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  • Annals of Family Medicine Podcast

    01 Aug 2025
    Annals of Family Medicine Podcast

    Dr Ann Sinéad Doherty and Prof Emma Wallace were recently asked to speak on the new Annals of Family Medicine podcast. They discussed the importance and impact of their study titled 'Prescribing Cascades Among Older Community-Dwelling Adults: Application of Prescription Sequence Symmetry Analysis to a National Database in Ireland.”

    The study identified five potential prescribing cascades in Ireland’s national population of older adults, highlighting yet another contributor to potentially inappropriate prescribing.

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  • Another award for Dr Ann Sinéad Doherty

    10 Jul 2025
    Another award for Dr Ann Sinéad Doherty

    The Department would like to congratulate the success of our post doctoral researcher, Dr Ann Sinéad Doherty, at the AGPI/ICGP ASM 2025.

    Ann was awarded the prestigious Prof James McCormick Award for Best Research Presentation at the event for her work on Prescribing cascades among older community-dwelling adults in Ireland.

    Ann also recently presented the findings of this Health Research Board (HRB) funded study in Cardiff SAPC2025

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  • Congratulations to Prof Emma Wallace and Dr Ann Sinéad Doherty on winning the ICGP Research award

    20 Mar 2025
    Congratulations to Prof Emma Wallace and Dr Ann Sinéad Doherty on winning the ICGP Research award

    Congratulations to Prof Emma Wallace and Dr Ann Sinéad Doherty on winning the Irish College of GPs 'Best Published Research Paper 2024' award for their British Journal of General Practice publication "Adverse drug reactions and associated patient characteristics in older community-dwelling adults: a 6-year prospective cohort study".

    This research was funded by the Health Research Board (HRB) and conducted in collaboration with Prof Frank Moriarty, Dr Fiona Boland and Prof Tom Fahey Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).

     

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