Oral Presentations 2015

Catherine P. Perry, Eimear Keane, Patricia M. Kearney, Ivan J. Perry, Harrington JM. Applying the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) score to children: Is adherence to kidDASH associated with childhood overweight or obesity? A cross-sectional study (2015).  Short oral presentation 6th June 2015 ISBNPA 14th meeting, Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), Edinburgh, Scotland

Catherine P. Perry, Eimear Keane, Patricia M. Kearney, Ivan J. Perry, Harrington JM. Applying the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH) score to children: Is adherence to kidDASH associated with childhood overweight or obesity? A cross-sectional study.  Oral presentation 9th January 2015 SPHeRE Network 1st Annual Conference, RCSI St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2. 

Curtin M, (2015) Increases in recently diagnosed HIV infection among people who inject drugs in Dublin.  Presentation to the Annual Drug Related Infectious Diseases Meeting, European Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Lisbon, 15^th June 2015

Curtin M, (2015) Prevalence of drug use and blood-borne viruses among the Irish prison population. Presentation to the Annual Drug Related Infectious Diseases Meeting, European Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), Lisbon, 15^th June 2015

Eimear Keane, Catherine P Perry, Patricia M Kearney, Harrington JM, Ivan J Perry, John Cullinan, Richard Layte (2015). Childhood obesity, dietary quality and the role of the local food environment: cross-sectional analysis from the Growing Up in Ireland Study.  UK Society for  Social Medicine.  Oral Presentation UK  Social Medicine 59th Annual meeting, 4th September 2015, University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin

Eimear Keane, Harrington JM, Catherine P Perry, Patricia M Kearney, Ivan J Perry, John Cullinan, Séan Lyons, Richard Layte.  Childhood obesity, dietary quality and the role of the local food environment (2015).  Poster Presentation 6th June 2015 ISBNPA 14th meeting, Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), Edinburgh, Scotland 

Eimear Keane, Harrington JM, Xia Li, Anthony P Fitzgerald, Ivan J Perry, Patricia M Kearney (2015). Objectively measured physical activity and the risk of childhood obesity in Irish school children.   Poster Presentation 6th June 2015 ISBNPA 14th meeting, Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), Edinburgh, Scotland

Eimear Keane¹ MPH; Harrington JM; Xia Li¹ PhD; Anthony P Fitzgerald^{1 2} PhD; Ivan J Perry¹ PhD; Patricia M Kearney¹ PhD.   Accelerometer based moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and the risk of childhood obesity: findings from the Cork Children’s lifestyle Study.  (2015) 9th January 2015 SPHeRE Network 1st Annual Conference, RCSI St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2.

Geaney F, Kelly C, Scotto Di Marrazzo J, Harrington JM, Fitzgerald AP, Greiner BA, Perry IJ.The effect of complex workplace dietary interventions on employees' dietary intakes, nutrition knowledge and health status: a cluster controlled trial. Accepted for oral presentation at the Society for Social Medicine Conference, UCD, Dublin, September 2015.

Geaney F, Kelly C, Scotto Di Marrazzo J, Harrington JM, Fitzgerald AP, Greiner BA, Perry IJ.Best practice catering guidelines for healthcare settings: Lessons from the Food Choice at Work Study. Food services and Best Practice Standards in Healthcare Conference, Dublin, April, 2015. [Oral Presentation].

Harrington JM, Slimani N, Bel-Serrat S, Riordan F, Thumann B, Ahrens W, Frost Andersen L, van ’t Veer P.  Assessment and harmonisation of methods for future pan-European research, monitoring and evaluation of interventions and policies: Systematic literature review of methods to assess intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and inventory of European surveillance systems (2015).  Oral presentation at the DEDIPAC Symposium.  6th June 2015 ISBNPA 14th meeting, Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), Edinburgh, Scotland. 

Harrington JM.  Assessment and harmonisation of methods for future research, monitoring and evaluation of interventions.  19th June 2015 Third International JPI HDHL Conference, Crowne Plaza Hotel Le Palace, Brussels. 

