Steve is the Edward Kennedy Chair of Health Policy and Management in the Centre for Health Policy and Management in the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin. He is also a Health Research Board Research Leader with his RESTORE programme, focussed on heath system resilience and reform.

He has a wealth of international experience in health policy oriented research and post-graduate teaching in government and academia over the last 31 years, with over 120 peer reviewed publications. His research interests include health systems resilience and performance, health financing, health economics and health policy analysis.

His track record in policy influence is outstanding. He led the Trinity team in support of the Oireachtas Committee for the Future of Healthcare and its production of Slaintecare. He served for ten years as a co-Director of the national SPHERE PhD programme which has successfully trained over 100 PhD candidates. He collaborates widely with national and international stakeholders (such as WHO, OECD and the EU) in research, policy and education.