New health innovation institute will make Galway ‘medtech hub’
Silicon Republic October 11, 2024
The institute will be led by interim director Prof Ted Vaughan and will focus on biomedical research to benefit healthcare.
The University of Galway has launched a new health innovation institute to pioneer understanding of diseases and develop solutions for healthcare.
Launched yesterday (10 October), the Institute for Health Discovery and Innovation will bring together more than 200 researchers and academics at the university to facilitate research-led development with the aim of positioning the region as “the centre of Ireland’s global medtech hub”.
The institute will focus on biomedical science and engineering research, including fundamental science and discovery in areas such as cancer biology, cell and chromosome biology, biomedical engineering, regenerative medicine, neuroscience, diagnostics and advanced therapeutics. The aim is...