Deirdre Cogan is the Foundation's Senior Editor. She leads its multi-team editorial projects, such as the reports for the Access to Medicine Index and Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark. Alongside, Deirdre drives the motor for transforming the Foundation's research insights into materials that support its wider change-making mission across all channels.
Before joining the Foundation, Deirdre fulfilled a fellowship in Science Communication and Public Engagement in SFI, Ireland’s national foundation for investment in scientific and engineering research. She has completed a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Dublin City University, where she developed her skills in science communications and published several sections of her thesis in peer-reviewed journals. She won Ireland’s national science communications award “Thesis in Three”. On moving to the Netherlands, Deirdre worked for a social enterprise within the communications team covering the latest medical research topics and regulatory approvals.