Silvana is a funded Investigator in Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software. She is currently serving as Chair of the National Standards Authority of Ireland Health Informatics Standards Committee and is an invited member of the NSAI Top Team for AI Standards providing recommendations to the Department of the Taoiseach through the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Silvana is an impactful long-term contributor (10+ years) to the ISO and IEC including as project leader and editor.

Her research interests are: Health Information Technology Systems; Software Testing in Safety Critical Domains; and Software Engineering Best Practice. Her research delivers impact through international collaboration and multidisciplinary cross faculty engagement at a local level. She has directly trained Clinical and IT personnel on medical IT network best practice and has an established network of international research collaborators in 8 countries and additionally with various Irish Universities. Silvana has received the NSAI 1997 Award and the Dundalk Institute of Technology President’s Award for Early Career Researcher.