Michelle Butler is the Director of DCU REACH. She was previously Executive Dean for Science and Health. She joined DCU in January 2017, having previously held leadership appointments at the University of British Columbia and University College Dublin. She has extensive research, teaching, assessment and curriculum development experience.

Her particular expertise is in midwifery competence, midwifery-led care, woman-centred care, nurse staffing, health systems, health service evaluation, research methodologies and research methods.

Prof. Veronica Lambert (PhD, BNS (Hons), RGN, RCN) is Co-Director of DCU REACH. She is Full Professor of Children and Family Nursing at Dublin City University. Veronica leads on children and family focused research and has a specific interest in understanding the experiences of children and families living with childhood long-term health conditions including child and family communication, shared self-management responsibilities, and psychosocial wellbeing and illness impact on child and family. More recently, Veronica’s interests have expanded into children’s palliative care. She is currently principal investigator on a Higher Education Authority North South funded study to co-produce a decision-making framework for planning the place of end-of-life care for children, young people and their families on the island of Ireland. She is also principal investigator on a Health Research Board Applied Partnership Award, in partnership with Barretstown Children’s Charity, for a study entitled ‘Memory-making through therapeutic recreation for families of children with life-threatening conditions receiving palliative care at home: Adaptation of a digital storytelling legacy intervention.’ Other research interests include; paediatric early warning systems, clinical research capacity in children's nursing, patient/person/family centered care, virtual reality and public and patient involvement in health care and research. Veronica is the Health Research Board- Irish Research Council Public and Patient Involvement Ignite Network Lead for DCU. 

Dr Austin Warters is a co-director of DCU REACH. He is the research lead for HSE Dublin North City and County Community Care Organisation (CHO9). He is either directly or indirectly involved in a wide range or research projects across the age spectrum. The focus being community care, primary care, transitions of care.