ICAT Fellow awarded a Fulbright scholarship

ICAT Induction event 2019
July 20, 2019
ICAT publications (October 2019)
November 5, 2019
Brendan Kelly

An ICAT Fellow and Radiology trainee has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship

Dr Brendan Kelly is a Radiology Specialist Registrar at St Vincent’s University Hospital and an ICAT Fellow at University College Dublin. A UCD graduate of Radiography in 2011 and of Medicine in 2015, Brendan received his Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2016, and MSc in Radiology from NUI Galway in 2017. His research interests are in the clinical application of Artificial Intelligence to radiology and Brendan started his ICAT PhD (Clinical ApplicatioN of DEep Learning and Intelligent Vision in Radiology:CAN DELIVeR) in July 2018.

During his Fulbright Scholar award, Brendan will to visit the Stanford Department of Radiology and the Stanford Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging to investigate potential novel applications of AI to radiology, with the goal of establishing collaborations to achieve cutting edge clinical developments both in Ireland and the US.

The Fulbright Program was set up by Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946 and is the largest U.S. international exchange program in the world. It offers opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to undertake postgraduate study, research, and teaching in 155 countries worldwide. The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.