We are delighted to welcome Sinéad Masterson, who has joined the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University and the ALL Institute as Project Manager on the European Research Council-funded PatentsInHumans project led by Professor Aisling McMahon. This project examines the bioethical implications posed by patents - and how they are licensed – on technologies related to the human body, such as medicines, isolated elements of the body, medical devices etc.
Sinéad has extensive experience in the regulation of substances of human origin (used in human application) having worked for the Health Products Regulatory Authority as Blood, Tissues and Organs Section Manager and Inspector of Blood, Tissue and Organ Establishments for over 10 years.
Since 2016, she has been working as an external consultant collaborating in several high-profile projects with the European Commission (DG Santé) and the Council of Europe (EDQM). Most recently she was involved in the development of the European Database for Convalescent Covid Plasma (EUCCP) during the Covid-19 pandemic, and in the evaluation and the impact assessment relating to the revision of the European Blood and Tissue legislation.
Sinéad completed her BSc. in Pharmacology and Chemistry at UCD and her MSc. in Biomedical Science with the University of Ulster. She also holds a PGDip. in Project Management and is looking forward to bringing her experience to her role as Project Manager with the ERC PatentsInHumans Project.
You can learn more about the project by watching this short video here.
