Overview

The role of the Associate Dean for Research, Innovation & Impact is to foster, support, promote and communicate research (& innovation and impact) within the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, to provide leadership and vision, including the development of strategic and implementation plans, and to represent research (& innovation and impact) within the School, the College and the University.

This role is currently held by Alison Reynolds, an Assistant Professor/Lecturer in the School's Veterinary Biosciences Section.  Alison teaches Stage 1 Veterinary Medicine students (embryology, cell biology, genetics) and Veterinary Nursing students (anatomy and physiology, including anatomy practicals in our dissection hall).  She also manages a small research team which is focused on learning more about the pathways involved in different forms of blindness, using zebrafish, cells and retinal organoids (organ in a dish, grown from reprogramed skin cells) as models. With colleagues in South East Technological University, Alison is currently developing new therapies for dry eye disease. 

Alison served as a Board Member on the Veterinary Council of Ireland (2018 – 2021), sitting on the Veterinary Education and Training, Veterinary Nursing and Preliminary Investigation Committees.  She has developed research projects with clinical colleagues (supported by vet summer students) and previously been Champion of Undergraduate Research, encouraging students to take part in summer research initiatives.  Alison currently chairs several committees in UCD, including the Animal Welfare Sub-Committee (Belfield) and the Aquatics Committee.  She is a recent graduate of the Aurora Leadership Development Programme.  

Alison can be contacted on (opens in a new window)assocdeanrii.vetmedicine@ucd.ie.

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The School's Research Support Officer provides one-on-one assistance to all School staff in the preparation of research funding applications (pre-award support) and subsequently (post-award support):

• For pre-award, they offer assistance in identification of funding opportunities, help with eligibility checks, one on one support through the proposal writing process, and specific assistance in areas such as budgeting, knowledge transfer, impact and IP protection
• For post-award, they will offer guidance on project mobilisation, budgetary and IP issues, and grant reporting. If a researcher is not currently in the position to apply for funding, they will also work one on one with researchers to create a research plan which allows them to plan for future research calls

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This position is integral to a broader School initiative to build sustainable infrastructure to support clinical research within the UCD Veterinary Hospital, in close collaboration with non-clinical disciplines. Working closely with the Clinical Research Board, the Clinical Research Veterinary Nurse provides expert nursing experience in support of a range of research projects.

They can offer assistance and advice with ethical applications, protocol development, data analysis plans and database management. In terms of participant recruitment, they can assist in the recruitment and retention of research participants suitable for the research project proposed alongside the development of recruitment materials.

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