Prof Eleanor Maguire, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, has been given an alumni award for research, innovation and impact by University College Dublin (UCD). She has won a number of prizes for outstanding contributions to science, including the Ig Nobel Prize for Medicine - awarded for research promoting the public awareness and understanding of science, the Cognitive Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award, two Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowships, the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award, The Feldberg Foundation Prize, and the Dargut and Milena Kemali International Prize. She has also been elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
The UCD Alumni Awards celebrate the foundation of the University and accomplishments of some of their best and brightest graduates.