The research programme was well represented at the 2026 Academic General Practice Ireland / Irish College of General Practitioners ASM in UCC and the 2026 Society of Academic Primary Care ASM in St Andrews (Scotland), featuring several insightful presentations.

Steven Gilmore presented findings on two recently published studies that were part of the research programme:

The research programme was well represented at this years College of Medicine and Health Conference in UCC, featuring several insightful presentations.

Prof Emma Wallace presented on behalf of Dr Ann Sinead Doherty on her paper titled: "Prevalence of ThinkCascades in community dwelling adults: longitudinal analysis of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)".

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.

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

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).