Cillian de Gascun

Cillian de Gascun is an Irish consultant virologist who has served as Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory in UCD since 2013 and the Chair of the NPHET Coronavirus Expert Advisory Group since 5 February 2020.[1][2]

Cillian de Gascun
Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory
Assumed office
2013
Chair of the NPHET Coronavirus Expert Advisory Group
Assumed office
5 February 2020
Personal details
Born
Cillian de Gascun

Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin

Medical career

De Gascun graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1998.[3] After training in virology in UCD's National Virus Reference Laboratory and London's NHS Foundation Trust, he graduated with a MB BCh in 1998.[4][5] De Gascun spent two years as a consultant virologist with Surrey Pathology Services in the United Kingdom before he was appointed Laboratory Director of the National Virus Reference Laboratory in UCD in 2013.[5][6]

Since 5 February 2020, de Gascun has chaired the NPHET Coronavirus Expert Advisory Group, a subgroup of the National Public Health Emergency Team, that monitors national research and developments in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, and provide expert advice to NPHET and the Health Service Executive (HSE) in relation the pandemic in Ireland.[7]

References
  1. "Cillian De Gascun". researchgate.net. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. "CHAS NVRL Director given task of providing advice on the recent Coronavirus". University College Dublin. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. "Cillian De Gascun - LinkedIn". linkedin.com. Retrieved 2 January 2021 – via LinkedIn.
  4. "Dr Cillian F De Gascun - UCD". people.ucd.ie. University College Dublin. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. "ICORN - Who we are". icorn.ie. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. "Contact Us - UCD National Virus Reference Laboratory". nvrl.ucd.ie. National Virus Reference Laboratory. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. "Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team - First meeting of the Expert Advisory Group takes place". gov.ie. Department of Health. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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