Sarah Jane Flaherty

Sarah Jane Flaherty is an experienced public health professional currently serving as Programme Manager for Health Information Quality and Assurance at the Health Information and Quality Authority since January 2021. Flaherty has held multiple roles in the field, including Health Information Programme Lead and Health Information Research Officer. Prior experience includes positions as an Online Module Coordinator and Postdoctoral Researcher at University College Cork, where Flaherty contributed to systematic reviews and supervised postgraduate students. Flaherty completed a PhD through the SPHeRE Scholars Programme, focusing on health app usage among low-income women. Earlier career roles include working as a Support Worker for Healthy Food For All and as a Public Health Analyst. Flaherty holds multiple degrees in public health and nutritional sciences from respected institutions, including a PhD from University College Cork and a Master of Public Health from the University of Nottingham.