Dr. Laura Brady, PhD (she/her)

Chief Executive Officer | Irish Platform for Patient Organisations, Science and Industry (IPPOSI) 

Dr. Laura Brady (PhD) joined IPPOSI as Chief Executive Officer in June 2025. Prior to this, she was Digital Health Innovation Lead at the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Centre for Translational Brain Science, where she implemented a data and digital health strategy aimed at improving outcomes for individuals living with neurological conditions. Previously, she was Head of Research at Fighting Blindness, where she led the organisation’s research strategy, strengthened public and patient involvement in research and generated evidence-based data that contributed to the reimbursement approval of Ireland’s first ever gene therapy for rare retinal disease.