Prof Trish Connolly
Director of Strathclyde Institute of Medical Devices
Biography/Career
Professor Trish Connolly is a biomedical engineer who has worked across Europe in the medical industry and academia, researching and developing medical devices. Her work took her to Italy and Switzerland before she resettled in her native Glasgow on her appointment as Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Strathclyde. She is currently Director of Strathclyde Institute of Medical Devices. In 2009 she also became CEO of Ohmedics Ltd, a spin out of the University of Strathclyde that was founded to commercialise her work on advanced bioelectronics techniques for medical diagnostics, including a pioneering wound moisture monitor to bring better wound management to patients. Professor Connolly’s extensive experience in bioengineering, both at industrial and academic level, gives her the advantage of being able to see projects through from research and development to full commercialisation. In recent years her research and commercial activity has focused on wearable devices and point of care instrumentation and tests, including minimally invasive monitoring systems. A new, reagentless bacterial detector created by Ohmedics and Strathclyde has been entered in the competition for the Longitude Prize.
More recently, Prof Connolly has been appointed joint lead for the HealthTech Cluster at the University of Strathclyde, with particular responsibility for Diagnostics and Wearable devices, and their contribution to wellbeing.