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Taoiseach Micheál Martin presenting the Research Ireland St Patrick’s Day Medal to Michael Dowling. Also pictured Deputy CEO of Research Ireland, Dr Ciarán Seoighe PICTURE I Tasos Kapotodis
LIMERICK native Michael Dowling has been presented with a Research Ireland St Patrick’s Day Medal at a ceremony in Washington.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin made the presentation during his visit to the US for St Patrick’s Day.
Knockaderry native Dowling is CEO of NorthWell Health - the largest healthcare provider in New York state, with a network of 21 hospitals and more than 900 outpatient facilities. NorthWell also has a research arm, the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, which develops treatments for conditions such as lupus, arthritis, sepsis, cancer, psychiatric illness and Alzheimer’s disease.
Also honoured was Richard Kearney, a philosophy professor at Boston College.
“To Prof Richard Kearney – winner of the Academic Medal, and to Michael Dowling – winner of the Industry Medal, congratulations on your awards, and on your respective successes to date. And thank you for your tremendous contribution to research in, and between, the United States and Ireland,” said An Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the ceremony this Thursday.
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“It is your respective visions, commitment and resulting actions that have had a ripple effect of binding our two countries together in such natural and profound ways,” said An Taoiseach.
“Michael – your contribution in the healthcare arena has been deep and far-reaching: from your support of education and training for entrepreneurs, researchers and health service professionals to the numbers you employ and, not least, the numbers of patients who have benefitted.
“I know you are a proud Limerick man, but you did study in Cork, so I won’t hold that against you!
“In conclusion, I am delighted, on behalf of the Government of Ireland and Research Ireland, to be able to present the Research Ireland St Patrick’s Day Medal to Richard (for Academia) and Michael (for Industry).”
The SFI St Patrick’s Day Science Medal has been awarded annually to a distinguished researcher or technology leader living and working in the USA with strong Irish connections.
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