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          GreenTech in healthcare represents a growing movement within the global health industry to adopt technologies and practices that are environmentally sustainable, aiming to improve health outcomes while minimising ecological footprints.
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          Taking an innovative idea through to a product is challenging. Here you can find all the support you need on your innovation pathway.
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Location: UCC

Archive: Location: UCC

Dr Michael Twomey

5th April 2024

Dr Michael Twomey is the Senior Clinical Research Manager and Clinical Evaluation Lead in the Health Innovation Hub Ireland, adjunct lecturer in Business Information Systems in UCC and the HSE’s…

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Caroline McGarry

16th October 2019

Caroline McGarry joined Health Innovation Hub Ireland as Communications and PR Lead in August 2019. Caroline is a graduate of UCC holding BA and MA Degrees and a Postgraduate Diploma…

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Professor John R. Higgins

9th June 2018

Professor John R. Higgins commenced as Principal Investigator of HIHI in 2016. In this role he is the holder of the EI grant for HIHI and responsible for the preparation, conduct,…

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Dr Tanya Mulcahy

8th June 2018

Dr Mulcahy is the Director of Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI). In this role she is responsible for leading HIHI. Her key priority is to ensure that the objectives of…

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Noel Murphy

6th June 2018

Noel is a Biomedical Engineer with 19 years’ experience working within the Health Service Executive (HSE), where he introduces, manages and integrates medical device technology into a broad spectrum of…

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Latest News

  • Great coverage by David Lynch for the Medical Independent on the FemTech sessions at the Future Health Summit 2026 17 June, 2026
  • HIHI Clinical Evaluation Supports Development of Innovative XR-Based Assessment Platform for Neck Pain and Whiplash 15 June, 2026
  • Health Innovation Hub Ireland Contributes to Irish Medtech Seminar on Incentivising Innovation 15 June, 2026
  • Meet the Winners of the HIHI/EI Clinical Innovation Awards 2026 9 June, 2026
  • Health Innovation Hub Ireland Celebrates Irish Innovation at NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme Big Pitch 9 June, 2026
  • HIHIAI call winner Katana features in Business Post article 3 June, 2026
  • HIHI Tender Watch May 3 June, 2026
  • HIHI Director Dr Tanya Mulcahy joins an impressive line up of speakers at today’s Future Health Summit 2026 27 May, 2026
  • HIHI Proud to Support Five Companies Featured in Silicon Republic’s “10 Irish Medtech Start-Ups innovating the game” 18 May, 2026
  • HIHI’s Dr Tanya Mulcahy is amongst the female leaders featured in Silicon Republic’s “12 Women Making Waves in the Future Health Space” 13 May, 2026
  • Health Innovation Hub Ireland and Browne Jacobson host pioneering Femtech Founder Roundtable focusing on Funding the Future of Women’s Health 29 April, 2026
  • HIHI Tender Watch – April 28 April, 2026
  • HIHI and Ecco Spray GreenTech health coverage in Irish Times innovation spot 28 April, 2026
  • In this month’s Hospital Professional News, our Dublin Manager, Eimear Galvin writes about HIHI supporting clinician led product and service assessment across Irish hospitals 13 April, 2026
  • Health Innovation Hub Ireland pilot demonstrates major reduction in hospital referral wait times through AI-Enabled solution 7 April, 2026
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