Researchers at INFANT Research Centre UCC are collaborating with an international team on a new survey to find out how the COVID19 pandemic has impacted on parents (women and men) who’ve given birth, or had a stillbirth or neonatal death during the outbreak, around the world. You are invited to take part in this survey if you or your partner are currently pregnant or have had your baby since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak – from 30th January, 2020. Both mothers and fathers/partners are welcome to participate.

Do you have a relative or friend currently living in a Residential Care Facility in Ireland? What has been your experience of COVID-19 visitor restrictions? You are invited to contribute to the ERiC (Engaging Remotely in Care) Research project by completeing a 20-minute survey and help inform the development of future communication solutions. 

• Researchers at UCC’s INFANT Centre share in €1.4m SFI funding
• Pilot project uses remote technology to reduce face-to-face blood pressure tests during pandemic
• Scheme aims to reduce risk of healthcare workers and pregnant women contracting COVID-19

First full picture of Covid-19 restrictions' impact on Ireland’s pollution levels revealed

A UCC academic is Ireland's lead researcher on an international COVID-19 modelling study. The Institute of Health Metrics & Evaluation (IHME) COVID-19 resource provides projection models for healthcare capacity for multiple countries around the globe, including Ireland. The projections are helping to inform the resources needed for hospital services, human resources and overall healthcare capacity and utilization. 

The Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research (INFANT) at UCC has created a dedicated Hub for families, researchers and healthcare professionals to find factual, up-to-date, and accessible information that relates to COVID-19 during pregnancy, birth, and early childhood.

iHealthFacts is a public resource where you can quickly and easily check the reliability of a health claim circulated by social media. It provides information to help people think critically about health claims and make well-informed choices. 

University College Cork (UCC) has established an interdisciplinary Covid-19 Research team that has seen over 100 researchers across all disciplines answer a call to action.

University College Cork has been awarded significant funding to research the impact Covid-19 public health measures have had on the people of Ireland, and to also study the genetic makeup of the viruses circulating across the country

The projects are two of 26 proposals awarded as part of a €5m Rapid Response Research, Development and Innovation programme established by the Health Research Board (HRB), Irish Research Council (IRC), Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland.

The Programme was introduced to fund research that will provide evidence for the national and global efforts to deal with the virus outbreak.

UCC and Teagasc are collaborating with the University of Antwerp and over 25 other universities and research institutes across the globe to find out about consumer shopping, cooking & baking, eating and media habits before and during the COVID-19 restrictions. 

As part of the national emergency response effort, a new Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI) COVID-19 portal went live on 20 March. All over Ireland, companies and individuals are producing solutions to address COVID-19.  HIHI developed the online portal to capture these solutions, which are then assessed for suitability, availability and scalability.