Key Personnel
| Head of ORECNI | Dr. Karen Beattie |
| REC A Manager | Fiona McNally |
| REC B Manager | Denise Nesbitt |
| Proportionate Review Manager | Melissa Stewart |
| Ethics Administrator | Louise Ayling |
Please note that all communications and enquires to the Committee Chairpersons or other Committee members must be made directly to the ORECNI Office at Info.Orecni@hscni.net
Members of HSC Research Ethics Committees have been appointed through a public appointment process. The responsibility for this process is now with the Business Services Organisation (BSO). The BSO is now the Appointing Authority for all HSC RECs.
HSC REC A
REC Manager: Fiona McNally
Proportionate Review Manager: Mrs Melissa Stewart
REC Members
| Member Name | Profession | Expert/Lay |
| Dr Alastair Walker (Chair) | Retired Head of Education Services, CCEA | Lay |
| Dr Mary Murphy (Vice Chair) | Registered Nurse | Expert |
| Mr Barry Mimnagh (Alternate Vice-Chair) | Pharmacist | Expert |
| Dr Charles Mullan | Consultant Radiologist | Expert |
| Dr Helen Harty | Clinical Facilitator/Trainer | Lay |
| Dr Toni McAloon | Nurse Lecturer | Expert |
| Professor Mahendra Varma | Consultant Cardiologist (Retired) | Expert |
| Mrs Margaret Brady | Deputy Chief Education Welfare Officer Operations, NEELB | Expert |
| Ms Rejina Mariam Verghis | Junior Biostatistician | Expert |
| Dr Lorna Lawther | Registered Midwife | Expert |
| Mrs Julie Howse | Barrister | Lay |
| Ms Marie Fenton | Social Worker | Expert |
| Dr Andrew Moriarty | Research Cardiologist | Expert |
| Ms Rosemary Kelly | Registered Nurse | Expert |
| Mr James Cooke | Student | Lay |
| Dr Sinead Watson | Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast | Expert |
| Ms Rebecca Davidson | Independent Advocate, Alzheimer’s Society | Lay |
| Ms Karen Mooney | Volunteer | Lay |
| Dr Danielle Logan | Biostatistician | Expert (deputy for Ms Rejina Mariam Verghis) |
| Ms Dawn Harbinson | Volunteer | Lay (deputy for Mrs Julie Howse) |
| Mr Eamonn Toner | General Dental Practice Principle and Practice Owner | Expert (deputy for Dr Toni McAloon) |
HSC REC B
Rec Manager: Mrs Denise Nesbitt
Proportionate Review Manager: Mrs Melissa Stewart
REC Members
| Member Name | Profession | Expert/Lay |
| Professor Patrick Murphy (Chair) | Advisor in Political, Social and Economic Policy | Lay |
| Dr Anne Moorehead (Vice Chair) | Senior Lecture in Health and Communication | Lay |
| Ms Sue Trouton (Alternate Vice Chair) | Maternity Peripatetic Assessor | Expert |
| Dr Seamus O’Brien | Nurse Manager | Expert |
| Mr John Mone | Former Executive Director of Nursing | Lay |
| Mrs Marilyn Trimble | Lecturers in Law and Ethics and Business Law | Lay |
| Ms Aine Morrison | Service Manager | Expert |
| Mrs Cliona McDowell | Biostatistician | Expert |
| Dr Ronald Atkinson | Retired Consultant in Oncology | Expert |
| Dr Mark Reid | Retired Consultant Paediatrician | Expert |
| Ms Mary McMahon | Retired | Lay |
| Mr Martin Fisher | Legal and Regulatory Officer | Lay |
| Dr Donna Kernaghan | Research and Policy Officer | Lay |
| Mrs Evelyn Melanophy | Solicitor | Lay |
| Mr Glenn Phair | Health Economist | Lay |
| Dr Samantha Stewart | NI Civil Servant | Lay |
| Mrs Kerrie McLarnon | Nurse | Expert |
| Dr Helen Baron | Project Officer | Lay (deputy for Mr Glenn Phair) |
| Ms Julia Linden | Nurse | Expert (deputy for Ms Aine Morrison) |
| Mr Nikolay Peev | Consultant Neurosurgeon | Expert (deputy for Ms Sue Trouton) |
Please note that the classification of ‘Expert’ and ‘Lay’ Members is as defined by the UK Clinical Trials Regulation (2004).