RAM - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Lecturer
- INVESTIGATOR
- Member of the Editorial Board of Clinical
Dr Gorman is a member of the Editorial Board of Clinical and Translational Medicine and the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. She has been an expert grant reviewer for Wellcome Trust, Austrian Science Fund, Weston Brain Institute, French National Cancer Institute, Canada and Health Research Board of Ireland. She has reviewed research papers for over 20 journals.
Dr Gorman is a senior lecturer in Biochemistry and a PI in the Apoptosis Research Centre at University of Galway. She is the Vice Dean for Research in the College of Science. Her research is focused on cell death and survival signalling, with a particular interest in cell survival signalling that is mediated by activation of cell stress response pathways.
Dr Gorman has developed a strong expertise in cellular stress response pathways, including the heat shock response and the unfolded protein response. Cells normally exhibit low basal activation of these pathways, but they can be constitutively activated in cancer cells to promote survival. Dr Gorman characterised the role of heat shock proteins, Hsp27 and Hsp70, in promoting survival of cells exposed to cytotoxic and physiological stresses in models of neurodegenerative disease.
Job Titles:
- Head of Education
- HEAD of EDUCATION, COMMUNICATIONS and OUTREACH at CERN
Ana Godinho is Head of Education, Communications and Outreach at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics.
Before joining CERN, Ana was Head of Communications at the Portuguese national funding agency for science and research and previously held science communication posts at biomedical research centres in Portugal and in the UK. She holds a PhD in Developmental Neurobiology from the University of London, and was a post-doctoral Research Fellow at King's College London. She has an MSc in Science Communication from the Open University (UK). Ana has presented her work at international science communication conferences, co-authored papers, a children's book of science experiments and has collaborated in outreach projects in Europe, Africa and Brazil.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Mayo Clinic
Andre Terzic is Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Mayo Clinic, where he holds the Marriott Professorship in Cardiovascular Research and serves as Director, Marriott Heart Disease Research Program; Director, NIH "Cardiovasology" Program; Co-Director, Kogod Program on Aging; and is Associate Director for Research.
The priority of his multidisciplinary program is in deciphering pathways of stress tolerance, and identifying the genetic basis of maladaptation in human disease. This work has evolved on the principle of metabolomic networks applied to the pathogenetics of dilated cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation. This integrative research has led to the discovery of the role for metabolic sensors in decoding energetic distress. Failure in metabolic decoding, due to heritable genetic mutations in KATP channel subunits or abnormal signal transmission, is identified as a risk factor for cardiac disease. The promise that lies ahead is in the translation of principles of stress maladaptation, tested so far in discrete patient cohorts, into broader diagnostic and therapeutic screens applied to the population. Dr Terzic is the recipient of numerous national and international awards, and is Past President of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Job Titles:
- GOVERNANCE BOARD MEMBER
- Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at University College Cork
Professor Anita Maguire is Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at University College Cork. Anita undertook undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Chemistry at UCC (B.Sc. 1985, Ph.D. 1989). Following postdoctoral research first at Namur, Belgium then at the University of Exeter, UK she returned to the Department of Chemistry in UCC in 1991, initially as a College Lecturer, then Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry in 2002, and was appointed to the newly-established Chair of Pharmaceutical Chemistry in 2004, playing a leading role in development of the School of Pharmacy in recent years. Since her appointment at UCC she has played a strategic role in the development of teaching and learning, including the introduction of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at undergraduate level for the first time. She is Director of the interdisciplinary research centre, the Analytical and Biological Chemistry Research Facility established under PRTLI3, and has served as Head of the Department of Chemistry (2005-7) and Head of the School of Pharmacy (since 2009). She was elected to the Governing Body of University College Cork in December 2003. She is actively engaged nationally in strategic policy development in relation to research, STI policy, the academic industry interface and strategic development of the pharmaceutical industry, including as a member of the Advisory Science Council and Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET).
Anne received her BA at National University of Ireland in 1975 followed by a certificate in Public Administration and a Diploma in European Law. More recently Anne has completed a diploma in Corporate Governance from the Smurfit Business School. Anne spent 40+ years in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of the Taoiseach. She retired as Ambassador to Japan in 2018. Anne was Joint Secretary in the North-South Ministerial Council, Ambassador to Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi and in Ireland's Embassy in Washington DC, the Consulate General of Ireland and Ireland's Permanent Mission to the UN, both in New York. When in Dublin Anne's positions included Director-General Europe Division and Director of the National Forum on Europe. She is currently Special Envoy of the Government of Ireland for Ireland's UN Security Council Campaign.
