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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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SDG Champion
15 December 2023
23  MINS

Shaping MedTech’s Future: Gerry Kilcommins, Medtronic

Gerry Kilcommins

Medtronic’s Vice President of Global Platform Manufacturing & Medtronic Ireland Country Director, Gerry Kilcommins sits down with Cois Coiribe to discuss corporate responsibility in healthcare and sustainability, and the significance of the Medtronic–University of Galway partnership in cementing Galway’s place at the epicenter of one of top world MedTech hubs.

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Resilient Innovation
22 June 2023
14  MINS

Seven Years of the Galway City Innovation District and the PorterShed

Prof John Breslin

Synopsis:  A recent report from KPMG found that between 2021 and 2016, PorterShed had created 835 sustainable jobs across the value chain and contributed over €6 million to national economic output. Following the opening of PorterShed a Dó at the end of 2022, cofounder and University of Galway professor, John Breslin explains why more and more innovation-driven companies in Galway are clustering and thriving together. 

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Internationalisation
29 July 2021
12  MINS

How COVID-19 is Accelerating Key Trends Shaping the Global Economy

Prof Alan Ahearne

Prof Ahern describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated and intensified trends in the global economy that were already underway, and both challenges and opportunities it represents for policy makers and societies, as governments around the world seek to rebuild their economies.

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