Faculty:Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care
School:Medicine
Location: Chelmsford
Areas of Expertise: Neuroscience , Clinical trials , Simulation-based education
Research Supervision:Yes
Dr Prof Iris Grunwald is a clinician, researcher and entrepreneur with a broad experience in interventional Neuroradiology, hospital management and clinical trials.
Tel: 01245 684804
Email: kimberley.drummond@anglia.ac.uk (Kimberley Drummond, Personal Administrator)
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Prof Grunwald has conducted collaborative research with several fields in neuroscience- conducting and designing clinical trials, first-in man- and ß-testing of devices and serving as a member of advisory and safety panels. Her teams have secured multi-million pound investment both from the private sector and government funds (InnovateUK, Biomedical Catalyst/Medical Research Council).
As a clinician and associate medical director, Prof Grunwald has extensive experience in hospital quality management and service evalation. She is the author of the book How to set up an acute stroke service (Springer, 2012).
As Co-founder and Medical Director of the life-science company Brainomix Ltd, an award-winning, ISO13485 and ISO9001 certified start-up company of Oxford University, which specialises in developing medical imaging biomarkers, Prof Grunwald has a sound commercial understanding. Her company was the winner in the ICT category of the European Academic Enterprise Awards (ACES) and shortlisted for Best Emerging UK Medtech Company and Best New UK Medtech Development Programme.
Prof Grunwald is committed to improving patient care which forms the basis of her research.
Fluent in English and German. Good working knowledge of French.
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to study how the brain functions, how neurons grow and establish connections and how our memories are encoded. Research interest includes many of the most disabling conditions, such as:
Prof Grunwald has authored or co-authored 168 papers and has presented at 300 international meetings. She is the author of the book How to set up an acute stroke service and has contributed to several book chapters in the field of stroke.