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Abi KellyDirector of International Engagement and External Relations
Abi Kelly joined RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in 2020 as Director of International Engagement and External Relations with responsibility for the Office for Institutional Research and Planning.
Her role is to support the University’s reputation raising strategy and build its brand among key stakeholders. A key ambition for RCSI is to be recognised in the Top 200 of universities in the world.
Prior to her role with RCSI, Abi spent 8 years at Newcastle University (UK) where she was Executive Director of Corporate Affairs managing the external profile of this Russell Group university. She also led communications for the N8 Research Partnership, a collaborative mission group of the eight research-intensive universities in the North of England.
She has spent 28 years working in the Public Relations industry in the UK, including roles in local and regional government, and as a PR Consultant for private-sector clients including Whitbread and Nissan.
Founded as the national training body for surgery in Ireland, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has been at the forefront of healthcare education since its establishment in 1784. As an independent, not-for-profit institution, we chart our own course in the pursuit of excellence in human healthcare.
Today we are an innovative, world-leading international health sciences education and research institution with undergraduate and postgraduate schools and faculties across the health sciences spectrum. We are home to numerous healthcare institutes as well as leading research centres driving pioneering breakthroughs in human health.
A deep professional responsibility to enhance human health through endeavour, innovation and collaboration in education, research and service inform all that we do. We welcome students and researchers into programmes of academic excellence and a lifelong community of colleagues that is clinically led, nurturing and supportive to enable them to realise their potential to serve our global patient community.
The Latest from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
The Irish Times sat down with Peter McGovern of Henry J Lyons to explore RCSI's newest landmark on St Stephen's Green. It’s an exciting moment as this building comes to life and takes its place on the city’s skyline.
Frank McDonald looks behind RCSI’s new €90m ‘front door’ on St Stephen’s Green
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has unveiled a cubist addition to the historic Dublin square. How does ...
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RCSI is partnering on a series of clinical trials to deliver long-term relief for people living with chronic musculoskeletal pain.
The new project was awarded €6.5 million through the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund.
🔗 https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-and-events/news/news-article/2025/12/rcsi-partners-on-pain-trials-backed-by-dtif-investment
#RCSIdiscover #DTIF
SURGhub, led by Global Surgery Foundation and UNITAR supported by RCSI and J&J Foundation, has won the QS Reimagine Education Award 2025 for Best E-Learning Project, recognising its innovative approach to expanding global surgical education.
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SURGhub named global winner of 2025 QS Reimagine Education Award for Best E-Learning Project
The SURGhub project, supported by RCSI, has been awarded the prestigious QS Reimagine Education Award 2025 for Best E-Learning Project. More ...
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Save the date now for the 2026 RCSI Charter Meeting, taking place from Tuesday, 10 February to Saturday, 14 February at RCSI, St Stephen’s Green.
Registration opening soon!
To learn more, please visit ➡️ https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-and-events/events/event/2026/charter-meeting-2026#:~:text=The%20annual%20Charter%20Meeting%20will%20take%20place%20in,subject%20to%20change.%20Robot%20and%20Technology%20Learning%20Village
Over 100 children and young people are now enrolled in the Collaboration in Genomic Disorders in Ireland (CINDI) registry.
Co-founded by RCSI and @Futureneuro_ie's Dr Susan Byrne, it connects families with research, trials and emerging treatments.
🔗 https://futureneurocentre.ie/opening-doors-cindi-registry-reaches-100-families-milestone/
RCSI welcomes the #ARCHubTherapeuticsLaunch a €31.6m research initiative to fast-track biomedical innovation into real impact.
RCSI will drive clinical and translational aspects of the Hub as a partner institution.
🔗 https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-and-events/news/news-article/2025/12/rcsi-partners-to-accelerate-therapeutic-innovation
#RCSIdiscover #euinmyregion 🇮🇪🇪🇺
Congratulations to the RCSI students recognised in the National University of Ireland Awards 2025 🎉
All 12 awardees were recipients of Dr HH Stewart Medical Prizes in areas including anatomy, pharmacy, physiotherapy and medicine.
The ARC Hub for Therapeutics, a new national research initiative dedicated to fast-tracking biomedical innovation into real-world therapies and companies, was officially launched today at Trinity.
Read more at: https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/2025/arc-hub-for-therapeutics-launch/
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#ARCHubForTherapeutics
A new RCSI study of 4,000 Irish teenagers found that high social media use, body dissatisfaction, and sexting are linked to poorer mental health.
Girls reported poorer mental health than boys and higher levels of key risk markers.
More ➡️ https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-and-events/news/news-article/2025/12/rcsi-study-finds-social-media-linked-to-poorer-mental-health-in-irish-teenagers
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Developing students tobecome ‘world citizens’
RCSI has extensive international partnerships including:
Clinical/research elective agreements and Erasmus partnerships with an extensive list of international institutions including Johns Hopkins University, McMaster University and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Joint undergraduate Pharmacy programme with Soochow University, China
Transnational education operations/partnerships in Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain), Malaysia (RCSI UCD Malaysia Campus (RUMC) and PU-RCSI School of Medicine) and Dubai (RCSI Dubai)
5% of research output produced through international collaboration with 1,758 institutions worldwide (Source: SciVal 2013-2017 accessed February 2019)
Mission and vision
- To educate, nurture and discover for the benefit of human health
- Respect
- Collaboration
- Scholarship
- Innovation
At the global forefront of pioneering medical research
18,000
alumni, practicing in 97 countries
€35.1m
Research grant income 2018
The mission of RCSI’s research strategy is to improve human health through translational research: clinical, laboratory-based and health service research informed by bedside problems, and societal and global health challenges. We promote innovative research that leads to improved diagnostics, therapeutics and devices; tackles important healthcare delivery issues; informs policy and clinical practice and enhances the quality of education of healthcare professionals.
RCSI is developing research centres in areas of excellence and critical mass, focused on clinical and patient-centred research:
- Cancer
- Regenerative Medicine
- Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
- Surgical Science and Practice
- Population Health and Health Services
- Vascular Biology
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