2012 League Table & Newsletter
You can see which schools took part in DSI 2012 and how they did in the competition by having a look at the 2012 league table. You can also download our newsletter for more information about the 2012 Competition.
You can also have a look back at the 2011 student feedback from the workshops as well as from the DSI Debates from the 2010/2011 DSI competition.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to all the judges for their time and being so supportive of the DSI programme. We wish to thank:
- Danielle Gallagher – Researcher at Beaumount Hospital
- Liam O hAisibeil – PhD student, Irish Department NUI Galway
- Dr. Thomas Ritter – Medicine, NUI Galway
- Ruth Hynes – Press Executive NUI Galway
- Prof. Noel Lowndes – Centre for Chromosome Biology, NUI Galway
- Dr. Erin Vaughan – REMEDI NUI Galway
- Dr. Zoe Popper – Botany NUI Galway
- Bart Lever, Philosophy NUI Galway
- Dr. Art McGrath – Teagasc Letterkenny
- Dr. Aidan Finnan – Vet Nursing Letterkenny IT
- Donal Kavanagh – Highland Radio
- Sean Gaynard – PhD student, REMEDI NUI Galway
- Elisabeth Kuehling – Philosophy NUI Galway
- Rory Gallagher – Donegal County Council
- Dr. Rod O Toner – Abbott Nutrition
- Dr. Geraldine Duignan – IT Sligo
- Tara Sugrue – PhD student REMEDI NUI Galway
- Diogo Gomes – PhD student Education NUI Galway
- Dr. Darren Griffith – RCSI
- Dr. Sarah O’Neill – RCSI
- Ms. Jane Butler – RCSI
- Prof. Fergal O’Brien – RCSI
- Prof. Leonie Young – RCSI
- Ms. Niamh Burdett – RCSI
- Ms. Stephanie O’Connor – RCSI
- Dr. Helen McVeigh – RCSI
- Dr. Brona Murphy – RCSI
- Dr. Ben Ryan – RCSI
- Dr. Sam Maher – RCSI
- Dr. Fiona Blighe – Centre for Women in Science and Engineering Research, TCD
- Anna-Marie Greaney – Dept of Nursing & Healthcare Studies, IT Tralee
- Garvan Doherty – BDI
- Yvonne Cunningham – School of Communications, DCU
- Dr. Aoife MacCormac – BDI
- Aoife White – National Centre for Sensor Research, DCU
- Dr. Sarah Brady – Centre for the Advancement of Science and Mathematics Teaching and Learning (CASTeL), DCU
- Triona O’Connell – DCU
- Dr. Ewan Mullins – Crop Science Dept, Teagasc
- Dr Gareth McKay – Queen’s University Belfast
- Prof. Brian Wood – University of Ulster (Retired)
- Mr Terry Heron – Library Service Northern Ireland
- Dr John Butlet – Armagh Observatory (Retired)
- Dr Anna Doyle – Queen’s University Belfast
- Mr Andy Pollak – Centre for Cross Border Studies, Armagh
- Philip Smyth – Systems Biology Ireland
- Donacha O’Driscoll – CLARITY Centre Manager
- Jennifer Courtney – PhD student, Meteorology and Climate Centre UCD
- Peter Olwell – CLARITY Intellectual Property manager
- Aqueel Kazmi – CLARITY PhD Student
- Lisa Hogan – Innovation Academy UCD
- Elaine Quinn – Conway Communications & Education Officer
- Chris Murray – Intel researcher in residence, CRANN
- Alan Bell – PhD student, CRANN
- Colm Faulkner – Business development executive, CRANN
- Aoife Gallagher – Technology Development, CRANN
- Mary Colclough – Manager, Education and Outreach, CRANN
- Allen Bellew – PhD student, CRANN
- Lia Beveridge – Education and Outreach, CRANN
- Toby Hallam – Post doctoral researcher, CRANN
- Jason Jenson – PhD student, CRANN
- David Gilmour – Scientific Demonstrator at W5
- Eimear Barrett – Public Health Intelligence Officer
- Christine Nicholson – Scientific Officer for Agri-Food and Biosciences institute
- Jane McEneny – Nutrition and Metabolism Group, Centre for Public Health at QUB
- Declan McLaughlin – Researcher, Centre for Vision and Vascular Science
- Mary Hough – Research Accountant, BA Maths & Economics, Dip. Computer Science
- Sharon Sheahan – IP Coordinator for APC, PhD Biotechnology
- Kieran Davy – 3rd year PhD student Physiology at UCC
- Tom Moore – Senior Lecturer Biochemistry at UCC
- Susan Rafferty- McArdle – Programme Manager of HEA’s Food & Health research
- Bridget Maher – GP, medical writer, lecturer clinical science, School of Medicine, UCC
- Andre Toulouse – Lecturer in Anatomy and Neuroscience
- Barry Goulding – Laboratory Manager with Merck Millipore, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork
- Dr. Hugh Mc Glynn – Head of the School of Science and Informatics
- Dr. Brendan O’ Connell – Head of department of Biological Sciences
- Dr. Jim O’ Mahony – Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences
- Dr. Eddie Fitzgerald – Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences
- Dr Terry McWade – Deputy CEO RCSI
- Dr. Donal O Mathuna – Lecturer at DCU
- Dr. Heike Felzmann Schmidt – Lecturer Philosophy, NUI Galway
- Dr. Cynthia Coleman – Senior Researcher REMEDI, NUI Galway
- Dr. Marion Boland – Science Foundation Ireland
- Dr. Janice Murtagh – Science Foundation Ireland
- Sylvia Leatham – Founder & Editor Scibernia
- Dr. Sally Montgomery – CEO W5
- Danielle Barron – Editor of the Irish Medical News
Special thanks to the librarians of Donegal who hosted debates in 2012: Marianne Lynch, Ciara Black, Ciara Cunnane and Laura McNutt.