M. P. Davoren, M Cronin, I. J. Perry and K O’Connor. Alcohol consumption among university students: Developing a taxonomy of consumption to aid the tailoring of effective public health policy Promising Paths: Research, Practice & Policy for Healthy and Sustainable Campuses, Kelowna, 22^nd-25^th June, 2015

M. P. Davoren, M Cronin, I. J. Perry and K O’Connor. Alcohol consumption among university students: Developing a taxonomy of consumption to aid the tailoring of effective public health policy 41^st Annual Meeting of the Kettil Bruun Society, Munich; 1^st – 5th June, 2015

M. P. Davoren, M Cronin, I. J. Perry and K O’Connor. Alcohol consumption among university students: Developing a taxonomy of consumption to aid the tailoring of effective public health policy. Society of Social Medicine Annual Conference, Dublin, 2^nd – 4^th September, 2015

Mc Hugh SM, Tracey M, Gilmartin M, et al. OP33 Attendance and frequency of health service use among older people with diabetes: results from the irish longitudinal study of ageing (TILDA). Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015;Vol(Suppl 1):A22-A3.

Mellon L, McHugh S, Sinnott C, et al. OP83 Adverse childhood experience and health service utilisation: findings from a primary care-based study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015;Vol(Suppl 1):A46.

Millar SR, Perry IJ, Phillips CM. ‘Assessing Cardiometabolic Risk in MiddleAged Adults Using Body Mass Index and Waist-Height Ratio – Are Two Indices Better Than One?’ [Oral Presentation], Society for Social Medicine 59th Annual Scientific Meeting, Dublin, Ireland; 09/2015

Murphy M, O’Keeffe L, Mc Hugh SM, et al. OP85 Preventive health counselling during antenatal care using the pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system (PRAMS) in ireland. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015;Vol(Suppl 1):A46-A7.

O’Donoghue A, McHugh S. OP34 Are older people with diabetes an at-risk group for falls? a cross-sectional analysis of community-dwelling adults ≥50 years in Ireland. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2015;Vol(Suppl 1):A23.

Shelly Chakraborty, Kevin Balanda, Ivan J Perry, Zubair Kabir (2015)-Burden of selected non-communicable diseases and related risk factors in the Republic of Ireland,1990-2010,Annual Scientific Meeting, Society of Social Medicine, Dublin

Oral Presentations 2014

Bandosz et al (2014) EUROHEART II - comparing policies to reduce future coronary heart disease mortality in nine European countries: modelling study Society for Social Medicine, Oxford

Burgoyne L, Dowling L, Fitzgerald A P, Connolly M, Browne J P, Perry I J (2014) Animal assisted interventions: parents perceptions of assistance dogs for children with autism spectrum disorder [Invited Oral Presentation] Service Dogs of IrelandCorrin Event Centre, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland, 13/09/2014-13/09/2014.

Byrne, M Cronin, M Davoren M. P. and Ahern V (2014) ‘The University as a Setting for Health Promotion Initiatives – a Case Study of the Alcohol and Substance Abuse Working Group of UCC Health Matters’ [Oral Presentation] 18th Annual Health Promotion conference, NUI Galway; 11^th June 2014

Davoren, M. P.  Cronin, M Perry, I. J.  Demant, J Shiely F and O’Connor K (2014) ‘What are the different types of alcohol consumption among the youth of society? A narrative synthesis’ [Oral Presentation] 40^th Annual Meeting of the Kettil Bruun Society, Turin; 9^th-13^th June, 2014

Dr Greiner B, Leitao S. Safety climate and occupational accidents and Injuries: differences among permanent and contingency workers.  XX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, Germany. September 2014.

Durnea CM, Kenny LC, Khashan AS, O'Reilly BA (2014) How important is pre-pregnancy pelvic floor dysfunction in postnatal morbidity in primiparous women? [Invited Oral Presentation] The Annual Research Meeting of the British Society of Urogynaecology 2013RCOG, London, UK, .

Greiner BA, Nolan S, Hogan DA (2014) Comprehensive guidance in the prevention of work-related upper limb disorders in hand-intensive health care occupations [Oral Presentation] Working on Safety Net ConferenceGlasgow

Greiner BA, Hogan DA, Nolan S (2014) Psychosocial work factors and upper limb disorders - Systematically ruling out other work-related and non-work-related alternative explanations 11th Conference of th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology in London, 2014London,

Hogan DA, Nolan S, (2014) Occupational Safety and health research informing practice - the magnitude of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in therapists [Oral Presentation] Working on Safety Net ConferenceGlasgow, 30/09/2014-03/10/2014.

Hunt, E., McKay, E.A., Fitzgerald, A.P., & Perry, I.J. (2014) Counting time: participation in daily activities and health-related quality of life of late adolescents in contemporary Ireland. Paper Presentation [Oral Presentation] Count Me In! Children and Youth Occupations Conference. May 2014London, UK, .

