Biomedical Engineering
Biomechanics

• Mr. Bill Curtin, Merlin Park Hospital
• Dr. Fintan Shannon, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway
• Prof. John Laffey, University Hospital Galway
• Dr. Jim Crowley, University Hospital Galway
• Dr. Gerry O'Sullivan, University Hospital Galway
• Dr. Peter McCarthy, University Hospital Galway
• Dr. Hannan Mullett, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Bioelectronics

• Dr. Eleanor McCarrick, Sligo Medical Academy, School of Medicine, NUI, Galway
• Prof. Kieran Daly and Mr. Paul Nolan, Cardiology Department, University College Hospital Galway
• Prof. Frank Sullivan, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Galway
• Prof. Michael Kerin, National Breast Cancer Research Institute
• Dr. Sean Dinneen and  Dr. Aonghus O'Loughlin of the Diabetes Centre, University Hospital Galway
• Prof. Ivan Keogh, ENT Consultant GUH
• Dr. Liam Glynn in General Practice
• Dr. Stephen Kearns, UHG Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon
• Prof. David Meagher, Consultant Psychiatrist MWRH Limerick and UL Professor of Psychiatry
• Dr. Maeve Leonard also of MWHB Limerick Department of Psychiatry
• Prof. Declan Lyons, Gerontologist
• Prof. Pierce Grace, Vascular Surgeon (Adjunct Professor of Surgical Science at UL and Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick
• Eamon Kavanagh and Paul Burke, Limerick-based Consultant Vascular Surgeons
• Dr. Fabio Quondamatteo, NUI Galway Anatomist

Biomaterials

• Dr. Jack Kelly, Wound Healing and Skin
• Dr. Fintan Shannon, Orthapaedics
• Dr. John Laffey, Lung Fibroblasts

Biomedical Engineering

• Collaborations with the University of Limerick and the Sligo Institute of Technology, and Trinity College Dublin.
• A strong alliance has been established with the Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences at Rice University, based on the ongoing and proposed research activity of this Group.
• Collaborations with Medical Engineering Unit, Oxford University
• Prof. Tim O'Brien, Prof. Frank Barry and the REMEDI team, NUI Galway
• Dr. Dimitrios Zeugolis, NFB, NUI Galway
• Prof. Fergal O'Brien, RCSI, Dublin
• Dr. Danny Kelly, TCD, Dublin
• Prof. Suzi Jarvis, UCD, Dublin
• Prof. David FitzPatrick, UCD, Dublin
• Prof. Tim McGloughlin, UL, Limerick
• Prof. Noel O'Dowd, UL, Limerick
• Dr. Guillaume Parry, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France
• Prof. Michael Liebschner, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA
• Prof. Kyriacos Athanasiou, UC Davis, CA, USA
• Prof. Robert McMeeking, UCSB, CA, USA
• Dr. Vikram Deshpande, University of Cambridge, UK
• Dr. Philipp Thurner, University of Southampton, UK
• Professor Richard Oreffo, University of Southampton, UK
• Professor Mitch Schaffler, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, US

Bioelectronics

• Dr. Michael Hogan, School of Psychology, NUI, Galway
• Dr. Mark Elliott, School of Psychology, NUI, Galway
• Prof. Colm McDonald and Dr. Dara Cannon of the School of Medicine (Psychiatry)
• Mr. Manigandan Chockalingam of the Discipline of Occupational Therapy, NUI Galway
• Ms. Laura Kelly, Podiatry Department, University Hospital Galway
• Prof. Andrew Murphy
• Prof. Martin O'Donnell, Professor of Translational Medicine

     Rehabilitation Engineering

• Prof. Tadej Bajd, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Prof. Paolo Bonato, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Mass., USA
• Prof. Hans Bussman, Medical Faculty, ERASMUS MC University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Prof. Henry Chambers, Motion Analysis Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, USA
• Prof. Hermie Hermens, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
• Dr. Anand Nene, Roessingh Rehabilitation Hospital, Enschede, The Netherlands
• Dr. Norbert Noury, Medical Faculty, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France

