Appointment to the Health Products Regulatory Authority Board - 14 October 2022

The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has, following a Public Appointments Service campaign, appointed Fiona Kiernan to the board of the Health Products Regulatory Authority with effect from 12 September 2022 to 31 December 2026.

Fiona Kiernan, is both a clinician and economist. Along with her medical degree from University College Dublin, she also holds a master’s in health economics, Policy & Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a PhD in Economics from University College Dublin.

Fiona practised medicine for sixteen years, including seven years as a consultant in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine in Beaumont Hospital. As an economist she has worked with the Healthcare Pricing Office of the HSE, and as founder and CEO of a digital health startup, Zeumed. Her interests include the role of AI in designing care pathways that optimise patient outcomes and reduce societal costs. She was previously a Board Member of the State Board of the Health Insurance Authority from 2015 to 2021.