Appointments to the Medical Scientists Registration Board:
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The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly T.D., has appointed the following persons as members of the Medical Scientists Registration Board, on their election by the registrants of the designated profession with effect from 31st January 2023 to 30th January 2027:
Anne is a medical scientist with over 24 years of experience in diagnostic laboratories, 21 of which have been at Senior or Chief grade. Following qualifying with a BSc/Diploma in Biomedical Science from DIT Kevin St in 1995, Anne undertook an MSc by research in the Immunology Department, St. James's Hospital. She worked as a Basic Grade & Senior Medical Scientist in St. James's from 1998 to 2011. She then moved to the Immunology Department, Beaumont Hospital as Chief Medical Scientist in 2011 where she has overall responsibility for the department. Anne is an active member of the medical science profession having been involved in numerous roles with the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine (ACSLM), the professional body for medical scientists. As a Council member for 4 years, she was joint chair & member of the ACSLM Organisation Committee. She served on the ACSLM Membership Committee for a total of five years & was chair for three of these years. She was previously a member of the Immunology Advisory Body & is currently a member of the Management, Quality, IT and Safety Advisory Body. Anne has been trained as an assessor for the CORU Medical Scientist Registration Board. She has also acted as the medical scientist practitioner representative on the review team for medical science courses for CORU.
Martina started her career following graduation in the first class to obtain a DIT-Kevin St Diploma in Biomedical Science and a BSC in Applied Science from Trinity College Dublin in 1992. Martina spent two years as a locum in numerous Dublin Hospital Pathology
Departments before going to England to be trained in Cervical Cytology screening. Returning to Ireland for a post in cervical screening in the Cytology Department of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Martina also joined the multi-discipline on-call service of the hospital. With the introduction of the monolayer technology for cytology in the Coombe, Martina completed an MSC by Research on the introduction of this new technology and was also a guest Cytology lecturer in DIT-Kevin St for the Medical Laboratory Scientist course, and a member of the Cellular Pathology Advisory Group of the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine (ACSLM). Four years of screening was then followed by an in-charge role of Histology as a Senior Medical Scientist. Since her appointment to the Laboratory Manager’s post in the Coombe in 2006, Martina has led a dynamic scientific staff within a Pathology Department, obtaining ISO 15189 in all departments and POCT service, encouraging further education & research, and completing an MA Healthcare Management from the IPA(NUI). She is a key member of the hospital team who are establishing the
National Cervical Screening Laboratory on the Coombe Campus and would bring this knowledge and experience to the CORU board in a management capacity.
Mary has been working in the education of medical scientists since 1997. She graduated with a BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science from University of Ulster, Coleraine in 1990 and worked as a medical scientist in UHG. During this time, she also worked as a practitioner educator on the BSc Medical Science programme in ATU (then GMIT). Mary commenced full time lecturing in 2006 and delivers modules on the BSc (Hons) Medical Science, the MSc Medical Science and the
Higher Diploma in Medical Science programmes in ATU. Mary also spent time working in the clinical diagnostic industry in Ireland and the US. Mary holds an MSc from University College Galway and has recently completed a PhD in the area of assessment in medical science education. She has completed several Teaching and Learning CPD modules to support her current role. As a member of the Teaching and Learning team in ATU, Mary has supported numerous colleagues in their educational research. Mary was invited to be a member of an expert collaboration group with National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, contributing to their publication on ‘Assessment OF/FOR/AS Learning’. She formerly was a member of the council of the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine (ACSLM). Throughout her career Mary has demonstrated a strong commitment to supporting students achieve their potential and is acutely aware of the importance of professional development for those involved in student education.