Professor Keelin O’Donoghue is one of five new Ordinary Councillors elected to the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) Council following a vote by Fellows of the College.

Dr Daniel Nuzum was awarded certification as a healthcare professional in perinatal excellence by the International Partnership for Perinatal Excellence (IPPE) in July 2025. 

Professor Keelin O’Donoghue, PLRG Researcher Anne-Marie Farrell and UCC PhD Student Varsha Shetty attended the 18^th Annual Health Services Research UK Conference at Newcastle University from 02 to 03 July 2025. 

Dr Daniel Nuzum was an invited keynote speaker at the recent International Partnership for Perinatal Excellence (IPPE) Summit for Perinatal Excellence held at Bloomington, Minnesota USA from 18 to 21 June. This meeting had 150 attendees from many parts of the world and focussed on a broad range of areas related to promoting excellence in perinatal bereavement care.

Members of the Pregnancy Loss Research Group attended and presented work from the SPRING project at the 29^th Annual Health Promotion Conference in Galway on 26 June. This year’s conference focused on ‘From Awareness to Action: Advancing Sexual Health Promotion’, with the new National Sexual Health Strategy 2025–2035 published by the Department of Health the previous day.

Yesterday Professor Keelin O’Donoghue and Marita Hennessy PhD participated in an Oireachtas briefing on pregnancy loss under 23 weeks, hosted by Senator Nicole Ryan. Joined by representatives from the Miscarriage Association of Ireland and Féileacáin, the session was titled “Policy change and service improvement for people who experience pregnancy loss: An ambition for the 34^th Dáil and 27^th Seanad”.

The Pregnancy Loss Research Group (PLRG) at University College Cork is calling on decision-makers to implement a new model of care for people who experience miscarriage and recurrent miscarriage. This would see people offered appropriate, individualised, timely and accessible care and support, after their first miscarriage as well as for recurrent miscarriage.

Fostering compassionate and supportive workplaces for people who experience pregnancy loss was the focus of a workshop hosted by the Pregnancy Loss Research Group (PLRG) and Mná@UCC on Tuesday, 27 May. The event aimed to provide a forum for UCC staff to hear about recent research in this area and to input into local and national resources for workplaces currently under development.

Dr Caroline Joyce and Dr Aoife Corcoran attended the 13^th EOTTD Meeting with other members of the Irish National Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Centre. Held at the Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid (Spain), the meeting provided a wonderful opportunity to connect with European colleagues and foster collaborative research projects.

The Irish Network of Healthcare Educators (INHED) Annual Scientific Meeting 2025 “Embracing the Future of Health Professions' Education” was hosted at University College Cork on 22 and 23 May. It was a wonderful opportunity for the Pregnancy Loss Research Group to share our research and connect with a range of people involved in the field of health professions education, including medical education professionals, clinicians and experts by experience.