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Cerebral Palsy Foundation awards €1.6 million funding to UCC to support cerebral palsy education and research

Pictured (l-r): Carol Walsh, Head of Development - College of Medicine and Health; Professor Geraldine Boylan, INFANT and UCC Futures Children Director; Professor Deirdre Murray, Chair; Lily Collison, Board Member & Advocate, Cerebral Palsy Foundation; Rachel Byrne, Executive Director of the Cerebral Palsy Foundation; Kerry Bryson, CEO of Cork University Foundation, UCC; and Professor Helen Whelton, Head of the College of Medicine and Health, UCC. Photo: Fennell Photography.

UCC and the Cerebral Palsy Foundation today announced the creation of a new Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy. The new ‘Cerebral Palsy Foundation Chair’ is made possible thanks to generous support of €1.6 million from the Cerebral Palsy Foundation, a global not-for-profit organisation committed to creating positive change for those with Cerebral Palsy and related disabilities. The appointed Chair will lead a programme of research and public engagement that will empower the voice of young children and families living with cerebral palsy

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