Keane E, Kearney PM, Perry IJ, Li X, Fitzgerald AP, Harrington JM. Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and the risk of childhood overweight and obesity: findings from the Cork Children’s Lifestyle Study (CCLaS). 58th Annual Society for Social Medicine conference. Oxford, UK, September 2014 

Keane E, Perry IJ, Harrington JM. The Cork Children’s Lifestyle Study (CCLaS): Overview. National Children’s Research Centre research day. Cork, Ireland, March 2014.

Keane E, Perry IJ, Kearney PM, Harrington JM (2014) OP66 Multilevel influences on overweight and obesity in 8–11 year old Irish children: findings from the Cork Children’s Lifestyle Study (CCLaS) [Oral Presentation] Society for Social Medicine 58th Annual Scientific MeetingNuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford Keble College, Oxford,

Kelly Maria, Dr Suzanne McCarthy, Dr Laura Sahm, Professor Ronan O'Sullivan, Dr Frances Shiely (2014) General Practitioners knowledge and views of health literacy [Oral Presentation] Prescribing and Research in Medicines Management (UK & Ireland)Imperial College, London, 02/05/2014-02/05/2014.

Kelly Maria, Dr Suzanne McCarthy, Dr Laura Sahm, Professor Ronan O'Sullivan, Dr Frances Shiely (2014) Pharmacists knowledge and views of health literacy [Oral Presentation] Prescribing and Research in Medicines Management (UK & Ireland)Imperial College, London, 02/05/2014-02/05/2014

Kelly Maria, Dr. Suzanne McCarthy, Dr Laura Sahm, Professor Ronan O'Sullivan, Dr Frances Shiely (2014) Pharmacists knowledge and views of health literacy [Oral Presentation] All Ireland Pharmacy Schools ConferenceTrinity College, Dublin, 14/04/2014-15/04/2014.

Leitao S, Greiner BA (2014) Safety climate and occupational accidents and injuries: differences among permanent and contingency workers [Oral Presentation] XX World Congress on Safety and Health at WorkFrankfurt.

Mc Hugh, s, P. M Kearney, A. Khashan, E Pitchforth, E Nolte, C O’Neill, L Kenny, J Browne (2014) Determinants of obstetric interventions and maternal health service use during pregnancy: an international comparison [Oral Presentation] Health Services Research EuropeUtrecht, Amsterdam, .

MC HUGH, S., O’KEEFFE, L., CORCORAN, P., GREENE, R. & KEARNEY, P (2014) Late initiation of antenatal care in a large urban hospital: data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring Syste [Oral Presentation] UK Society for Social Medicine Annual MeetingOxford, United Kingdom

MC HUGH, S. M., PERRY, I. J., BRADLEY, C. & BRUGHA, R (2014) Developing recommendations to improve the quality of diabetes care in Ireland: a policy analysis Health Res Policy Syst

Meaney S, Corcoran P, Lutomski JE, Gallagher S, Spillane N, and O’Donoghue K (2014) Perceived maternal stress and emotional wellbeing as risk factors for miscarriage [Oral Presentation] Society for Social Medicine, 58th Annual MeetingOxford, UK, .

Meaney S, Corcoran P, Lutomski JE, Spillane N, and O’Donoghue K (2014) Risk of miscarriage associated with maternal and paternal smoking [Oral Presentation] Society for Social Medicine, 58th Annual MeetingOxford, UK, .

Millar S.R, Perry I.J, Phillips C.M. ‘Assessing Cardiometabolic Risk in Middle-Aged Adults Using Body Mass Index and Waist-Height Ratio – Are Two Indices Better Than One?’ [Hot Topic Oral Presentation] 21st European Congress on Obesity (ECO2014), Sofia, Bulgaria; 05/2014

Millar, S.R, Perry I.J, Van den Broeck J, Phillips C.M. ‘Optimal Central Obesity Measurement Site for Assessing Cardiometabolic and Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Middle-Aged Adults’ [Oral Presentation] ASO UK Congress on Obesity, Birmingham, UK; 09/2014

Millar S.R , O Connor J.M, Buckley C.M, Kearney P.M, Perry I.J. ‘The Prevalence and Determinants of Undiagnosed and Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes in Middle-Aged Irish Adults’ [Oral Presentation] New Horizons in Medical Research Conference, Cork, Ireland; 12/2014

Murphy, A., McElroy, B., McCarthy, F., Khashan, A., & Higgins, J. (2014, July). A Markov model of the Cost-Utility of Day Care versus Inpatient Care for Treatment of Nausea ; Vomiting During Pregnancy. In International Health Economics Association Congress.<