Mr O'Dowd was Senior Vice President of IDA Ireland until retiring from that role in 2018. At IDA Ireland he was Global Head of two key operating divisions, Emerging Business (2010 - 2018) and New Forms of Investment (2015-2018). From 2005 to 2009 he led the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Department. Before joining IDA Ireland, he was Director of Strategy and Business Development at Organon International between 2002 and 2005. Mr O'Dowd is a Member of the Institute of Directors of Ireland, holds an MSc (Management) from Trinity College, Dublin and is a qualified Barrister at Law from University College Dublin & Kings Inns.
Job Titles:
- INVESTIGATOR
- Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutics
Caitriona O'Driscoll
INVESTIGATOR
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Professor Caitriona O'Driscoll is Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutics in the School of Pharmacy, University College Cork.
Professor Caitriona O'Driscoll is Professor and Chair of Pharmaceutics in the School of Pharmacy, University College Cork.
Research Focus: Professor O'Driscoll's research strategy is translational in nature and product driven. The research is focused on the design, formulation and characterisation of biomimetics drug delivery systems incorporating the products of the pharmaceutical biotechnology industry such as peptide/protein type drugs and RNA. Biopharmaceuticals, including peptide/proteins and nucleic acids, are now approaching 50% of all new drugs in development. The focus of Professsor O'Driscoll's research is the development of nano-sized delivery constructs which are robust enough to survive processing, are stable on storage and achieve cell /site specific delivery in vivo. Clinical targets under investigation are: Cancer, prostate cancer and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), Neurodegenerative disease, including Huntington's disease, Gastrointestinal disease, including Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
Job Titles:
- Director of the Centre for the Integration of Research
- DIRECTOR of the CENTRE for the INTEGRATION of RESEARCH, TEACHING & LEARNING, UCC
Catherine O'Mahony is the Director of the Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) in University College Cork.
In this role she provides direction and leadership for CIRTL activities, aligning these with institutional, national and international policies and practices relating to teaching and learning enhancement. She is leading an institution-wide initiative to implement the Connected Curriculum as part of UCC's new Academic Strategy. She provides strategic insight into the research foci of the Centre and oversees CIRTL's national and international research projects. She teaches on the postgraduate Community Based Participatory Research module, is a founding member of UCC's Community Academic Research Links initiative and is co-author of UCC's Civic Engagement plan. Her research interests include Higher Education Management, Undergraduate Research, Community Based Research, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Professor David Brayden is a Full Professor and Professor of Advanced Drug Delivery at the University College Dublin (UCD) School of Veterinary Medicine and is also a Fellow of the UCD Conway Institute. He has established a critical mass of drug delivery expertise in Ireland and led the SFI Irish Drug Delivery network from 2008-2013. His major research interests are in oral, buccal, and intra-articular peptide delivery using permeation enhancers, nanotechnology, and drug-device combinations.
Job Titles:
- INVESTIGATOR
- Professor of Pharmacology
David Finn is Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Science Foundation Ireland Principal Investigator, Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Centre for Pain Research and Leader of the Galway Neuroscience Centre at University of Galway. His research aims to increase understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the development and treatment of pain, inflammation, mood disorders and impaired cognition.
Job Titles:
- Senior Lecturer
- INVESTIGATOR
Dr Martin O'Halloran is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Electronics at the University of Galway. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of his research, he is the first academic in the history of University of Galway to hold a joint academic position between the Colleges of Engineering and Medicine.
Job Titles:
- Public Engagement Manager
- PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MANAGER at the LEVERHULME RESEARCH CENTRE for FORENSIC SCIENCE
Heather Doran is the Public Engagement Manager at the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science, University of Dundee.
In 2015/2016 she was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travel Fellowship on the communication of science traveling to the USA, Japan and China to explore how major research institutes and individual researchers help foster online engagement through social media. She was Chair of the Aberdeen British Science Association Branch in Aberdeen from 2015 - 2017. Heather began her involvement in public engagement during her PhD in molecular pharmacology at the University of Aberdeen when she was Editor and co-founder of Au Science Magazine.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director of the a STAR Institute of Bioengineering
Professor Ying is executive director of the A*STAR Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Singapore.
