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Dr Gillian Murphy awarded €1.5m European Research Council Starting Grant to explore false memories. Image: UCC.

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.

Dr Ian Pitt, Lecturer in Usability Engineering and Interactive Media, School of Computer Science & Information Technology, UCC., Dr Aileen Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Cork University Business School, UCC., Prof Ali Khashan, Professor in Perinatal Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Principal Investigator, INFANT Research Centre at UCC., Julie Arnott, Lecturer in Health Protection / Infection Prevention and Control, School of Public Health, UCC and Dr Simon Woodworth, Lecturer in Business Information Systems, Cork University Business School and Lead Investigator, INFANT Research Centre, UCC. Photo by Gerard McCarthy.

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.

Dr Lisa Kiely (front row, third from right) pictured at the Fulbright Irish Awardees announcement last week with Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission in Ireland, Dr Dara FitzGerald, US Ambassador to Ireland Edward S. Walsh, Julie Connell (Dept. of Foreign Affairs & Trade), and Fulbright Board Chair Prof Paul Donnelly.

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.

New study highlights challenges of decentralised clinical trials for patients and researchers

Research highlights how the shift to remote, technology-mediated trials is reshaping how research staff coordinate and deliver trials. The study reveals concerns about how remote trials are changing how staff support and engage with patients, raising questions about impact on the overall experience, connection and care.

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