O'Donovan SM, Murray DM, Hourihane O'B, Kenny LC, Irvine AD, Khashan AS, Kiely M. (2014) Early nutrition and eczema during infancy . In: John Wiley & Sons Ltd eds. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology CongressCopenhagen, Denmark, 07/06/2014- 11/06/2014

O’Keeffe LM, Kearney PM, McCarthy FP, Khashan AS, Greene, RA North RA, Poston L, McCowan LME, Baker PN, Dekker GA, Walker JJ, Taylor R, Kenny LC (2014) OP06&#8197;Prevalence and predictors of alcohol use during pregnancy: findings fromof Oxford Keble College, Oxford, 10/09/2014- 12/09/2014

 Tracey ML, S. M. McHugh, C. M. Buckley, A.P. Fitzgerald, R. J. Canavan, P.M. Kearney . The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes and related complications in a nationally representative sample aged 50 years and over in Ireland  J Epidemiol Community Health 2014;68:A39 doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204726.80.

Oral Presentations 2013

Curtin M. (2013) (2013) The Early Development Instrument – Cork Project [Invited Oral Presentation] The European Commission Thematic Working Group on Early Childhood Education and Care – Peer Learning Event on Monitoring and EvaluationDublin, 29/05/2013-30/10/2013.

Deane, A, Hennessy, B. and Cronin, M. From Grassroots to Government – a case study of the Social Justice and Policy work of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP), 17^th Annual Health Promotion Conference, NUI Galway, May 29^th 2013. 

E. Keane, P.M. Kearney, I.J. Perry, C.C. Kelleher, J.M. Harrington. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in primary school aged children in the Republic of Ireland over a 10 year period from 2002-2012: findings from a systematic review. Jacqueline Horgan Bronze Medal Prize 2013. Dublin, Ireland. November 2013.

Harrington J M, Dietary patterns and health: a cardiovascular disease perspective. Health and Diet: Public Policy and Personal Choice Across the Lifecourse, HRB Centre for Health and Diet Research Conference, University College Cork, October 10^th and 11^th 2013.

Harrington J M, Dahly DL, Fitzgerald AP, Gilthorpe MS, Perry IJ.  Capturing changes in dietary patterns among older adults: A latent class analysis of an aging Irish cohort (2013). Accepted for review session presentation at the International Society of Behaviour, Nutrition and Physical Activity,Ghent, Belgium May 23^rd-25^th, 2013-15^th. Awarded Young Investigator Award

Harrington J M, Dahly DL, Fitzgerald AP, Gilthorpe MS, Perry IJ.  Capturing changes in dietary patterns among older adults: A latent class analysis of an aging Irish cohort (2013). Accepted for review session presentation at the European Congress on Obesity, Liverpool, May 12^th-15^th.

Harrington JM,  DL Dahly, AP Fitzgerald, MS Gilthorpe, IJ Perry. (2013) Capturing changes in dietary patterns among older adults: A latent class analysis of an aging Irish cohort [Oral Presentation] European Congress on ObesityLiverpool, UK, 12/05/2013-15/05/2013.

Harrington JM (2013) DASH Diet score and distribution of blood pressure in middle aged men and women [Oral Presentation] European Society for Hypertension Summer SchoolPorto, Portugal, 21/09/2013-27/09/2013.

Hunt, E; McKay, EA; Fitzgerald, AP; Perry, IJ (2013) Time use and daily activities of late adolescents in contemporary Ireland [Oral Presentation] UCC/Occupational Science Europe Conference Occupation: Awakening to the EverydayCork, Ireland, 05/09/2013-07/09/2013

M. P. Davoren, F. Shiely, M. Byrne, I. J. Perry (2013) ‘’What’s mode got to do with it? The impact of mode of collection on individual response” [Oral Presentation] European Survey Research Association Conference, Ljubljana, July 15^th-19^th, 2013

M.P. Davoren, F. Shiely, I.J. Perry (2013) Hazardous Alcohol Consumption Among Third-Level Students: What are the gender differences, second-hand effects and high risk behaviours associated with its use? [Oral Presentation] Global Alcohol Policy Conference, Seoul, South Korea, 7^th-9^th October, 2013

M. P. Davoren, E. Fitzgerald, F. Shiely, I. J. Perry (2013) ‘Positive Mental Health & Well-Being Among a Third Level Students” [Oral Presentation] 14^th Healthcare Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Dublin, 6^th-7^th November, 2013

Mc Hugh S, J Browne, C O Neill, P M Kearney (2013) Overweight/obesity _& _health service utilisation _in older adults [Oral Presentation] acqueline Horgan Bronze Medal competitionRoyal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Dublin, .