She was previously a professor of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Prof. Ying has received a number of awards, including the American Ceramic Society Ross C. Purdy Award, David and Lucile Packard Fellowship, Office of Naval Research and National Science Foundation (NSF) Young Investigator Awards, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, American Chemical Society Faculty Fellowship Award in Solid-State Chemistry, TR100 Young Innovator Award, and American Institute of Chemical Engineers Allan P. Colburn Award.
She was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and is currently the youngest member of the German Academy of Natural Scientists, Leopoldina. She received her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Princeton University in 1991 and was an NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellow and Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow in Germany before she joined the faculty of MIT in 1992.
Job Titles:
- PARTNER - HOGAN LOVELLS, USA
Janice is widely recognized as a leader in FDA regulation of devices, she is co-director of the FDA Medical Device practice. She leverages her technical background to help companies with cutting-edge technologies navigate and optimize the FDA approval process. Janice focuses on FDA regulation of high-tech products in women's health, diagnostics, neurology, cardiovascular, and orthopedics. She has assisted companies to obtain "first-of-a-kind" FDA approvals, providing guidance on regulatory strategy, clinical study design, advisory panel proceedings, and tools to expedite product approval.
Jeanne Bolger, MB BCh BAO, Vice President, Venture Investments, joined Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JJDC, Inc. (JJDC) in 2013. She is based in London, UK. Dr. Bolger has over 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in management roles across R&D, Commercial and Business Development (BD). She spent 11 years in Licensing and Acquisition (L&A), most recently as Global Head of Scientific Licensing for Johnson & Johnson's Pharmaceutical business, having joined Johnson & Johnson in 2005 from the Business Development group at GlaxoSmithKline. In 2009, Dr. Bolger became Vice President, Alliance Management at Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy, working with Pfizer and Elan. Dr. Bolger received her medical degree from University College Dublin. She also holds diplomas in Child Health (NUI) and in Finance and Accounting (ACCA). She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Ireland (RAMI). Dr. Bolger has served as the sole pharma industry representative on two Irish government taskforces seeking to enhance the commercialization of IP from Irish academic centres. She is a visiting lecturer on the MSc Pharmaceutical Medicine curriculum at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
John is the Group Chief Executive & Cardiothoracic Surgeon of Mater Private Healthcare Group. Mr Hurley will be responsible for all group operations at the Mater Private's hospitals in Dublin and Cork and at its cancer centres in Limerick and Liverpool. A graduate of University College Cork, he undertook his surgical training in Ireland and completed his training as a heart transplant surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic. He was appointed consultant cardiac and transplant surgeon at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in 1995 and since then has also been a surgeon in the Mater Private. In 2009 John was appointed chairman of the Mater Private Heart and Vascular centre and last year took up the post of chief executive of the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin.
John O'Dea has over 30 years experience in the medical device industry and currently works at surgical device company Palliare which he co-founded in 2018. He previously worked at Medtronic following their acquisition in 2017 of GI Diagnostic company Crospon which he founded in 2006. In 1998 he co-founded Caradyne, an Irish respiratory medical device company, which was acquired by Respironics Inc. in 2004. In the past 35 years he has held R&D management positions in Nellcor Puritan Bennett and engineering positions in Digital Equipment Inc. and in Dataproducts Inc. He is a named author on 18 U.S. Patents. He holds Bachelor and Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Electronics Engineering all from University College Dublin and an MSc in Clinical Research from NUI Galway. He is Chairman of the External Advisory Board of BioInnovate Ireland at NUI Galway. He is a past Chairman of the Board of the Irish Medical Devices Association, and a Past President of Engineers Ireland. In 2016 he was awarded a Doctor of Engineering (honoris causa) by NUI Galway for his contribution to the Irish Medical Device industry, and received the 2016 Outstanding Contribution to Medtech Award from the Irish Medtech Association, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Boston University
Professor Joyce Wong is Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Boston University
Joyce Y. Wong is Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at Boston University. She holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Program in Polymer Science and Technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prof. Wong is also the Inaugural Director of ARROWS, Office of the Provost, focused on promoting women in STEM at BU. She is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE), and the Controlled Release Society (CRS). In 2019 she led Boston University's AAAS SEA Change (STEM Equity Achievement) Bronze Award. She is the 2020 recipient of the Society for Biomaterials Clemson Award for Basic Research.
Job Titles:
- Senior Lecturer
- INVESTIGATOR
Dr Doyle is a Senior Lecturer in Physiology and Principal Investigator. Her research involves studying the causes of neurovascular stress and investigating novel strategies to protect brain tissue from damage due to stroke.