     Neural Engineering

• Prof. Thomas Sinkjaer, Centre for Sensory Motor Interaction, Aalborg University, Denmark
• Prof. Peter Veltink, BioMedical Technology Institute (BMTI), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
• Dr. Jane Burridge, University of Southampton, UK

     Cardiovascular Electronics, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Engineering for Cancer

• Prof. Susan Hagness, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Biomaterials
 The Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials has a significant number of scientific collaborators across the world and throughout many facets of research related to biomaterials.The NFB Strategic Research Cluster (SRC) was set up in 2007 with funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) to research and develop an advanced and extensive research programme targeted at specific biomedical applications. The NFB also has other academic collaborators in programmes which are funded through other organisations including the European Union (EU), Irish Research Council Science Engineering and Technology programme (IRCSET), the Higher Education Authority (HEA), the Health Research Board (HRB), the Welcome Trust, DEBRA and Enterprise Ireland (EI) amongst others.

• Collaborative research projects, based on the complementary expertise with Athlone IT and the Material and Surface Science Institute at the University of Limerick.
• International links with Nottingham Trent University, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Russian Academy of Science
• Collaborative Centre for Functional Biomaterials, University of Ulster 
  

NFB is a participant in the EU FP7 funded 'Disc Regeneration' programme. This research aims to develop therapies for intervertebral disc disease which affects more than 40% of European adults at some stage during their lives.       



Cancer

• A major collaboration with UCC and links with Karolinska Institute
• International collaborations include Emory University, Scripps Institute, and Albert Einstein College, NY, USA
• EU 5th Framwork Award in collaboration with two other groups (Prof. Wim Quax, Groningen, the Netherlands; Dr. Luis Serrano, EMBEL, Germany)

Genome Stability

• Active alliance with research colleagues at the University of Cambridge, the Samuel Lunenfeld Institute (Canada), and the University of Cincinnati Medical Centre, The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, and Kyoto University, Medical School
• EU FP6 STREP project with Prof. Pertti Nousiainen, and Dr. Minna Kellomaki, Tampere University of Technology Finland, Dr. Stefan Jockenhövel, University Hospital Aachen, and Prof. Simon ? Philippe, Hoerstrup University Zurich

Regenerative Medicine

• Participation of specialist researchers for the Mayo Clinic, and exchange of research personnel
• A major collaboration with the Conway Institute, UCD
• International academic linkages with the Mayo clinic, GTEC, Ohio State, Columbus, Ranieri Cancedda Laboratory of Cell Differentiation, University of Genova Medical School, Department of Biomedical and Tissue Engineering, University of Zurich, and Case Western Reserve University, USA.

Additionally, there is significant sharing of resources with the other Institutes in Ireland. Researchers from, IT Sligo, AIT, UL, TCD and UCD regularly use equipment in the Centre. 

Biomedical Engineering

• Medtronic Vascular, Galway
• Boston Scientific, Galway
• Aerogen, Galway
• Veryan Medical, Galway
• Stryker Instruments, Cork
• Vysera Biomedical, Galway,
• Brivant Ltd., Galway

Bioelectronics

• Analog Devices BV, Raheen Industrial Estate, Limerick. Collaborating on EEDSP through the provision of equipment, and design advice.
• APOS (Atlantic Prosthetic and Orthotics Services) Ltd., Kilcolgan, Co. Galway. Currently active collaborators on the diabetes system development, and on development of devices for occupational therapy.
• Vitalograph, Ennis, Co. Clare. Development of a capacitive cough sensor.
• Brivant Ltd. EI Project on leadless pacemaker. (Collaborator Dr. Mark Bruzzi)
• Firebird Medical Ltd., Thurles, Co. Tipperary. Working on evaluation of their fall sensor device used to detect falls in the elderly. This work is funded by an EI innovation voucher.
• Alfred Mann Foundation, Santa Clarita, California. In discussions with AMF on an evaluation of the application of their microstimulator technology in venous leg ulcer healing and in the prevention of the recurrence of venous leg ulcers.

• Vornia Biomaterials, Galway