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Made in Galway: Resilient Innovation

In this Spring/Summer 2023 edition of Cois Coiribe Impact, we are looking at the places in which our values of excellence and sustainability meet. ‘Made in Galway: Resilient Innovation’ explores University of Galway’s contribution towards developing a resilient and sustainable innovation ecosystem.

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Resilient Innovation
22 June 2023
17  MINS

Lua Health: How Algorithms Can Help Detect Mental Health Issues at Work

Mihael Arcan, Fionn Delahunty

With support from the University of Galway, Lua Health is working to overcome the stigma around mental health in the workplace. Using machine-learning algorithms – this research-led start-up interprets how we speak and write at work to detect early signs of poor mental wellbeing – combining expertise in both natural language processing and clinical psychology.

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Resilient Innovation
22 June 2023
16  MINS

The Nine-to-Five is Dead: What’s Next?

Assistant Professor Maeve O’Sullivan

Which ‘genius day’ do you take off as part of your four-day week? Does your co-bot take milk in their coffee? Fancy a ‘match-making’ session for remote workers in your company retreat? These are questions workers and workplace leaders face in the new world of work. Predictions about the future world of work range from organisational inertia to a complete robotic takeover. Assistant Professor Maeve O’Sullivan, Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Decent Work, unpacks some of the issues to be tackled as we contemplate this uncertain future.

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Resilient Innovation
22 June 2023
20  MINS

Jack O’Meara: Developing New RNA Therapies to Treat Liver Disease 

Jack O'Meara

University of Galway alum, Jack O’Meara is the co–founder and CEO of Ochre Bio, the cutting-edge startup that is developing new RNA therapies to treat liver disease. In 2023, O’Meara was named one of Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ star entrepreneurs in Science & Healthcare for breakthroughs in genomics empowering scientists to swap unreliable animal testing for studies on discarded human donor livers. 

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Resilient Innovation
22 June 2023

In conversation with Prof Jim Doolin, Founder of the MBA at University of Galway

Join Gwen O Sullivan, Knowledge Transfer Executive, Innovation Office and her guest Prof Jim Doolin, Founder of the MBA at University of Galway in the Made in Galway edition of the Cois Coiribe Podcast – a series that explores major societal issues and the role that University of Galway, and our global alumni network play in creating new knowledge, in research, in policy making and in problem solving. Here Jim reflects on the evolution of the MBA from its origins to present day.

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Resilient Innovation
22 June 2023
19  MINS

GEOFIT: More than a Hole in the Ground

Luis Miguel Blanes Restoy

What started as a hole in the ground on the University of Galway campus grounds is now a living field-scale laboratory for geothermal technology. Beyond heating the campus swimming pool, GEOFIT’s ground-source heat pump infrastructure will act as a pilot for other European countries, influencing policy and propelling Ireland’s decarbonisation journey forward as a whole.

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22 June 2023
18  MINS

Meet Prof Peter Doran, Director of University of Galway’s New Institute for Clinical Trials

Prof Peter Doran is leading a team of experts in building an innovative, patient-centred Institute for Clinical Trials at University of Galway. Here, Peter reflects on how personal experiences of loss have instilled in him a greater sense of purpose towards improving the health of the nation.

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