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11 Sep 2025
Family-based intervention programs are insufficient to prevent child obesity, major study finds
A landmark study has found no evidence that family-based early obesity prevention programs improve overall body mass index (BMI) in young children.
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04 Sep 2025
Major EU project led by UCC to investigate false memories
UCC researcher Dr Gillian Murphy awarded €1.5m European Research Council Starting Grant to explore false memories. Researchers will examine the possibility that false memories are reliable, adaptive and highly functional. The five-year research project will investigate the potential upsides of memory distortion – something typically viewed in a negative light - and explore the ethics of intentional alteration of memories.
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20 Aug 2025
UCC-led digital health project awarded almost €5m to save lives of mothers and babies in Africa
€4.9 million awarded by Horizon Europe to scale a digital health system for maternal and child health in East Africa.
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28 Jul 2025
UCC researcher named among Fulbright Irish Awardees
A University College Cork (UCC) researcher has been announced among the Fulbright Irish Awardees for 2025-2026. Dr Lisa Kiely MD is a Dermatology Specialist Registrar and an Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) Fellow at the INFANT Research Centre at UCC.
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