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Innovate Together
15 January 2025
18  MINS

Professor Abhay Pandit, Founding Director of CÚRAM, on Finding Ways to Live Well as We Age

Professor Abhay Pandit, Established Professor of Biomaterials, University of Galway; Founding Director of CÚRAM

In this feature, Cois Coiribe is delighted to share the insights of Professor Abhay Pandit, Established Professor of Biomaterials at University of Galway and the Founding Director of CÚRAM, the Research Ireland Centre for Medical Devices. Prof Pandit discusses the programme and its significant impact, including its fostering of direct applications and development of breakthrough medical devices. He demystifies CÚRAM and its crucial contribution to MedTech in the West of Ireland and beyond. 

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Innovate Together
12 December 2024
8  MINS

CÚRAM | Spotlight On: Dr Catalina Vallejo Giraldo

Dr Catalina Vallejo Giraldo, Lecturer 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 Catalina Vallejo Giraldo explores her unique research and motivations. Read on to find out more about both her academic insight as well as her vision for the years to come.

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Creative Galway
15 December 2022
14  MINS

Science Needs Storytelling

Lindsay Deely and Claire Riordan

Communication is key, according to Lindsay Deely and Claire Riordan, in reaping the rewards of scientific research. At its best, science communication connects complex concepts with the human condition—bringing the stories behind the research to light. This human-centred approach to science is the driving force behind Science on Screen, a partnership between CÚRAM, the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices at University of Galway, and the creative platform, Ardán.

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06 December 2022
12  MINS

Spotlight on: Aoibhín Sheedy, Bioengineer

Founder of University of Galway’s WiSTEM (Women in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) Society, Aoibhín Sheedy’s passion for creating change in society through her research and outreach work is having a very real impact. Currently undertaking a PhD on developing an immunotherapy for ovarian cancer, Bioengineer Aoibhín talks to Cois Coiribe about her passion for celebrating women in STEM and how her mentors influenced her career.    

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