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Jane Grimson
Jane Grimson (née Wright), FREng, MRIA is an Irish computer engineer. She is Fellow Emerita and Pro-Chancellor at Trinity College Dublin. EducationGrimson attended Alexandra College Dublin. She was the first woman to graduate in engineering from Trinity College Dublin[6] obtaining a first class honors degree and gold medal in 1970. She received a master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto in 1971,[5] and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1981.[4] Research and careerIn 1980, Grimson was appointed to a Lectureship in Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin[7] where she spent her entire academic career, holding a Personal Chair in Health Informatics prior to her retirement in 2014.[7] Her major research interests are in Health Informatics, a field concerned with the application of Information and Communications Technology to improve the quality and safety of healthcare.[8][9] Senior positionsGrimson served as Dean of Engineering and Systems Sciences from 1996 to 1999, as pro-Dean of Research in 2001 and as Vice-Provost from 2001 to 2005,[6] being the first woman to ever take these roles.[10] She was appointed Pro-Chancellor of the University of Dublin in 2016.[6] A chartered Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Ireland (now Engineers Ireland) and a EUR ING, Professor Grimson served as President of Engineers Ireland from 1999 to 2000, again the first woman to hold this role.[11] She is a Fellow and Past-President (2002) of the Irish Academy of Engineering and of the Irish Computer Society (2000-2004).[3] She was President of the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland from 1999 to 2006.[3] Professor Grimson was partially seconded to the newly established Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) as its first Director of Health Information in 2007,[12] where she led the development of national standards for health information. In 2014, she was appointed Acting Chief Executive of HIQA,[13] just prior to her retirement. She has served on numerous boards including Science Foundation Ireland,[14] the Energy Research Council,[3] the European Research Advisory Board,[3] and the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice[15] and was chair of the board of Mount Temple Comprehensive School, the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and the Health Research Board[7][16][17] Diversity workProfessor Grimson is an outspoken advocate for the advancement of women in engineering and in research more broadly.[18] She helped to establish WiSER (the Centre for Women in Science and Engineering Research) at Trinity College Dublin,[19] and also chaired a Department of Education and Science committee aiming to increase female representation in Science, Engineering and Technology.[3] She also chaired the Gender Equality Task Force at NUI Galway from 2015 to 2016.[19][20] She is an honorary member of Women in Technology and Science.[21] Awards and honoursProfessor Grimson was elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2004.[2] She was awarded the O'Moore Medal in 2007 in recognition of her contribution to the field of Health Informatics.[3] In 2009, she was elected as a member of the Royal Irish Academy.[1] In 2017 she was awarded an honorary degree by NUI Galway.[22] Personal lifeProfessor Grimson's father was Professor Bill Wright, Chair of Civil Engineering in Trinity College Dublin.[23] She married a fellow Engineering student at Trinity, Bill Grimson.[23] References
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