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08 December 2025
16  MINS

Designing for Impact, Leading with Purpose

Prof Martin O’Halloran, Established Professor in Medical Electronics, University of Galway; Executive Director of BioInnovate, Rush Bartlett, Co-founder and CEO of Sluice AI

Rush Bartlett recently visited Ireland, as a guest contributor to the BioInnovate Strategic Innovation for Senior Executives training run in partnership with Irish Medtech Skillnet. Rush is a Stanford Biodesign alumnus, a five-time founder with more than 100 patents and 7000-plus innovators trained, and he is one of the leading figures in the global MedTech innovation community. He currently leads Sluice AI, a platform that helps organisations scale the Biodesign process. Rush brings an insider’s view of how leading global MedTech companies are using needs-driven innovation to deliver meaningful health impact.     

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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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26 April 2022
24  MINS

Spin Out Success Stories 2021

Led from NUI Galway, BioInnovate Ireland is a national fellowship programme designed to facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship in the medical device sector in Ireland. Meet some of its 2021’s success stories.

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