NUI Galway researcher receives award for mastectomy research

Galway Bay fm newsroom – An NUI Galway researcher has won the inaugural Allergen Innovation Award for her work to help breast cancer patients who've had a mastectomy. Dr. Niamh O'Halloran is a researcher at NUI Galway's School of Medicine. Her project seeks to use the body's own cells to reduce the risk of complications with implants post-mastectomy. The Allergen Innovation Award – which is worth six thousand euro – provides funding for research in the field of Life Sciences. Allergen is global pharmaceutical company which employs 1,800 people at its Irish facilities such as Galway med-tech company ZELTIQ Aesthetics.