Dr Maelíosa Mc Crudden
Queen's University Belfast
Dr Maelíosa Mc Crudden is the Research Impact Manager at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB).
She was awarded her PhD in biochemistry from the same institution and then spent over a decade in postdoctoral research, focussing on the areas of disease progression and pharmaceutical sciences. Following this, she worked in biomedical sciences education, teaching undergraduate students across a range of degree programmes. Open and accurate communication of scientific research has always been the central principle of Maelíosa’s work, as exemplified through her collaborations with non-profit organisations such as United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the receipt of institutional and national awards for science communication.
Maelíosa is also co-ordinator of the QUB Personal and Public Involvement (PPI) Network, which formally launched in 2023. This network is a community of practice, representative of research involvement in all subject areas and disciplines across the university and beyond.