Mc Hugh S, J Browne, C O Neill, P M Kearney (2013) Influence of partial public reimbursement on vaccination coverage in the older population [Oral Presentation] Jacqueline Horgan Bronze Medal competitionRoyal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, Dublin, 

O'Neill, SM., Agerbo, E., Kenny, LC., Henriksen, TB., Kearney, PM., Greene, RA., Mortensen, PB., Lutomski, JE., and Khashan, AS. "Caesarean delivery and subsequent birth interval, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or stillbirth-a Danish register-based study". International Epidemiology Association (IEA) 5th Annual Meeting – Advanced Epidemiological Methods, Hangzhou, China; April 15th-26th 2013.

O'Neill, SM., Agerbo, E., Kenny, LC., Henriksen, TB., Kearney, PM., Greene, RA., Mortensen, PB., and Khashan, AS. "Caesarean delivery and subsequent birth interval, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or stillbirth-a Danish register-based study". European Congress of Epidemiology, Aarhus, Denmark; August 11th-14th 2013.

Sinnott C, McHugh S, Browne J, Bradley C. (2013) GPs’ perspectives on the management of multimorbidity: _Systematic review and synthesis of qualitative research [Oral Presentation] Society for Academic Primary CareNottingham, 03/07/2013-05/07/2013.

Oral Presentations 2012

Curtin M (2012) Facilitators and Barriers in Applying an International Measure of Child Development: Case Studies from Indonesia, Peru, Brazil, Scotland & Ireland [Oral Presentation] The International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development 2012 Biennial MeetingEdmonton, Canada, 08/07/2012-12/07/2012.

Fehilly M, Leitao S, Greiner BA (2012) Farmers maybe placing themselves in danger by underestimating risk [Oral Presentation] First Conference on Creating a Scientific Evidence Base for PracticeCork, 27/11/2012-27/11/2012.

Harrington J, Fitzgerald AP,Fitzgerald AP, Kearney PM, Browne G, Dolan E, Perry IJ.   Diet quality and blood pressure in middle aged Irish men and women (2012).  Accepted for oral presentation at the UK Society for Social Medicine annual conference, London, September 12^th-14^th. 

Harrington J, Fitzgerald AP,Fitzgerald AP, Kearney PM, Browne G, Dolan E, Perry IJ.   Diet quality and blood pressure in middle aged Irish men and women (2012). [Oral Presentation].  Food Choice, Health and Change Conference, University College Cork, June 6^th-7^th.  

Harrington JM (2012) Dietary Quality and Blood Pressure in the Irish Population [Oral Presentation] UK Society for Social MedicineLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 12/09/2012-18/01/2013

Hogan, D., Greiner, B., O'Sullivan, L. (2012) Is Manual Handling Training effective in prevention and/or reduction of work related musculoskeletal disorders and if not, why not? – A Systematic Review. [Oral Presentation], 1st Conference of Creating a Scientific Evidence Base for Practice - Prevention of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders, University College Cork , 27-NOV-12 - 27-NOV-12.

Hunt, E; McKay, EA; Perry, I (2012) Perspectives on adolescent time use and wellbeing [Oral Presentation] 36th College of Occupational Therapists annual conferenceGlasgow, Scotland, 12/06/2012-14/06/2012.

Keane E, Harrington J, Kearney PM, Perry IJ & Layte R. Measured Parental Weight Status and Familial Socio-Economic Status Correlates with Childhood Overweight and Obesity at Age 9. Growing Up In Ireland annual conference 2012, Dublin, Ireland, December 2012.

Keohane CR, Khashan AS, McCarthy FP, Broadhurst D, Kiely M, Murray DM, Hourihane JO, Kenny LC. (2012) The Correlation between Neonatal Body Fat Percentage and Neonatal Biometric Measures [Oral Presentation] 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecological InvestigationSan Diego, USA,

Khashan AS, Kenny CL, McCarthy FP, McCowan L, Broadhurst DI, Dekker G, Murray DM,  Pasupathy D,  Walker JJ, Baker PN, O’Donoghue  K on behalf of the SCOPE Consortium and the BASELINE Birth Cohort (2012) The impact of first-trimester crown-rump length on fetal size, birthweight and infant growth [Invited Oral Presentation] First international conference on Fetal GrowthBirmingham, UK, 12/09/2012-14/09/2012.

Leahy-Warren P. Mulcahy H. Phelan A. Corcoran P. (2012) Paper presented at ICHN conference - Factors influencing initiation and duration of breastfeeding: contribution of the PHN [Oral Presentation] Annual ICHN conference. Public Health Nursing 'Vision and Visibility'School of Nursing and Midwifery in University College Cork, 01/05/2012-01/05/2012.

