Alumni Awards Ceremony

ALUMNI AWARDS 2019 AWARDEES A celebration of our achievements

HONOURING

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More than 100 alumni and guests attended the inaugural 2019 RCSI Alumni Awards which took place in NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN

College Hall on 22 March. visit rcsi.ie/alumniawards e awards were established to celebrate the outstanding achievements of RCSI alumni who, as global healthcare professionals, are leading the world to better health.

Six exceptional RCSI role models were honoured at this gala dinner.

Aíne Gibbons, Director of Development – Alumni Relations , Ciaran O’Boyle, Director, Institute of Mary Copeland, Ruaidhri O’Connor and Frances Horgan, Head of the School of Physiotherapy, RCSI Brian Kirby, Head of the School of Pharmacy, RCSI, Fatima Rustom (Pharmacy, 2008) and Cathal Kelly, Chief Executive, RCSI School of

Leadership, RCSI, Martin Dunne (MSc 2015), Daniel Briscoe

Cathal Kelly, Chief Executive, RCSI, Ken Mealy, (Medicine, 1987)

President, RCSI and Hannah McGee, Dean, Faculty of

Medicine Alumni Awardee, with his family

Medicine and Health Sciences, RCSI Zena Moore, Head of the School of Nursing & Midwifery, RCSI, Emer Shanley (PG Dip 2011; MSc 2012; PhD 2018) and Cathal Kelly, Chief Executive, RCSI

Suzanne Sullivan, Sara McDonnell and Ciaran O’Boyle, Director, Institute of Leadership, RCSI

Shlomie and Daniel Briscoe (Medicine, 1987)

Cathal Kelly, Chief Executive, RCSI, Kelly Aylward (PhD 2005) and Niamh Moran, Head of the School of Postgraduate Studies, RCSI

Aíne Gibbons, Director of Development – Alumni Relations, Ken Mealy, President, RCSI, Arnold Hill, Head of the School of Medicine, RCSI, Daniel Briscoe (Medicine, 1987), Cathal Kelly, Chief Executive, RCSI and Hannah McGee, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, RCSI

Sara Gallagher (Medicine, 1987), Ben Briscoe and Nava Briscoe

Alumni Awardee 2019, Martin Dunne (MSc 2015) with his wife Carina and daughters Ciara, Aoife and Shauna Mai and Brian Chan with their mother, Alumni Awardee 2019, Emer Shanley (PG Dip 2011; MSc 2012; PhD 2018) 2018 PA Associate Graduates Ciara Melia, Kellie Nwaokorie and Jessica Maddock Denni Woodmansee, Associate Professor and Programme Director, Physician Associate Studies, RCSI, Judith Gilroy, Associate Director for Academic Affairs, RCSI and Gordon Jamieson, Head of Corporate Fundraising, RCSI

Alumni Awardee 2019, Kelly Aylward (PhD

Alumni Awardee 2019, Avril Copeland (Physiotherapy, 2010) and Bríd Wilson

Alexandra Nieuwesteeg (3rd Year Medicine) and Laura O’Connor (2nd Year Physiotherapy)

2005) with her family Esther Mary D’Arcy;

Helen French, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, RCSI and Sonja Lee-Finnegan

Frances Horgan , Head of the School of Physiotherapy, RCSI, Avril Copeland (Physiotherapy, 2010) and Cathal Kelly, Chief Executive, RCSI

Mary Colllins, Senior Executive Development Specialist, Institute of Leadership, RCSI and Claudine Kearney, Programme Director, RCSI

RCSI School of Nursing and Midwifery: Declan Patton, Director of Research and Senior Lecturer, Pauline Wilson, Tom O’Connor, Deputy Head of Department and Senior Lecturer, Zena Moore, Head of School, Emer Shanley (PG Dip 2011; MSc 2012; PhD 2018), James Hayes, Operations Manager and Helen Strapp