Professor Peter Doran earned his BSc. from Dublin City University in 1998 and his PhD from University College Dublin in 2001. He is the Director of the UCD Clinical Research Centre and Professor of Clinical Trials at the UCD School of Medicine. He leads UCD’s multisite-clinical research and directs its major investigator initiated trials programme.

He has a significant track record in the leadership of clinical research and has established a significant patient focused research programme. He leads a major research programme in trial methodology including novel trial designs, predictive modelling and better trial outcomes. He has a strong interest in biomarkers as endpoints in clinical studies and leads a research high throughput biomarker validation laboratory, which is contributing to major national and international end organ damage biomarker studies.

In addition to his research and leadership roles, he established and led the graduate taught programme in clinical and translational research. He was previously Associate Dean for Research at the UCD School of Medicine, Vice Principal for Research, Innovation and Impact at the UCD College of Health and Agricultural Science, and Director of the Institute for Clinical Trials at the University of Galway.