Posted on: 15 December 2004
The Vice Provost of Trinity College, Prof. Jane Grimson, has been appointed Chairperson of the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET). The announcement was made on Wednesday 15 December 2005 by the Minister for Education and Science, Mary Hanafin T.D. Prof. Grimson replaces Prof. Thomas Mitchell as chairperson of IRCSET. The Council was established in June, 2001 and its role includes overseeing expenditure on Third-Level Research Programmes and the promotion of excellence and the highest standards of research in the three broad disciplines of science, engineering and technology. Prof. Grimson’s principal area of research is health informatics and in particular the development of electronic health records. She has published widely and has been involved in several major research projects. As an engineer she is interested in encouraging the recruitment and retention of women in careers in engineering. Through her membership of a number of research funding agencies in Ireland and Europe she is actively involved in the development of research policy.