Professor Karen Hirschi holds a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from the University of Arizona. She is Alumni Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. She is Director of the UVA Developmental Genomics Center; Associate Director for Scientific Programs at the UVA Medical Scientist Training Program and an adjunct Professor at the Yale University School of Medicine & Baylor College of Medicine. She leads the Hirschi Lab which is specifically interested in the regulation of endothelial cell commitment, differentiation and cell cycle progression, and defining signaling pathways that modulate these processes. They also aim to understand how some endothelial cells acquire specialized functions, such as the generation and/or maintenance of multi-lineage stem/progenitor cells.
Professor Katja Schenke-Layland is Professor of Medical Technologies and Regenerative Medicine at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Katja received a master of science (M.Sc.) in biology, psychology and sociology in 2001; and her doctorate degree (Dr. rer. nat.) in biology in 2004 from the Friedrich Schiller University (FSU) Jena, Germany. She worked as a researcher at the Departments of Anatomy (2000-2001) and Cardiothoracic Surgery (2001-2004). She was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Saban Research Institute at the University of Southern California's Children's Hospital Los Angeles (2004-2005). Katja was a postdoctoral research fellow at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles UCLA, USA (2005-2008). In 2008 she was appointed as Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Medicine/ Cardiology at UCLA (2008-2009) and is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor. In January 2010, she became the group leader of the Fraunhofer-Attract Group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB), Dept. of Cell and Tissue Engineering in Stuttgart, Germany and later accepted the position of Department Head. She was Interim Institute Director of the Fraunhofer IGB from 2016 - 2017. Katja accepted her call as Professor of Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine at the University Hospital Tübingen UKT in 2011. She coordinates the bachelor "Vital Implants" and master "Implantology" modules in the Biomedical Technologies program. She has recently taken on the position of Deputy Student Dean of Biomedical Technologies. On Aprl 1, 2018 she became the Director of The Natural and Medical Sciences Institute (NMI) at the University of Tübingen in Reutlingen
Job Titles:
- EPE BOARD CHAIR
- Research Engagement Manager
Ken Skeldon is the Research Engagement Manager at the University of Glasgow.
He has held research fellowships from the PPARC (now STFC) and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, working in a wide variety of fields, from gravitational wave astronomy to medical physics. In 2005 he was awarded a NESTA Fellowship to explore novel approaches to science communication. He is an Associate of the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) and holds an Honorary Fellowship of the British Science Association. In 2012 Ken was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to public engagement. He is currently involved with several major national and international projects including two EU grants, one of which - NUCLEUS - is a global collaboration influencing emerging Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) policies and practice.
Kevin E. Bennet, Ph.D., M.B.A., serves as chair of the Division of Engineering and co-director of the Neural Engineering Laboratories at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
He is responsible for the development and application of new technology for clinical practice and research. His personal direct research and development efforts include deep brain stimulation, wireless physiological monitoring and minimally invasive surgery. He holds the academic rank of assistant professor of neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
Prof. Bennet received his B.S. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and his Ph.D. in engineering from Deakin University.
Prof. Bennet joined Mayo Clinic in 1990 and has held appointments in the Division of Systems and Procedures and the Office of Strategic Alliances, where he served as chair. He was a leadership member of the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, serving on the Health Systems Engineering Steering Group. Prof. Bennet was the first recipient of the Mayo Clinic Team Science Award as a Mayo Distinguished Investigator. He is currently a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for the Discovery Translation Program. Internationally he serves on the scientific advisory board of the Centre for Research in Medical Devices of Science Foundation Ireland
Prof. Bennet is frequently invited to give presentations on his work to both national and international audiences, and he has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles as well as book chapters and abstracts. He has also served as a reviewer of Mayo Clinic Proceedings and the National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovation Research program. In addition, he has served as a consultant to the National Institutes of Health and on-site visit teams. He holds patents concerning medical, semiconductor and optical technology and has founded several technology-based companies.
In addition to his leadership and research activities, Prof. Bennet is active in education, including Visiting Professorships and providing mentorship to many visiting scientists, research trainees and students.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor in Science Education at the School of Education
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in SCIENCE EDUCATION, SCHOOL of EDUCATION, TCDD
Mairéad Hurley has 15 years experience in scientific research, education, and public engagement with science.
