18 Facts About Jane Grimson

Jane Grimson is Fellow Emerita and Pro-Chancellor at Trinity College Dublin.

Jane Grimson was the first woman to graduate in engineering from Trinity College Dublin obtaining a first class honors degree and gold medal in 1970.

Jane Grimson received a master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto in 1971, and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1981.

In 1980, Grimson was appointed to a Lectureship in Computer Science at Trinity College Dublin where she spent her entire academic career, holding a Personal Chair in Health Informatics prior to her retirement in 2014.

Jane Grimson 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, being the first woman to ever take these roles.

Jane Grimson was appointed Pro-Chancellor of the University of Dublin in 2016.

Jane Grimson is a Fellow and Past-President of the Irish Academy of Engineering and of the Irish Computer Society.

Jane Grimson was President of the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland from 1999 to 2006.

Professor Jane Grimson was partially seconded to the newly established Health Information and Quality Authority as its first Director of Health Information in 2007, where she led the development of national standards for health information.

Jane Grimson has served on numerous boards including Science Foundation Ireland, the Energy Research Council, the European Research Advisory Board, and the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice 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.

Professor Jane Grimson is an outspoken advocate for the advancement of women in engineering and in research more broadly.

Jane Grimson helped to establish WiSER at Trinity College Dublin, and chaired a Department of Education and Science committee aiming to increase female representation in Science, Engineering and Technology.

Jane Grimson chaired the Gender Equality Task Force at NUI Galway from 2015 to 2016.

Jane Grimson is an honorary member of Women in Technology and Science.

Professor Jane Grimson was elected as an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2004.

Jane Grimson was awarded the O'Moore Medal in 2007 in recognition of her contribution to the field of Health Informatics.

Professor Jane Grimson's father was Professor Bill Wright, Chair of Civil Engineering in Trinity College Dublin.

Jane Grimson married a fellow Engineering student at Trinity, Bill Grimson.