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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
Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) is a severe and often misunderstood pregnancy condition.
Researchers at RCSI are working to improve diagnosis, treatment and support for those affected.
Learn more in this @RTEBrainstorm article ➡️
#RCSIdiscover
Hyperemesis Gravidarum: when pregnancy becomes a nightmare
Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is the medical name for severe sickness and vomiting during pregnancy, making it seem li...
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We are yet to find evidence to support the use of any one single reactive countermeasure when it comes to avoiding sleep inertia.
@DrTrudyMeehan from @RCSI_PosHealth outlines four ways to help you get out of bed and beat grogginess in @ConversationUK ⬇️
Four ways to get out of bed in the morning – and beat grogginess
Struggling to get up in the morning? Here are four ways to ditch the grogginess and feel human before breakfast.
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The Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre Conference will take place on 22 May in Beaumont Hospital.
'Modernising the landscape of cancer care' will examine themes of healthcare outcomes, and equity and access in #Cancer diagnostics and cancer research.
More info: http://www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-and-events/events/event/2025/cancer-conference-2025
Our upcoming #RCSIMyHealth episode will examine the evolving landscape of #diabetes including prevention, treatment and supports.
📅 The episode will go live on Thursday, 29 April.
Register here: https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-and-events/events/event/2025/rcsi-myhealth-the-changing-landscape-of-diabetes
The new RCSI Patient Stem Cell Discovery Core is Ireland’s first dedicated patient stem cell research facility at our Education and Research Centre, @Beaumont_Dublin.
Learn more from Professor Killian Hurley and patient advocate David Crosby in the video below ⬇️
#RCSIdiscover
To mark #WorldArtDay we’re pleased to share this video of former RCSI president Mr Kenneth Mealy and artist, Catherine Creaney, as they discuss the creative process behind his RCSI presidential portrait.
The Mercer's Melodies choir from RCSI's Mercer's Medical Centre are in the @NovartisIreland Patient Choir Contest! 🎵
The public vote is now open. Watch their performance and cast your vote here ➡️
#NovartisIrelandEurovisionPatientChoirContest
Vote for your favourite choir in the Novartis Ireland Patient Choir Contest!
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The latest episode in our #RCSIMyHealth series, ‘Cannabis and young minds: What parents and families should know' is now live.
Search ‘RCSI MyHealth’ wherever you get your podcasts or watch it here: http://youtu.be/IwwwjKY37ws
@JohnnyKStack @MiriamOCal
Experts have gathered today for the @RCSI_MedProf Medical Professionalism Conference 2025.
#MedProf25 attendees will hear from medical professionals and patient advocates on the topics of teamwork and communication among healthcare workers.
Read more: http://www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-and-events/news/news-article/2025/04/medical-professionalism-conference-to-explore-teamwork-in-healthcare
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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