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Cois Coiribe is University of Galway’s online platform for cutting-edge innovation and expert insights from our top academics, researchers and alumni. Cois Coiribe’s summer edition focuses on Global Impact. Browse below to find out how University of Galway's research and community is globally interconnected in a rapidly changing world.

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Innovate Together
04 February 2025
30  MINS

Bridging the Gap: How BioInnovate Is Bringing Health Technology from Laboratory to Industry

Prof Martin O’Halloran, Established Professor in Medical Electronics, University of Galway; Executive Director of BioInnovate

How do you get fantastic ideas that will improve people’s health from the university lab to the local clinic? This is the challenge BioInnovate has been tackling for 12 years as part of the MedTech sector in Galway. In this article Prof Martin O’Halloran, Established Professor in Medical Electronics at University of Galway and Executive Director of BioInnovate, explains the unique recruitment process BioInnovate uses to find the health champions of the future, and his passion for bridging the gap between research and patient care through innovation. 

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Innovate Together
04 February 2025
19  MINS

Ireland’s Youth: Informing Health Policy and Practice Through Research

Professor Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, Professor of Health Promotion, University of Galway; Co-leader HBSC Ireland Group, Professor Colette Kelly, Professor of Health Promotion, University of Galway; Co-leader HBSC Ireland Group

In this article, Cois Coiribe connects with Prof Colette Kelly and Prof Saoirse Nic Gabhainn, both Personal Professors of Health Promotion at University of Galway. They lead the University‘s Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Ireland team, based in the Health Promotion Research Centre, a World Health Organization Collaborative Centre. Founded in 1990, the Centre is now based in the School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.    Over the last 30 years, University of Galway has made major contributions to research in child and adolescent health policy and practice through the Irish HBSC study. This national study has been repeated seven times, every four years since 1998. Over time, it has had a substantial impact on policy and strategy around children’s and young people’s health and wellbeing. As a long-term project, it has established, monitored and shaped national indicators of child health. Through the Irish HBSC team’s leadership, it has significantly enhanced youth participation in European policy making.

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Innovate Together
06 February 2025
8  MINS

CÚRAM | Spotlight On: Dr Andrew Daly

Dr Andrew Daly, Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering, University of Galway

Complementing Cois Coiribe‘s article on Finding Ways to Live Well as We Age from Prof Abhay Pandit, Founding Director of CÚRAM, this spotlight feature on Dr Andrew Daly explores his unique research and motivations. Read on to find out more about both his academic insight as well as his vision for the years to come.

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19 February 2025
36  MINS

Human Rights and the Care of Older People: Dignity, Vulnerability, and the Anti-Torture Norm

Dr Maeve O'Rourke, Lecturer in Human Rights at the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR), School of Law, University of Galway

First published in the Irish Centre for Human Rights Blog, this article featuring Dr Maeve O’Rourke covers key arguments from her recently published book, Human Rights and the Care of Older People: Dignity, Vulnerability, and the Anti-Torture Norm (Oxford University Press 2024). Dr O’Rourke’s monograph explores international anti-torture norm in the conceptualisation of older people’s human rights. As described by Felice Gaer, former Vice-Chairperson of the UN Committee Against Torture in Geneva and pioneering international lawyer, it presents ‘a new and important assessment of standards for consent and care.’ Cois Coiribe is delighted to have the opportunity to spotlight this great achievement and provide insight into this topic which delves into core societal issues.

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Innovate Together
28 February 2025
5  MINS

CÚRAM | Spotlight On: Dr Eoin McEvoy

Dr Eoin McEvoy, Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering, University of Galway

Complementing Cois Coiribe‘s article on Finding Ways to Live Well as We Age from Prof Abhay Pandit, Founding Director of CÚRAM, this spotlight feature on Dr Eoin McEvoy explores his unique research and motivations. Read on to find out more about both his academic insight as well as his vision for the years to come.

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28 February 2025
31  MINS

A Quarter-Century Milestone: 25 Years of Human Rights Programmes

Irish Centre for Human Rights at University of Galway

For 25 years, University of Galway has been a proponent of the crucial analysis and activism associated with human rights. As part of this effort, the University first established its position as a leader in human rights research in the year 2000. A quarter of a century later, Cois Coiribe is pleased to celebrate a great milestone of the lasting presence and impact of these programmes.

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