The 12^th Palliative Care Research Network (PCRN) Symposium took place on Thursday 7^th December at the Ashling Hotel in Dublin, hosted by the All Ireland Association for Hospice and Palliative Care. This year’s event focussed on ‘Implementation of Research for Evidence-Based Practice’.

A Special Interest Group (SIG) in Dementia Palliative Care was launched during the event. This Special Interest Group is chaired by Dr Siobhán Fox, Lecturer in the CGR. Expressions of interest for group membership can be made at the following link.

‘Best Application of AI in an Academic Research Body’ award at the Annual AI Ireland Awards, November 2023, for a research collaboration between Tyndall (Dr John Barton and Dr Salvatore Tedesco) and researchers at CGR (Prof Suzanne Timmons and Lorna Kenny).

Professor Suzanne Timmons was invited to speak at a meeting of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) in Helsinki from 20-22 September 2023.

Read about the achievements of CGR students, who took part in the meeting.

Find out more about the EuGMS Congress, 2023.

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New book chapter co-authored by CGR staff.

Please log onto the project website pallcare4dementia.com to find out all about 'Developing a Palliative Care Model for People with Dementia in the Community - The Model for Dementia Palliative Care Project'.

Research Assistant Lauren O’Mahony presented a poster at the Nutrition Society Irish Section Conference in June, which was hosted at University College Cork. The poster highlighted some of our results on older adults’ and healthcare professionals’ perspectives of dietary influences and food preferences in older age in Ireland.

In September, Lauren gave an oral presentation at the UCC College of Medicine and Health inaugural conference “From Molecules to People”. 

EMMA project – European Master on Active Ageing and Age Friendly Society hosted in Cork