Awarded at Research Day 2019 for Researchers active in Commercialisation and
Industry Engagement
The 2018 RCSI Innovation Awards were presented by RCSI CEO Cathal Kelly and Dr Aoife Gallagher at Research Day 2019, which was held on Thursday 7th March. The awards recognise the outstanding contribution of RCSI researchers to research commercialisation and industry engagement activity at RCSI. Congratulations to all the awardees.
Invention Disclosure Award Winners:
The invention disclosure awards recognise the role of non-PI inventors in the submission of invention disclosures; this years awardees were: Hannah Rushe, Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics; Dr Alan Hibbitts, Department of Anatomy; Dr Marion Hogg, Physiology & Medical Physics; Liam McDonough, School of Pharmacy; and Robert Murphy, School of Pharmacy.
Industry Engagement Award
This award recognises the researcher who was most successful in obtaining research funding from industry in 2018 and this year was presented to Prof. David Henshall.
Clinician Award
This award recognises the clinically qualified researcher most successful in research commercialisation and industry engagement and this year was presented to presented Prof. Richard Costello.
Commercialisation Award
This award recognises the researcher whose research is licensed or optioned by a company for the highest value and this year was presented to Prof. Fergal O’Brien.