Associate Dean, Radiography
Prof Louise Rainford's background is in the area of Medical Imaging. She has graduate qualifications in Radiography, Medical Imaging, Management and Teaching
Her career in UCD commenced as a lecturer in 1997, and from 2006 she was appointed as Head of Teaching for Radiography Programmes and led the development of radiography education at undergraduate and graduate level. In early 2009 Prof Louise Rainford was appointed as Head of Radiography Division and Head of the School's Biological Imaging Research Strand.
In this role Prof Rainford is the Lead for more than 30 scientists including anatomists, computer scientists, biological scientists, rheumatologists, obstetricians, radiographers and neurologists working in collaboration with radiologists, physicists, visual scientists postdoctoral and PhD researchers. In line with Irish Government and EU priorities, the aim of the Research Strand is to undertake research that focuses upon findings which translate into improved diagnosis and management of a broad spectrum of disease.
Her supervision of research projects to date have incorporated a broad range of imaging modalities including X-ray, computerised tomography, fluoroscopic guided interventional procedures, and mammography, and her findings published in several international peer reviewed journals. In addition to on-going individual research projects Prof Rainford is responsible for the structuring of the Dedicated Diagnostic Imaging Research Facilities within the newly formed Dublin Academic Medical Centre (DAMC) which has UCD as the central academic centre.