Dr Laurence Fitzhenry

Dr. Laurence Fitzhenry BSc., PhD. is Head of the Faculty of Science and Computing at SETU (Waterford) and Principal Investigator of the Ocular Therapeutics Research Group within the Pharmaceutical and Molecular Biotechnology Research Centre (PMBRC). He has extensive experience embedding PPI within national and European research programmes, promoting co-production, capacity building and meaningful partnerships between researchers, patients, public contributors and communities.

Throughout his research career, Dr. Fitzhenry has integrated PPI into research design, delivery and dissemination through patient advisory groups, researcher training, public engagement events and collaborative workshops involving patients, carers, clinicians, researchers and policy stakeholders. He has supervised numerous postgraduate researchers and postdoctoral fellows.