Leitao, S. & Greiner, B. 2012. The influence of Safety Climate on Occupational Accident and Injury rates - Systematic review of the scientific evidence In: IAVICOLI, S., JAIN, A., PETYX, M. & TANG, J. (eds.) 10th Conference of the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology. Zurich: EAOHP.

Linehan LA, O'sullivan OE, Babiker E, Khashan AS, O'Reilly BA, O'sullivan S (2012) ASSESSING QUALITY OF LIFE IN UROGYNAECOLOGY— A COMPARISON OF PAPER AND ELECTRONIC QUESTIONNAIRES [Oral Presentation] 37th Annual IUGA Meeting, Brisbane, AustraliaBrisbane, Australia, 04/09/2012-08/09/2012.

McCarthy, V; Perry, IJ; Greiner, BA (2012) Job Characteristics and Obesity in a sample of the Irish General Population.  In: European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology eds. European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology 10^th Conference Zurich 11-APR-12 – 13-APR-12

McCarthy, V; Perry, IJ; Greiner, BA (2011) How relevant is age?  Job characteristics and coronary health.  Cardi – Centre for ageing research and development in Ireland conference – Dublin, 02-NOV-12 – 03-NOV-12 

Mc Carthy VJC, Greiner BA.  “Put your back into it,” work and resultant low back pain in a middle-aged population.  Oral presentation 1st Conference of Creating a scientifc evidence base for practice - prevention of work-related musculoskeletal disorders; 27-NOV-12 - 27-NOV-12; University College Cork, Cork,  Ireland; 2012.

McCarthy, FP,Khashan, AS,North, RA,Baker, PN,Dekker, G,Poston, L,Kenny, LC,O'Donoghue, K (2012) Previous Pregnancy Loss Is a Significant Risk Factor for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Evidence from a Large Prospective Cohort [Oral Presentation] 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for Gynecological InvestigationSan Diego, USA

Mc Hugh, S (2012) Improving Diabetes Care through Policy Formulation: a Case Study of the Expert Advisory Group for Diabetes [Oral Presentation] International Society for Quality & Safety in Healthcare (ISQua) Geneva, 21/10/2012-25/10/2012.

Nolan, S., Hogan, D., Greiner, B. (2012) Preventing work-related upper-limb disorders in hand-intensive health care occupations. [Oral Presentation], 1st Conference of Creating a Scientific Evidence Base for Practice - Prevention of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders, University College Cork , 27-NOV-12 - 27-NOV-12.

O'Mahoney P, Greiner BA (2012) Prevalence of low back pain in bricklayers [Oral Presentation] First Conference on Creating a Scientific Evidence Base for PracticeCork, 27/11/2012-.

O'Neill, SM., Khashan, AS., Kenny, LC., Greene, RA., Henriksen, TB., Lutomski, JE. & Kearney, PM. "Caesarean section and subsequent ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or stillbirth: systematic review and meta-analysis". Society for Gynecologic Investigation Conference, San Diego, March 22-24th 2012. Reprod Sciences Vol. 19, No. 3 (Supplement), March 2012, pp.117A, O-152

O'Neill, SM., Kearney, PM., Kenny, LC., Khashan, AS., Henriksen, TB., Lutomski, JE. & Greene, RA. "Caesarean section and subsequent fetal death - systematic review and meta-analysis". Society for Social Medicine 56th Annual Scientific Meeting London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Thursday September 13th 2012. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Society for Social Medicine 56th Annual Scientific Meeting, September 2012, Vol 66, Supplement 1

O'Neill, SM., Kearney, PM., Kenny, LC., Khashan, AS., Henriksen, TB., Lutomski, JE. & Greene, RA. "Caesarean section and subsequent fetal death - systematic review and meta-analysis". 13th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference: Optimising Health in the 21st Century, Trinity College Dublin; 7th & 8th November 2012

O'Neill, SM., Agerbo, E., Kenny, LC., Henriksen, TB., Kearney, PM., Greene, RA., Mortensen, PB., and Khashan, AS. "Caesarean delivery and subsequent birth interval, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or stillbirth-a Danish register-based study". Jacqueline Horgan Bronze Medal Prize in Epidemiology Meeting Finalist, RCPI, Dublin; November 15th 2012

O’Neill SM, Kearney PM, Kenny LC, Khashan AS, Henriksen TB, Lutomski JE, Greene RA (2012) Caesarean section and subsequent spontaneous miscarriage or stillbirth: Systematic review and meta-analysis [Oral Presentation] 56th Annual Meeting for the Society for Social MedicineLondon, England, 12/09/2012-14/09/2012

Oral Presentations 2011

Curtin M. (2011) The Early Development Instrument – a potentially promising population level indicator of pre-school care [Oral Presentation] Shortlist for the Jacqueline Horan Bronze Medal Prize in EpidemiologyDublin, 30/11/2011-30/11/2011.

