HIHI Meet the Team. HIHI welcomes Laura Caden as HIHI Health Technology Innovation Specialist
HIHI is delighted to welcome Laura Caden to our team. She joins as Health Technology Innovation Specialist, based at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Laura brings a wealth of experience to Health Innovation Hub Ireland. She has worked across all sectors of the medical device industry inclusive of start-ups, multinationals and corporations looking to diversify their business portfolios into medical device design and manufacture. Her experience to date includes the design and development of novel Med Tech applications from conceptualisation and prototyping as well as supporting clinical trials through to commercialisation readiness.
Laura has a B. Eng in Biomedical Engineering from NUI Galway, an MSc. in Mobile Application Design from TUD, and recently completed a post graduate certificate in Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship with UCD.
In her role she will support the submission and progression of ideas put forward through the HIHI Innovation Portal, as well as delivery of pilot studies and end user evaluations. Laura will work with HIHI and health care professionals/staff based at MMUH, to drive innovation and create powerful and disruptive technology that improves patient outcomes and clinician experience.