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Brady is married to Professor Yvonne O’Meara, a consultant nephrologist, and they have three sons.

In October 2014, it was announced that Brady would become Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bristol, and in September 2015, he was made Vice-Chancellor and President of the university, becoming the 13th Vice-Chancellor.

Brady has served in a number of external leadership roles, including as a member of Ireland's Higher Education Authority, Chairman of the Irish Health Research Board, Chairman of the Irish Universities Association, President of the Irish Nephrological Society, and Chairman of the Universitas 21 global network of global research universities. He also served on the Irish Government's National Innovation Taskforce in 2011 and the Oversight Committee for Ireland's National Innovation Fund.

In January 2004, at the age of 44, Brady was appointed President and Chief Officer of University College Dublin, the appointment in UCD's history.

From 1987 to 1996, 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 hemodialysis 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.

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 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.

Hugh Redmond Brady (born 9 August 1959) is an 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 to 2013.

Brady was born on 9 August 1959 in Dublin. Brady attended 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.