Fergus P McCarthy, Ali S Khashan, Robyn A North, Philip N Baker, Gus Dekker, Lucilla Poston, Louise C Kenny, K O'Donoghue (2011) Previous Pregnancy Loss Is a Significant Risk Factor for Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: Evidence from a Large Prospective Cohort [Oral Presentation] Junior Obstetrics and Gynaecology Meeting, Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of the Royal College of Physicians of IrelandDUBLIN, 25/11/2011-25/11/2011.

Grannell, A., Fitzgerald AP., Corcoran P. ; (2011) Deliberate Self-harm among Irish Adolescents [Oral Presentation] International Conference on Correspondence and Related Methods (CARME 2011)Rennes, France, 08/02/2011-11/02/2011

Grannell, A.,Fitzgerald, T.,Corcoran, P. (2011) Deliberate Self Harm among Irish Adolescents [Oral Presentation] CARME 2011Agrocampus Ouest, Rennes FRANCE, 08/02/2011-08/02/2011.

Harrington J, Perry IJ.  (2011). Dietary Quality and determinants of poor diets: the implications for health inequalities. New Poverties, Social Justice and Human Rights conference, University College Cork, September 30th 2011.    

Hunt, E; McKay, EA; Perry, I (2011) Measuring and mapping adolescent time use & well-being – an occupational perspective [Oral Presentation] 33rd International Association of Time Use Research conferenceOxford, UK, 01/08/2011-03/08/2011.

Keane E, Layte R, Harrington J, Perry IJ. Measured parental weight status and familial socio-economic correlates with childhood overweight and obesity at age 9 Faculty of Public Health Medicine 2011 Winter Scientific Meeting, Dublin, Ireland. December 2011

Mc Carthy VJC, Perry IJ, Greiner BA (2011) How relevant is age? Job characteristics and the occurrence of a first cardiovascular event; a case-control study [Oral Presentation] CARDI's 'Ageing Globally - Ageing Locally; International ConferenceDublin, 02/11/2011-03/11/2011.

Mc Hugh, S (2011) A case study of policy formulation in the Irish health system; 'paper exercise' or a plan of action to improve diabetes care [Oral Presentation] Society for Social Science & MedicineWarwick, UK, 08/09/2011-08/12/2011.

O'Neill, SM. "Caesarean section- Let's cut to the chase". University College Cork Doctoral Showcase, UCC, Cork. June 21st 2011. (Winner of three minute thesis category).  

O'Neill, SM. "Advanced maternal age and adverse pregnancy outcome". University College Cork Women's and Child Health Conference. Brookfield, UCC, Cork. June 22nd 2011 (Second place winner).

Oral Presentations 2010

Claesson MJ; Cusack S; O'Sullivan O; Greene-Diniz R; de Weerd H; Flannery E; Marchesi JR; Falush D; Dinan T; Fitzgerald G; Stanton C; van Sinderen D; O'Connor M; Harnedy N; O'Connor K; Henry C; O'Mahony D; Fitzgerald AP; Shanahan F; Twomey C; Hill C; Ross RP; O'Toole PW (2010) Composition, variability, and temporal stability of the intestinal microbiota of the elderly [Oral Presentation] Microbes and Health Sackler ColloquiumUSA, 01/09/2010-01/09/2010.

Mc Carthy Vera JC, Perry IJ, Greiner BA (2010) Has your work worked you too hard? An examination of work history, present functional limitations and reduced activities of living in a cohort of the Irish General Population.  Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Queens University, Belfast, 06-SEP-10 - 08-SEP-10

Oral Presentations 2009

Droog, E; Armstrong, C; MacCurtain, S (2009) Investigating the effectiveness of breast cancer teams in Ireland: The role of quality team processes [Oral Presentation] Kemmy Business School Research ConferenceUniverity of Limerick, .

Harrington J; (2009) Food Poverty and Dietary Quality-Is there a link? [Oral Presentation] UK Society for Social MedicineNewcastle UK, 06/09/2009-09/09/2009.

