APPEL Team – Appel

Katherine Morrow

Director and National Coordinator

Katherine Morrow joined APPEL as the Director and National Coordinator in 2023. She brings a wealth of experience to the role, having most recently worked as Operations Director for the Irish Institute of Pharmacy and subsequently as Head of Education & Professional Competence at the Irish College of General Practitioners. Katherine has significant experience in all areas of practice to include community, hospital and regulatory, and is passionate about maintaining quality standards in education and development.

Rachel Hamilton

APPEL Operations Manager

Rachel joined the APPEL team as Operations Coordinator in early 2018. Rachel joined us from a start-up healthcare company where she helped to establish their Customer Care Department, training processes, and communications. With previous experience in the financial and tourism industries, Rachel has extensive administration and coordination experience. She holds a BA in French and Music from Trinity College Dublin, a Higher Diploma in Psychology from Dublin Business School, and a Diploma in Project Management from IBAT. She is currently studying for a Professional Diploma in Positive Health. In 2022, Rachel was promoted to Operations Manager for APPEL.

Balazs Balogh

APPEL Operations Coordinator

Balazs joined the APPEL team as Operations Coordinator in early 2023. He was previously managing localization projects for a leading social media platform, and also has 6 years of tech support experience from the tech industry as well as startup background from his native country of Hungary. He holds a BSc in IT engineering from Budapest University of Technology and Economics, is a certified business analyst, PRINCE2 project manager and technical translator.

Conor Walsh

APPEL Operations Support Pharmacist

Conor joined the APPEL team as Operations Support Pharmacist in early 2025 and has over 7 years’ experience across a variety of settings within the Irish pharmacy landscape. Conor is a graduate of the APPEL Programme and completed his MPharm in Trinity College Dublin, where he gained experience of community pharmacy and pharmaceutical consulting roles, through his own experiential placements. After registration Conor was worked as a pharmacist across a number of community pharmacy settings as well as clinical outpatient dispensing and project-based roles.

James Horan

RCSI Practice Educator

James is a Practice Educator at the RCSI and has almost 15 years’ experience in community pharmacy. James has worked in a number of roles since graduation – within independent and large multiple community pharmacies and most recently as part of the APPEL Operations Team. He completed his degree in pharmacy at Trinity College Dublin

Ruth McCarthy

Practice Educator, University College Cork (UCC)

Ruth is a Practice Educator at UCC and has over 20 years’ experience in academia, industry and community pharmacy in Ireland, the UK, New Zealand and Australia including stints at both the School of Pharmacy in University of Auckland and University College Cork. She has also worked in International Pharmaceutical Marketing and Distribution and in On-line Pharmacy. In her most recent role she worked as a Business Manager for 10 years in one of the largest community pharmacy multiples on the island of Ireland. She has an MSc in Business and Management, a Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma, a certificate in Training Delivery and Evaluation and a PG Cert in T&L in Higher Education. Ruth continues to work as a community pharmacist.

Anne Teresa Morgan

Practice Educator, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)

Anne Teresa is a Practice Educator at the RCSI and has 20 years’ experience in community pharmacy. Anne Teresa has worked in a number of roles within community pharmacy, most recently as RCSI Teacher practitioner with a large multiple, being responsible for training of pharmacy undergraduate student and pharmacy interns. She completed her degree in pharmacy at Queens University Belfast and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy from De Montefort University.

Eimear Ni Sheachnasaigh

Practice Educator, University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD)

Eimear is an Assistant Professor (Practice Educator) in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Trinity College Dublin and also practices part-time as a pharmacist with the HSE Addiction Services. After completing an internship in hospital Eimear moved into community pharmacy and has worked in a number of roles within both independent pharmacies and large chain multiples. Eimear has undertaken an MSc (Community Pharmacy) with Trinity and is currently pursuing a post-graduate qualification in Global Health Policy with the University of London.

James Quinn

Practice Educator, University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD)

Dr James Quinn is an Assistant Professor in pharmacy practice and the Trinity College Dublin Practice Educator. James completed his PhD in pharmacy at Queen’s University Belfast, following which he lectured in pharmacy practice prior to taking up his current role. James has a keen interest in pharmacy education, having completed his Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching and continues to work in community pharmacy on a regular basis.