDSU Welfare Officer
  • Dr Eadaoin Lysaght , Director of UCD Student Health Service
  • Julie Tonge, Disability Officer, UCD Access & Lifelong Learning
  • Dr Triona Byrne, Clinical Lead, Manager Counselling Service
  • Ms Neha Kamrani, PhD Student, (replaced by Gráinne Bannigan, PhD Student) 
  • Jigsaw Ireland Representation


  • Denise McGrath - School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science
  • Pamela Kelly - Lecturer/Assistant Professor School of Veterinary Medicine
  • Sean O'Connell - Area Lead Mental Health Engagement, HSE
  • Nadia Clarkin - Project and Programmes Manager, Student Advisors
  • Jessica Surdey - Research Fellow, School of Education
  • Martha Ni Riada - UCDSU
  • Bronagh Hanna - UCD Student Counsellor
  • Hester Noonan - UCD Student Counsellor
  • Grainne Bannigan - PhD Student UCD

  • Niall Dennehy, Chair and Project Manager SECCA
  • John Wyatt, Research Project Manager - BOOSTAVAC
  • Simon Gray, Student Advisor
  • Fiona Thompson, GP Student Health
  • Gary Smith, Head of Estate Services Operations
  • Lisa Bennett, Institutional Research Analyst
  • Paul Kelly, Senior Clinical Psychologist
  • Roisin McNamara, Research Assistant
  • John Philips, UCD Student Counsellor
  • Anne Scrivener, Project Coordinator

  • John Buckley Chair and Director, School of Veterinary Medicine Office
  • Niall Dennehy Project Manager SECCA
  • Andrea Koenigstorfer, HSE
  • Anne Scrivener, Project Coordinator
  • Aoife Treacy, 
  • Daniel Rousseau, Student Counsellor
  • Kathleen Kiely, Student Advisor Team Lead
  • Molly Greenough, UCDSU President
  • Brendan Ludlow, Chaplain/Student Advisor

  • Jason Last, Dean of Students
  • Niall Dennehy, Project Manager SECCA
  • Aisling O'Grady, Head of service - Student Advisors
  • Tríona Byrne, Clinical Lead Manager Counselling Service
  • Aideen Quilty, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice
  • (opens in a new window)gareth@studentminds.org.uk
  • Julie Tonge, UCD Disability Officer
  • Lynn Foster, Student Engagement Manager
  • Niamh Nestor, Student Adviser Team Leader
  • Mide Nic Fhionnlaoich,  Welfare Officer UCDSU
  • (opens in a new window)gareth@bewelllearnwell.com
  • Eadaoin Lysaght, Director of Student Health Services UCD
  • Gary Smith, Head of Estate Services Operations
  • Robert Foley, Senior Clinical Psychologist UCD Counselling Service