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June Woulfe - Quality Processor
June Woulfe talks to Smart Futures about her career as a Quality Processor at Abbott Ireland, one of the country's leading health care companies. What are the main tasks, responsibilities and skills required? My job is to make sure that the test strips we produce are manufactured to
Patrick Power - Biomedical Scientist
Patrick Power, a Biomedical Science MSc graduate from NUI Galway, describes his work at the Galway-based medical device company Aerogen. How did you go about getting your current position? I worked with the company during university summer holidays and intended to work for them for six months after college
Christopher Large - Design Engineer
What’s it like working in medical devices? Recently graduated design engineer Christopher Large talks about his work at Creganna-Tactx Medical and what he studied at school and college. How did you go about getting your current position? I originally got a position in Creganna-Tactx
Devin Scannell - Engagement Manager
Devin Scannell is an engagement manager at McKinsey & Co in San Francisco. He works as an advisor to pharma, medical devices and health insurance companies as well as academic medical centres, health systems and public health organisations. Devin primarily focuses on personalised medicine and “Big Data” in
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Five Reasons to Choose Medtech
The Medtech sector in Ireland is recognised internationally as part of a unique ecosystem of world-class digital health, tech and pharma companies based here. Recent announcements of further investments and plans for increased research and development ensure that it will continue to grow as a global Medtech hub with
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Technology Consulting Analyst at Accenture
New Bioengineering careers At just 26, Liam Sexton has already built up an impressive CV. His interest in maths, technical graphics and physics at school in Waterford prompted him to study biomedical engineering at DCU, which combined mechanical engineering with aspects such as human anatomy and medical device design. He
Examining Medical Device Design
An interview with Enda O’Dowd Enda O’Dowd, the course coordinator for MSc in Medical Device Design (MDD) at NCAD, holds a degree in Polymer Technology and an MSc in Engineering Product Design. He specialises in using science, technology and design thinking
Molecular Medicine Candidate in Trinity College
I’m Shubhangi Karmakar, an Intercalated MSc. Molecular Medicine candidate in the Trinity Translational Medicine Institute between my undergraduate Medicine programme in Trinity. I research how various gene sequencing technologies can help diagnose autism and disorders of brain development. I’m a visiting researcher in a London