Dr Sarah Hayes
- Title Chief Operations Officer at SSPC
- Contact sarah.hayes@ul.ie
Dr Sarah Hayes is the Chief Operations Officer at SSPC, the Research Ireland Centre for Pharmaceuticals, based at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Sarah is a former physics and chemistry teacher and completed her PhD in science education. Currently, Sarah works with a broad number of stakeholders including academic, industry, and societal partners to enhance collaboration and develop impactful public engagement projects. She conducts research in the area of informal and non-formal learning and engagement in science and has generated €7.2M to conduct research into these areas. Sarah is interested in how people connect with science, their attitudes and beliefs around medicines and how this motivates their behaviour. Sarah has made contributions on Science on RTÉ, TG4, Virgin media and the Irish Times.
Selected media:
Botanical Gardens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nquSNvxRcNk
Late Late Show 2015 (Ping Pong): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loin1n5HLas
BT YSTE: Molecules to Medicines: Making Vaccines in a Global Pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4–HldrWvHI
Link to research: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah-Hayes-34