Garry Duffy
Garry Duffy, Established Professor of Health Technology Innovation at the University of Galway and Professor of Anatomy & Head of Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine at RCSI
Professor Garry Duffy is 30th Professor of Anatomy and Head of Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Established Professor of Health Technology Innovation at the University of Galway. An award-winning researcher, Professor Duffy has led numerous health technology innovations over the past 16 years and has secured over €65 million in research funding. As coordinator of three major EU-funded projects (AMCARE, DRIVE and DELIVER), co-founder of two campus companies and an experienced leader in technology transfer to major medical device companies, he has a strong track record of translating scientific discovery into clinical and commercial outcomes. His spin-out companies include FeelTect, which is developing remote sensing technology to manage chronic wounds, and Fada Medical, which has developed a novel infusion technology that extends cannula lifespan, that has been shaped by the patient voice from its origin at patient innovation workshops.
His research has been published in leading journals including Science Robotics and Nature Biomedical Engineering, with over 100 publications and 57 patents / invention disclosures. Professor Duffy was named a 2024 Falling Walls Global Winner in Life Sciences for pioneering work in soft robotic drug delivery systems. He was recognised with the 2021 Science Foundation Ireland Prize for Industry Partnership with Boston Scientific and was shortlisted for the 2023 Times Higher Education Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year.