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Niamh McGarry

Niamh McGarry

Team Leader/Care Assistant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Human Insights Consultant | PhD | Supporting organisations to achieve their goals through research, engagement and leadership

  • Education

    • National University of Ireland

      2001 - 2005
      Bachelor’s Degree Psychology Joint honours degree 2.1

      Galway. Subjects : Psychology and Italian

    • Trinity College Dublin

      2009 - 2010
      MSc Neuroscience Neuroscience Distinction

    • Trinity College Dublin

      2011 - 2015
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Neuroscience

    • University of Nottingham

      2006 - 2007
      Associate’s Degree Psychology Distinction

  • Experience

    • Brothers of Charity

      May 2000 - Sept 2003
      Team Leader/Care Assistant

      Team Leader/Care Assistant(Summer 2003)Worked with a team to provide a fun and stimulating Summer Camp for a group of Autistic children where we could continue training in essential areas of development during the school holidays.

    • Adecco

      Jul 2005 - Jun 2006
      Recruitment Consultant

      Working for the multilingual branch of Adecco, placing multilingual candidates in customer care, technical support and sales positions.

    • Ma Nolan's Irish Pubs

      Jun 2007 - Nov 2008
      Supervisor/Manager

      Managing, in conjunction with the owner and director of the business, the opening and running of a new Irish bar for the MaNolans consortium in the south of France.

    • Trinity College

      Sept 2009 - Sept 2010
      MSc Neuroscience

      Primary research examining the effects of short term environmental enrichment on learning and memory.

    • RCSI

      Sept 2010 - Oct 2011
      Research in Neurodegeneration

      Primary research using '​In vivo' 2-photon microscopy to image leukocyte activity following controlled cortical impact (CCI), a model of traumatic brain injury (TBI).

    • Trinity College Dublin

      Sept 2011 - Apr 2016
      Postgraduate Research

      Primary research examining the role of inflammation on neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration, including acute and long term impact on biology and behaviour.

    • Novartis

      Jul 2016 - Aug 2017
      Scientific Event Project Specialist

      Supporting the development, execution and management of Scientific Events as part of a strategic medical information, communication and events platform for a leading pharmaceutical company in line with customer specifications.

    • MS Society

      Aug 2017 - Apr 2019

      Providing support for an evidence led approach to activity across the organisation. Including primary research, management of commissioned projects, programme management, communications support, informing policy, strategy and influencing. Working collaboratively with the Research Team to manage the MS Society research portfolio.

      • Evidence Manager

        Mar 2018 - Apr 2019

      • Care & Services Research Officer

        Aug 2017 - Mar 2018

    • Prostate Cancer UK

      May 2019 - Sept 2019
      Knowledge Manager

      Leading a team to provide knowledge and insights support across the organisation, including data analysis, biomedical insights, strategy and evidence led decision making.

    • Insightful Health Research

      Oct 2019 - Sept 2022
      Independent Research Consultant

    • ClearView Research

      Jun 2020 - Jul 2023

      • Director of Impact

        Sept 2022 - Jul 2023

      • Research Director

        Jun 2020 - Sept 2022

    • NMCG Consulting

      Feb 2023 - now
      Human Insights Consultant

      Using the listen first approach to support organisations to better understand the people they work with (employees, clients, customers, service users, communities, etc.) and achieve successful and sustainable positive change.

    • The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

      Nov 2023 - Jul 2024
      Interim Head of Insights & Public Engagement

      Supporting the internal use of evidence and insights, including audience insights.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management

      Coursera Course Certificates
      Jun 2016
      View certificate certificate

    • Postgraduate certificate in innovation and entrepreneurship

      Trinity College Dublin

    • Managing Generation Z

      LinkedIn
      Sept 2023
      View certificate certificate

    • Lumina Spark Practitioner

      Lumina Learning
      Nov 2023

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Niamh McGarry
      'Speaking Science' PRTLI MolCellBio programme May 2013 The need for scientists to be able to communicate their research to the public without the use of scientific jargon and terminology is paramount. Following a series of 'Speaking Science' workshops by Sean Duke, an inter-institutional competition was hosted by University College Cork where all students registered on the PRTLI MolCellBio programme were given the opportunity to partake in both oral and written aspects of 'Speaking Science'. The oral competition consisted of two-minute… Show more The need for scientists to be able to communicate their research to the public without the use of scientific jargon and terminology is paramount. Following a series of 'Speaking Science' workshops by Sean Duke, an inter-institutional competition was hosted by University College Cork where all students registered on the PRTLI MolCellBio programme were given the opportunity to partake in both oral and written aspects of 'Speaking Science'. The oral competition consisted of two-minute presentations geared towards a general audience, while the written component was broken down into in five categories of popular science-based articles.https://www.tcd.ie/research/molcellbio/news-events/ Show less

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Director

      Issued by Ballaghaderreen Town Team on Sept 2021
      Ballaghaderreen Town TeamAssociated with Niamh McGarry

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Ballaghaderreen Tidy Towns on Sept 2021
      Ballaghaderreen Tidy TownsAssociated with Niamh McGarry

    • Programme Assistant

      Issued by Brothers of Charity Services Ireland on Jun 1999
      Brothers of Charity Services IrelandAssociated with Niamh McGarry