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DrRachel Toomey

Lecturer/Assistant Professor

School of Medicine

Orcid identifier0009-0002-1979-7040 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Lecturer/Assistant Professor
    School of Medicine
  • 01 716 6587
  • University College Dublin, School of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre Belfield Dublin 4

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences 2023 Best Original Article in Medical Imaging
    19 Mar 2024
    Awarded best medical imaging paper of the year in JMRS for: Decoster R, Toomey R, Smits D, Haygood TM, Ryan ML. Understanding reasons for image rejection by radiologists and radiographers. J Med Radiat Sci. 2023 Jun;70(2):127-136. doi: 10.1002/jmrs.641.
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    School of Medicine EDI Career Progression Subcommittee
    12 Feb 2024
    Member
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Medical Image Perception Society (opens in a new tab)⁠
    7 Feb 2024
  • JOURNAL/SERIES EDITED
    Radiography
    4 Dec 2023
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Conference
    9 Oct 2023
    Local Organising Committee Member, European Radiation Protection Week 2023
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Conference
    28 Jun 2023
    UCD One Health Conference
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    UCD Orientation Advisory Group
    3 Apr 2023
    Member
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    College Teaching Excellence Award
    18 Nov 2022
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    University Radiation Safety Committee
    9 Aug 2022
    Member
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    Radiography Patient Advisory Group
    17 Dec 2021
    The Radiography Patient Advisory Group will actively support curriculum enhancement through advising on: - graduate attributes - programme outcomes - modular content The aim is for this group to make sure that the patient voice forms part of our programme delivery and planning.
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    UCD OneHealth Working Group
    16 Dec 2021
    Member
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Radiography International Advisory Group
    24 Jun 2020
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Radiography Degrees Committee
    8 Jul 2019 - 31 Aug 2023
    Vice chair
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION / PARTICIPATION
    Workshop
    1 Mar 2019
    Co-organiser or the EFRS Radiographer's Research Hub at ECR 2019
  • PERSONAL AWARD, PRIZE, HONOUR
    Best poster (senior author), IIRRT Annual Conference 2018
    12 Nov 2018
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    EFRS Radiographers Research Hub Committee
    1 Oct 2018
    Member
  • PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY
    UCD History and Health Competition (opens in a new tab)⁠
    19 Oct 2017
    A second-level competition and on-campus launch event on the theme of History of Medicine, as part of the Decade of Centenaries.
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    SSRA Committee
    1 Dec 2015
    Member
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    American Association of Physicists in Medicine
    1 Jan 2015 - 1 Jan 2016
    Member: Task Group No. 260 (Considerations for the Use of Handheld Devices for Viewing Medical Images)
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    AAPM Task Group 260
    14 Apr 2014 - 23 Mar 2019
    Member
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    European Society of Radiology
    1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2014
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Radiography Degrees Committee
    1 Sep 2011
    Member
  • PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
    Medical Image Perception Society
    1 Mar 2010 - 28 Feb 2011
    Member
  • REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
  • REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Environmental health : a global access science source