Honours & Achievements

Research Funding:

  • 2022 – Emulate – Organ-on-a-Chip Technology Network Proof of Concept Award
  • 2019 – EPSRC-CRUK Multidisciplinary Project Award
  • 2017 – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship
  • 2016 – Arthritis Research UK Travel Award
  • 2015 – European Society of Biomechanics Travel Award
  • 2014 – Early Career Researcher Bursary, MEIbioeng Annual Meeting
  • 2010 – EMBARK Postgraduate Scholarship, Irish Research Council

Research Awards:

  • 2018 – Winner of the S.M. Perren Award from the European Society of Biomechanics, with a plenary lecture at the World Congress of Biomechanics
  • 2018 – Selected to attend the 2018 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Physiology and Medicine
  • 2017 – First Prize Presentation, Anatomical Society Summer Meeting
  • 2017 – Shortlisted for the New Investigator Research Award (NIRA) at the 2017 Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society
  • 2016 – Best Poster, INSIGNEO Clinical Translation Showcase
  • 2013 – First Prize, MIMICS Innovation Awards
  • 2013 – Best Paper, Computational Orthopaedic Biomechanics Meeting
  • 2013 – Winner of the Engineers Ireland Biomedical Research Medal
  • 2012 – Third Prize, PhD Student Paper Competition, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Summer Bioengineering Conference
  • 2012 – Second Prize, PhD Paper Competition, 15th Annual Sir Bernard Crosslands Symposium