We are delighted to announce that Dr Carlos Bruen has joined the Centre for Health Policy and Management in the new role of Assistant Professor in Health Policy and Public Health. While Carlos has been working in the Centre for the last four years, this new academic post is a great development for the Centre demonstrating our close collaborative work with and in the Discipline of Public Health and Primary Care in Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin under the able leadership of Susan Smith. Huge thanks to Susan and Noel McCarthy and all in School for helping to bring about this new, important position. Carlos will continue to be the Director of our MSc in Health Policy & Management as well as progressing his health systems and policy research.