Mairéad is an Assistant Professor in Science Education at the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin. Her research interests lie at the intersection of science education, communication and public engagement, with a particular focus on non-formal learning environments that connect the STEM disciplines with the arts. She was the Principal Investigator of the European Commission-funded project SySTEM 2020 which examined science learning outside the classroom in 19 countries across Europe (2018-2021). She holds a PhD in astronomy and has experience as a teacher of secondary school science and mathematics.
Professor MJ Vicent is Professor of Polymer Therapeutics at Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Spain
Professor MJ Vicent received her PhD in 2001 in chemistry on solid supports from Univ. Jaume I after several scientific stays in Prof. Fréchet's lab. Univ. California, Berkeley (USA). Then, she moved to more biomedical oriented research, initially with Instituto Biomar, and then at the Centre for Polymer Therapeutics with Prof. Duncan after the award of a Marie Curie Postdoc fellowship in 2002. In 2004, María joined Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF) as research associate through a Marie Curie Reintegration contract and was promoted to head of Polymer Therapeutics Lab in 2006. Currently, she is also the responsible for the Screening Platform, a Specialist site in the ERIC EU-OpenScreen and coordinates the Advanced Therapies Program at CIPF. Her research group focused on the development of novel nanopharmaceuticals for different therapeutic and diagnostic applications, in particular Polymer Therapeutics for unmet clinical needs and has been funded by national (i.e. Fund La Caixa-NanoPanTher) and European grants (ERC Consolidator grant-MyNano and ERCPoC-Polyimmune) from academia and industry. María received several prizes including Idea awards or Concepció Aleixandre award to Women in Science. She co-authored around 135 peer reviewed publications and 11 patents, 4 of them licensed to the pharmaceutical industry and one used as foundation of the spin off ‘Polypeptide Therapeutic Solutions SL in 2012.
Job Titles:
- Head
- INVESTIGATOR
- Professor
Matthew Griffin is Professor of Transplant Biology and Head of the Discipline of Medicine in the School of Medicine at University of Galway. Prof. Griffin is a Clinician Scientist specialising in kidney disease, transplantation and regenerative medicine with a common theme of investigating immune response and inflammation.
Job Titles:
- GOVERNANCE BOARD MEMBER
- Professor
Professor Michael Sefton is regarded as a pioneer in tissue engineering and a leader in biomaterials, biomedical engineering and regenerative medicine.
He was the first to recognize the importance of combining living cells with synthetic polymers to create "artificial" organs and tissues. He was also one of the first in the world that succeeded in micro-encapsulating live cells - with a view to creating an artificial pancreas and other tissues that could then evade the patient's immune system through the barrier properties of the encapsulating membrane. Prof. Sefton has published extensively in the world's leading journals and international conference proceedings, and is the holder of several US and international patents.
Job Titles:
- GOVERNANCE BOARD MEMBER
- Senior Vice President and General Manager for TE Connectivity
Paraic Curtis is Senior Vice President and General Manager for TE Connectivity. At TE he has global responsibility for the Medical Business Unit. Prior to joining TE, Paraic held the position of Vice President and General Manager of Medsurg Europe. At Boston Scientific, he had responsibility for Boston Scientifics Endoscopy, Urology and Pelvic Health and Neuromodulation businesses in Europe. The business is approximately $500m in revenue and extends into Eastern Europe and Russia. Paraic held several key roles in Boston Scientific over 20 years including Finance Manager, Operations Director and VP Operations.
Job Titles:
- Distinguished Professor and Department Chair and Professor of Bioengineering
Prof. David W. Grainger is a University Distinguished Professor and Department Chair and Professor of Bioengineering, and Professor of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Utah, USA.
Prof. Grainger's research focuses on improving drug delivery methods, implanted medical device and clinical diagnostics performance, and nanomaterials toxicity.
Prof. Grainger has published 200 research papers and 30 book chapters on biomaterials innovation in medicine and biotechnology, and novel surface and diagnostics chemistry. His research awards include a 2016 Fulbright Scholar Award (New Zealand), the 2013 Excellence in Surface Science Award (Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation), the 2007 Clemson Award for Basic Research (Society for Biomaterials), and the 2005 American Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturer's Association's award for "Excellence in Pharmaceutics". Prof. Grainger has served as Chair of several prominent USA research review panels and now serves on the NIH NIBIB Council. He serves on the editorial boards for 6 major journals, past handling editor for the journal, Biomaterials, for nearly two decades, and a special topics editor for Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. He has co-organized nearly 30 international symposia. Prof. Grainger is recognized with numerous prominent teaching awards and has provided over 370 invited lectures and outreach workshops globally.
