ProfessorLouise Rainford

Lead for the EFRS Research Hub at ECR 2023. A research Pop up hub for radiography research. 18 research projects running in the EFRS Research Hub 2023

ISRRT World Radiography Congress: Bangkok Thailand. Invited speaker and lead for UCD promotional Booth at the congress.

Recipient of a UCD College Teaching and Learning award for my work embedding virtual reality training into the Radiography curriculum.

International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT) 21ST Congress Dubli. I lead the Virtual Pop Up Research Hub called the Radiography Research Room at the congress event. This involves planning and organisation of the research event liaising with the researchers and the congress organisers. Several International researchers were supported by this activity and radiographers volunteered their participation in on-line research activity.

I am co-chair for the Radiographers Scientific Programme Sub-committee for the European Congress of Radiology 2022. This will be held on-site in Vienna Austria in July 2022. This is the largest Medical Imaging Congress outside the USA. As Co-chair I have been responsible for the planning and organisation of the Radiographers programme which has taken 18 months to plan. The programme is extensive with multiple scientific sessions and interactive workshops. Annual attendance pre-Covid reached 5k radiography delegates with overall attendance exceeding 20k across all disciplines.

European Congress of Radiology: Overture (Virtual Edition). I was responsible for the Radiographers programme at the Overture offering of ECR2022 in March 2022. I am co-chair of the Radiographers Scientific Planning Committee as the nominated lead of the EFRS. This is an extremely busy congress with multiple sessions on-line for which I had responsibility for with respect to development of the programme and ensuring speakers etc and smooth running of the programme in liaison with the ECR team in Vienna.

Organisation and management of the EFRS Virtual Research Hubs in March 2020, March & September 2021 and March 2022. These virtual research events managed research projects offered to the 100k EFRS membership to participate on line, to support a number of researchers at each event. THe research topics varied for each offering and offered researchers in diagnostic., therapeutic and nuclear medicine specialities to conduct research activities through the EFRS CPD portal and managed by the EFRS Research Hub Committee which I chair (Latest dates listed).

UCC Virtual Reality Technology Seminar - iNVITED SPEAKER

Member

Society of Radiographers (London) Simulation Special Interest Group seminar. (Virtual). Invited speaker.

HSCP Research Workshop Group Facilitator

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INHED Conference 2021

Irish Network of Healthcare Educators INHED

EFRS Educational Wing Seminar invited speaker at a virtual Research Seminar

Member

I am a member of the Heads of Radiography Training Programmes Association in the UK. Participation with this association facilitates collaboration and discussion with Radiography training centres across the UK.

My PhD student Jennifer Grehan was awarded the best paper abstract for Radiographers at the European Congress of Radiology 2020. Grehan J, Butler ML, Last J, Rainford LA. Postgraduate Education for Radiographers - whats' the bigger picture?

I am a member of the EFRS Radiography Research Ethics Standards for Europe working group since February 2020. The group is tasked with developing best practice guidelines and strategic planning for the Radiography profession.

Highly Commended Article Portelli J.L.McNulty J.P.Bezzina P.Rainford L. Benefit-risk communication in paediatric imaging: what do referring physicians, radiographers and radiologists think, say and do?.Radiography. 2018; 24: 33-40

Chair

I represent UCD within the EIBIR Members assembly with my colleague Dr Shane Foley.. The European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR) is dedicated to the coordination of research projects and aims to support the development of biomedical imaging technologies and the dissemination of knowledge. Its aim is to improve cooperation within the European biomedical imaging community, with the goal of improving the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases. EIBIR supports research networking activities and common initiatives and interoperability in the field of biomedical imaging research. EIBIR was established on the initiative of The European Society of Radiology (ESR) in 2006 and funded by the European Commission within Framework Programme 6.

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