Oral history interview of Hugh Brady

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Context

Hugh Redmond Brady is an Irish academic and President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol and a Professor of Medicine. He is also President Emeritus of University College Dublin [UCD ] having served as UCD's eighth President from 2004 to 2013. He studied medicine at University College Dublin, National University of Ireland and graduated with an M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. (Hons) in 1982. He was subsequently awarded a B.Sc (Hons) in Pharmacology in 1984, a Ph.D. for his research in renal physiology 1993) and an M.D. for research in molecular medicine. His research interests include the molecular pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease and pro-resolution pathways in inflammatory disease.

Description:

This fifty-minute long oral history interview was conducted by the Digital Repository of Ireland as part of The Atlantic Philanthropies archive project (2017-2020) titled Amplifying change: A history of the Atlantic Philanthropies on the island of Ireland in 2020., In this interview, Hugh Brady tells of years of great change in the Irish education system and UCD, from the 1980s to the 2000s. He outlines his research and work experience in Canada and the USA following his medical training at UCD. Hugh elaborates about his decade of being an associate professor, leading his research team at Harvard Medicine school, and his reasons for returning to his Alma Mater UCD to take up the role of professor of medicine in 1996. Hugh gives insight into how the European Union has affected the research ecosystem in Ireland in the 1990s and explains how the visionary Chuck Feeney was a game-changer to research by introducing matching of private and public funding. Hugh elaborates on the transformative impact of the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions [PRTLI] investment in scientific research, which was supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies, and how this investment helped to attract back Irish and international researchers to UCD. He outlines the vision of the UCD’s Conway Institute from the proposal stage onwards and the funding schemes that helped to build it., and This recording contains the personal views of the participants, they do not reflect the views of the DRI.

Type:

audio and oral histories (literary works)

Creator:

Digital Repository of Ireland, 2015 -

Subject:

Curated collection--Oral histories, Curated collection--Education, Curated collection--Knowledge and learning, Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization), University College Dublin Foundation, Curated collection--Hugh Brady, Grant 07905, Grant 08220, Research--Manuscripts, Irish, Medicine--Research, and Charity organization

Grant:

Grant 07905 and Grant 08220

Grantee:

University College Dublin Foundation

Year of Grant:

2000 and 1999

Location of Grantee:

Dublin

Rights:

Copyright is with DRI and Hugh Brady. Please see license for reuse.

Attribution:

Digital Repository of Ireland and The Atlantic Philanthropies

Doi:

https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.8c980c591