Harrington J, Perry IJ, Lutomski J, Fitzgerald AP,Shiely F, McGee H, Barry MM, Van Lente E, Morgan K, Shelley E (2009) ). Living Longer And Feeling Better: Healthy lifestyle, self-rated health, obesity and depression in Ireland. [Oral presentation] European Congress on Obesity European Congress on Obesity, 01/05/2009-

MacLeod, F; (2009) Exploring an undergraduate public health learning environment through the Teaching for Understanding (TFU) framework [Oral Presentation] National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and LearningDublin, 12/11/2009-12/11/2009.

Mc Carthy Vera JC, Perry IJ, Greiner BA (2009) An Ageing Population: The part job strain plays on the prevalence of hypertension, total cholesterol and waist to height measurements in a cohort of the Irish General Population. Fifth International Conference on Work Environment and Cardiovascular Diseases, Krakow, 27-SEP-09 - 30-SEP-09

Mc Hugh, S (2009) Diabetes care provision in general practice in Ireland [Oral Presentation] Society for Academic Primary CareSt Andrew's, Scotland, 01/07/2009-03/07/2009.

Shiely F; (2009) STI Research in Ireland [Oral Presentation] University of WashingtonUniversity of Washington, 01/03/2009-01/03/2009.

Oral Presentations 2008

Round South Infirmary, Cork, 01/12/2008-01/12/2008.

Droog, E; Armstrong, C; MacCurtain, S (2008) Health care quality improvements: The importance of strategic HRM in breast cancer care [Oral Presentation] Irish Academy of Management ConferenceDublin City University,

Fitzgerald AP; (2008) All-Ireland Cancer Conference [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson] All-Ireland Cancer ConferenceDublin, Ireland, 01/12/2008-01/12/2008.

Greiner BA; (2008) Work conditions, economic and social insecurity, fatigue and burnout in aviation workers [Oral Presentation] International Conference of the European Academy for Occupational Health PsychologyUniversity of Valencia, Spain, 14/11/2008-14/11/2008.

Greiner BA; (2008) The use of work analysis in work and health studies [Oral Presentation] Institute of Work & Organisations,WHO Collaborating Centre, Research SeminarUniversity of Nottingham, 01/05/2008-01/05/2008.

Greiner BA; (2008) Union/researcher collaboration in research: new perspectives [Oral Presentation] Seventh international conference on work, stress and healthWashington D.C., American Psychological Association and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 06/03/2008-09/03/2008

Hunt, E; Ryan, S; Perry, I (2008) Health related quality of life and participation in daily activities among Irish young people - a pilot study [Oral Presentation] Researching Children's Worlds ConferenceGalway, Ireland, 26/02/2008-27/02/2008.

Kulscar Z, Fitzgerald AP, Shorten G; (2008) Euroanaesthesia 2008: 6th Joint Meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiologists [Oral Presentation] Landscaping Study of Tactile Perceptions from Expert and Nonexpert Performers of Spinal AnaesthesiaEuropean Academy of Anaesthiology, 01/01/2008-01/01/2008

Loughrey M; (2008) Compulsory Instrumentality and the Male Nurse [Oral Presentation] The American Men's Studies Association 16th Annual ConferenceWake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA, 01/04/2008-01/04/2008.

McCarthy, Greiner BA, Rosskam E, Smith S, Marowski I, (2008) Stress and fatigue in aviation workers - the use of the modified JCQ [Oral Presentation] 7th International Work, Stress and Health ConferenceWashington D.C, 06/05/2008-08/05/2008.

Mc Carthy Vera JC, Greiner, BA, Rosskam E, Smith S, Marowsky, I; (2008) Temporal Factors and Civil Aviation Workers - An international collaborative study [Oral Presentation] European Academy of Occupational Health PsychologyUniversity of Valencia, Spain, 12/11/2008-14/11/2008.

McCarthy and Loughrey; (2008) Gender and Power: The Irish Hysterectomy Scandal [Oral Presentation] 9th Annual Interdisciplinary Research ConferenceTrinity College Dublin, 01/11/2008-01/11/2008

Shiely F, Horgan H and Hayes K; (2008) Risk factors associated with a positive STI diagnosis in a GUM clinic [Oral Presentation] Oral presentation at the UCC/CUH joint research dayCork, 06/06/2008-06/06/2008.

Oral Presentations 2007

Mc Carthy, Vera; Bairead, E.; Fitzgerald, A.P.; Shanahan, F.; Perry, Ivan J. (2007) Appendectomy, smoking and inflammatory bowel disease; a case-control study The Joint Meeting of the Society for Social Medicine & the International Epidemiological Association (European Federation) University College Cork, 12-SEP-07 - 14-SEP-07