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IGNITE Alum Wins Start-Up Of The Year at UCC Research Awards

1 Jun 2021

Clare Meskill, IGNITE Alum and founder of Teleatherapy, won the Start-up of the Year Award at the 2021 University College Cork Research Awards.

The Awards event which celebrates excellence in Research and Innovation took place on the first of June at the Glucksman Gallery. 

Teleatherapy is a MedTech company that provides voice therapy to individuals with Parkinson’s disease. Early intervention and a holistic approach are essential for this cohort of patients, which are difficult to access in strained healthcare systems. Teleatherapy aims to bridge this gap by providing remote early intervention for patients’ Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy.

There were 20 awards, which included 5 innovation awards:

  • Innovator of the Year 2021 was awarded to Dr Frank Peters
  • Consultancy Project of the Year 2021 was awarded to Dr K. Neville CRBC: COVID Response Team.
  • Licence Team of the Year 2021 was awarded to Anthony Morrissey, David McGovern, Ray Burke.
  • Spin-out company of the Year 2021 was awarded to Dr. Declan Soden - Mirai Medical
  • Start-up of the Year 2021 was awarded to Clare Meskill- Teleatherapy

UCC Vice President for Research & Innovation Professor John Cryan congratulated the award winners. "UCC is a research intensive university and these awards are about acknowledging the outstanding contributions made by our researchers locally, nationally and globally".

The awards presented on the night included: 

Award 

Winner

Researcher of the Year 2021

Professor Justin Holmes

Early Stage Researcher of the Year 2021

Dr Carlos Garrido Castellano

 

Dr Maria Rodriguez Aburto

Research Support Person of the Year 2021

Dr Louise Burgoyne

 

Saba Loftus

Research Supervisor of the Year 2021

Dr Ronan Carbery 

Research Communicator of the Year 2021

Dr Paul Deane

Innovator of the Year 2021

Dr Frank Peters

Research Award for Open Science 2021

Dr K. Matvienko-Sikar - PaPOR TraIL 

Consultancy Project of the Year 2021

Dr K. Neville CRBC: COVID Response Team

Creating a Culture for Responsible Conduct of Research 2021

The Social Research Ethics Committee

Best publication of the Year involving an Undegraduate student as an author 2021

Jennifer Murphy

 

Thomas P Sheerin

Best Research Team 2021

The Marine Ecology Group led by Dr M. Jessops - 

 

The Pregnancy Loss  Research Group led by Dr Keelin O' Donoghue

Career Achievement Research Award 

Professor Ivan Perry

Research Image 2021

Dr Vuslat Juska

Licence Team of the Year 2021

A. Morrissey, D. McGovern, R. Burke

Engaged Research of the Year 2021

Prof. Brian Ó Gallachóir -Dingle Peninsula 2030 

Vice President for Research & Innovation Award for Interdisiplinary Research 2021

Prof P. Ó Macháin, Dr D. Iacopino

Research Collaboration of the Year 2021

Dr Gerard McGlacken

Spin-out company of the Year 2021

Dr. Declan Soden - Mirai Medical

Start-up of the Year 2021

Clare Meskill  - Teleatherapy

Presidents Award for Research Impacting the Sustainable Development Goals 2021

Dr. Ger Mulally - Imagining 2050

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