He consults widely for the biomedical device and pharmaceutical industry and has been a principal in 6 biotech start-ups, some with successful commercialization efforts with marketed products. Grainger continues to emphasize translational approaches to clinical biomaterials, and validation of clinical effectiveness in implants and drug delivery systems for value-based medicine. His leadership is sought in his official Scientific Advisory Board roles on several international medical technology research consortia.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics
- INVESTIGATOR
Sally Ann Cryan is Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics and Research Lead in the School of Pharmacy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Her research group focuses on translational drug delivery and bioengineering including the application and processing of biomaterials for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Scott Hollister is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Prof. Hollister and his collaborators have designed and developed a variety of medical devices utilizing 3D printing, an area in which he has worked for 18 years, publishing his first paper in 1997. His general research focuses on the design, fabrication and evaluation of biomaterial platform systems for tissue reconstruction. He is a fellow of the American Institute of Biological Engineering. His work on a bioresorbable tracheal splint, alongside with Dr Glenn Green, was given a Popular Mechanics 2013 Breakthrough Innovation Award. The implantation of this 3D printed device to save the lives of two children has been featured on the Today Show, USA Today, NPR, Time magazine, Nature, Science, and Popular Mechanics among other media.
Professor Suzie Pun is Washington Research Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington.
Suzie brings a depth of academic leadership and industry experience and a vision for the future of MolES that will serve the Institute and the UW well. In addition to holding the WRF Professorship in Bioengineering, Suzie is an Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering, and an Associate Director of the Resuscitation Engineering Science Unit (RESCU) at the UW. She is a fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and has been recognized with MIT Technology Review's "Top Young Innovators" designation, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and as an AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador. She was also recognized with the UW's Marsha Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award for her dedicated mentoring of students. She currently serves as an Associate Editor for ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering. Suzie also served as the co-chair of the College's strategic plan steering committee in 2020-21.
Job Titles:
- Honorary Professor, and Chairman of International Advisory Panel of the School of Medicine of Queen 's University Belfast
- Professor T. Forcht ( Teo ) Dagi Is Director of Anglo Scientific 's Healthcare Division, Chairman of Microtest Diagnostics and Executive Director of Apta Biosciences
Professor T. Forcht (Teo) Dagi is Director of Anglo Scientific's Healthcare Division, Chairman of Microtest Diagnostics and Executive Director of Apta Biosciences.
A neurosurgeon and a veteran venture capitalist with extensive international experience in public service. He has helped raise over $500 million in funds for portfolio companies and venture capital funds and has more than 15 years of successful experience in founding, managing and exiting companies in health care services and in the life sciences. He has operating experience in healthcare services, healthcare information technology and the biomedical sector, and he has served on boards of directors of publicly traded and privately held companies.
Dr. Dagi serves as Honorary Professor, and Chairman of International Advisory Panel of the School of Medicine of Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK), and Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School. He chairs the Committee on Perioperative Care of the American College of Surgery and serves as a Director of the Council for Surgical and Perioperative Safety and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. He lectures in the Harvard Business School on healthcare innovation and in the Biomedical Entrepreneurship Program at the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology on new technology development, assessment, and commercialization.
Tim O'Brien
INVESTIGATOR
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Professor O'Brien is the Director of REMEDI, the regenerative medicine institute in University of Galway. He is a Consultant Physician in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes Mellitus at Galway University Hospital and Saolta University Healthcare Group. He is the Established Professor of Medicine in the College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at University of Galway.
Job Titles:
- Researcher and Lecturer, School of Education, University of Galway
Veronica is a researcher and lecturer in science education, based in the School of Education, University of Galway. She publishes regularly in the field of science education, science communication and related areas; and holds the seat of Vice-Chair at University of Galway's University Ethics Committee. Within the sphere of science education, she has carried out research on interactive learning environments, assessment techniques, technology in teaching and learning, mobile technology in the classroom, science hooks, peer instruction, STEM outreach/communication, STEM innovation (social and behavioural change at individual, educational and policy level), mentoring, self-directed learning, and initial teacher education at the University of Limerick (Ireland), Harvard University (Cambridge, USA) and the University of Galway (Ireland), where she currently resides.