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Gráinne McGettrick, MA
Social Scientist
When an acquired brain injury happens, the most efficient way of reducing the impact is to provide timely and effective neuro-rehabilitation to maximize the outcomes for the individual.
Current Work
Gráinne currently works as the Research and Policy Manager in Acquired Brain Injury Ireland. She is responsible for the strategic development of the organization’s research and policy agenda. The work includes developing research partnerships, collaborations, and alliances, developing and growing the organization’s research capacity, securing research funding and creating opportunities for knowledge transfer and networking. Her work also includes engaging in policy analysis, stakeholder engagement and political advocacy to campaign to improve the lives of people with brain injury and their families.
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Disability rights activists
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Harness the power of the collective voice
Vision
When an acquired brain injury (ABI) happens, the most efficient way of reducing the impact is to provide timely and effective neuro-rehabilitation to maximize the outcomes for the individual. The scale of brain injury can also be reduced through primary prevention.
Strategy
Gráinne works at the exciting interface of the research/policy/advocacy arenas. Her expertise is policy advocacy and generating the evidence base to bring about policy change to address the multiple inequities for this disempowered and hidden population.
Impact
Gráinne aims to increase awareness of ABI among key policy stakeholders, use evidence as a policy tool, have more equitable access to ABI services and supports and to contribute to reducing the overall societal impact of brain injury.
Motivation
People with acquired brain injury do not have equitable access to services in Ireland. They live lesser lives, are denied their basic rights. They do not have the opportunity to reach their potential, often existing on the margins of our society.
Education & Experience
Gráinne completed a Bachelor of Social Science in University College Dublin followed by a Master of Arts in Social Policy Analysis from National University of Ireland, Maynooth. She then pursued a career in disability rights, campaigning and policy advocacy work for over two decades. She has significant experience of working on rights-based agendas and community development for marginalized and disadvantaged people. Gráinne worked for more than ten years as the Policy and Research Manager with The Alzheimer Society of Ireland playing a key role in advocating for the publication of the National Dementia Strategy in 2014. She then moved to her current role in Acquired Brain Injury Ireland.
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