Hugh R. Brady

Hugh Redmond Brady (born 9 August 1959) is and 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 2004-13. Brady took up his post at the University of Bristol on 1 September 2015.

Brady was born on 9 August 1959 to Carmel and Hugh Brady. Brady attended the Presentation College, Bray, Moville National School and Newbridge College. He studied medicine at University College Dublin, National University of Ireland and graduated with a M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. (Hons) in 1982. He was subsequently awarded a B.Sc (Hons) in Pharmacology (1984), a Ph.D. for his research in renal physiology (1993) and an M.D. for research in molecular medicine.

In 1985, Brady became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and a Diplomate of the American Boards of Internal Medicine (1992) and Nephrology (1993). He trained as an Intern and Senior House Officer in St. Vincent’s University Hospital and St. Laurence’s (Richmond) Hospital, Dublin before undertaking Fellowships in Nephrology in the Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto in 1986 and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston in 1987.

From 1987-96, Brady served sequentially as Fellow, Instructor in Medicine, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard University where he led his own research group and taught at Harvard Medical School. He was also Attending (Consultant) Physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Director of Nephrology at the Harvard-affiliated Brockton-West Roxbury VA Medical Centre. He was awarded research grants from the William H. Milton Fund, National Institutes of Health (NIDDK), National Kidney Foundation, USA and American Heart Association. In 1996, Brady was appointed Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics at UCD and Consultant Physician the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin in 1996. From 2000-2003, he served as UCD’s Head of the Department of Medicine. He established new outpatient haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis units in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. He was awarded research grants from the Wellcome Trust, Irish Health Research Board, EU and industry to build a research group of 40 researchers and support staff. He also led the development of the new UCD McAuley Education and Research Centre on the site of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital.

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