More than 750 children and lots of sick and injured teddies attended UCC Med Soc’s hospital this week. The annual event aims to help children feel more at ease when visiting the doctor and other healthcare professionals.

The children aged between 4 – 6 brought their sick and injured teddies to be treated at the Teddy Bear Hospital hosted by medical students at University College Cork’s Medical Society.

Students and colleagues at University College Cork’s (UCC) School of Medicine and Department of Surgery met with two of the world’s leading endocrine surgeons, Dr. Jim Norman and Professor Martin Walz at Cork University Hospital (CUH) recently as part of the RCSI Charter Day.  

Professor Walz and Dr. Norman participated in a number of surgeries in CUH whilst being watched by many of our surgical students and colleagues from UCC and CUH.  

Professor Paul Redmond, Head of the Department of Surgery at University College Cork and Cork University Hospital said: “this was a truly unique opportunity for UCC-CUH and Irish surgery to welcome and greatly benefit from the knowledge of these two revolutionary and renaissance surgeons of our time. Our students were immensely delighted that our guests were so forthcoming with help and advice and answered their questions”. 

Dr. Jim Norman is based in Florida, America. He is recognised as one of the world’s foremost experts on parathyroid disease and hyperparathyroidism. Professor Martin Walz is based in Essen, Germany. He has dedicated his surgical career to endocrine surgery, with a special interest in minimally invasive techniques in general surgery. 

Read more about Professor Walz and Dr. Norman here: News | University College Cork (ucc.ie) 

• Leading UCC academics elected as Presidents of European radiology societies. 
• Professor Adrian Brady has been appointed as President of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
• Dr Andrew England has been elected President of the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS).

Two Irish radiology leaders have been appointed to presidential posts in Europe.  

Professor Adrian Brady, Clinical Professor of Radiology, UCC and Consultant Radiologist at Mercy University Hospital, Cork has been elected President of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Congress of Radiology (ECR). The ESR, with over 130,000 members from 186 countries worldwide, is the world’s largest radiology society. It is the first time a radiologist based in Ireland has held this leadership position. 

Dr Andrew England, Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy at School of Medicine, UCC was elected President of the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS). The Federation represents 35 countries and over 100,000 radiographers and radiation therapists at European level. It is the highest position a radiographer can serve in Europe.  

The School of Public Health at University College Cork has been awarded accreditation from the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (APHEA), becoming the eighth institute globally to receive the prestigious recognition.

The School of Public Health drives the delivery of superior quality in research and advocacy in population health, health services and health systems to address global health challenges.

Established by Professor Ivan Perry and his team in 1997, the School of Public Health is the largest and highest-ranking school of public health in Ireland with a high-quality teaching and education programme and a research programme led by world-leading researchers.

“Bright Futures: Celebrating our Researchers”, on Wednesday 26th April 2023 in G05, Western Gateway Building, UCC. 

The Postgraduate Student and Graduate Studies Committees in the College of Medicine and Health invite you to the inaugural Research Day for doctoral students:

The theme of the day is a celebration of research achievement in the health sciences.

‘Bright Futures’ reflects the vision of UCC Futures to inspire, engage and enable our researchers to create the future.

Registration will open in the coming weeks. Further information can be found here.

Two of the world’s leading endocrine surgeons will visit University College Cork and Cork University Hospital on Thursday, February 2^nd as part of Royal College of Surgeon’s in Ireland (RCSI) Charter Day. As part of their visit, they will participate in a number of surgeries at CUH offering surgical students from UCC and surgical staff, a magnificent opportunity to learn and engage. 

This innovative part-time, blended-learning programme (Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and MSc) has been designed to an international standard and is suitable for healthcare professionals from a wide range of professions. It is a collaboration between clinicians at the world class Marymount University Hospital & Hospice and academics in UCC.

In4Kids is the first clinical trial network in Ireland to focus on children's health.

A new network putting children at the centre of decision-making in healthcare was launched today at University College Cork.

Funded by the Health Research Board (HRB), In4Kids, the Irish Network for Children’s Clinical Trials, will support innovative clinical research and trial design for children in Ireland. It is the first clinical trials network in Ireland to focus on children’s health.

Following our highly successful inaugural CoMH Research Conference "from Molecules to People" in 2022, the CoMH Futures Research Conference will be held on Thursday 21st September 2023 in Devere Hall, UCC.

Additional conference details available by clicking here. 

Our CoMH Futures Research Conference will follow a similar format to last year's very successful inaugural conference, see further details below.

2022 CoMH Research Conference "from Molecules to People" 

The inaugural CoMH Research Conference, "from Molecules to People", took take place on 22nd September 2022 in the Devere Hall, UCC.

This highly successful Conference showcased the diverse range of basic, translational and people centric research across the College of Medicine and Health.

COMET is an international and interdisciplinary conference on communication, medicine and ethics.

COMET aims to bring together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds, involving various healthcare specialities and the human and social sciences. A special emphasis will be on the dissemination of ongoing research in language / discourse / communication studies in relation to healthcare education, patient participation and professional ethics.

The 2023 conference will be hosted by University College Cork (Ireland), and will take place in the Western Gateway Building.

• Dates: 20-22 June, 2023
• Venue: Western Gateway Building, University College Cork, Ireland
• Contact: comet2023@ucc.ie

To find out more, please visit https://www.ucc.ie/en/comet2023/