Very excited about their futures the BSc Medical and Health Sciences Class of 2023 marked the completion of their four-year degree programme with staff on May 25th 2023. The class of 2023 are the second cohort of students to complete the new BSc Medical and Health Science's inovative programme. 

Professor Yvonne Nolan, Vice Dean of Graduate Studies in the College of Medicine and Health and Professor in Neuroscience, along with the COMH Graduate Studies committee and Postgraduate Student Committee, hosted a very successful “Bright Futures: Celebrating our Researchers” on Wednesday 26th April 2023 in G05, Western Gateway Building, UCC. 

Professor Aideen Sullivan, Head of Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, gathered together with over 40 female colleagues working in the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience on Wednesday 8th March 2023 to celebrate International Women's Day 2023.  

The student-led UCC Translational Medicine Society hosted its second annual Narrowing the Void Conference in UCC on Wednesday 25th January 2023. The Conference was opened by Professor Aideen Sullivan, Head of Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and Director of the BSc Medical and Health Sciences.

On Saturday 26th November 2022 the UCC Translational Medicine Society partnered with Cleanmarine to host the Women's Health Conference, bringing together a range of speakers with expertise in women's health to speak on, explore and discuss menopause, women's health and nutrition.

Dr Louise Collins BSc Medical and Sciences Coordinator hosted the first BSc Medical and Sciences Mentoring programme in December 2022. The event  brought together first year Medical and Health Sciences students and academic staff lecturing on the programme in an innovative mentoring initiative.

In their new podcast series Narrowing the Void, Brian Curtin and Mark Vesey, UCC Translational Medicine Society founders and UCC students, chat with Professor Aideen Sullivan, Head of Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, about her career path, her research focused on novel approaches to the treatment of Parkinson's disease, developing the BSc Medical and Health Sciences degree programme and how she manages to do it all!

Following the very successful completion of the new BSc Medical and Health Sciences degree by the first class of students, Professor Aideen Sullivan, BSc Medical and Health Sciences Programme Developer and Academic Director, and Dr Louise Collins, Academic Coordinator, BSc Medical and Health Sciences, and a team of undergraduate MHS students had a very busy day in Brookfield Health Sciences Building meeting with secondary school students and their families at the BSc Medical and Health Sciences stand at the recent UCC Undergraduate Open Day in October.

Congratulations to Seán Ó Murchú, who was recently presented with the BioMarin Prize by Dr Rachel Furlong for achieving first place in the BSc Medical and Health Sciences graduating class of 2022. Seán was also presented the best final year project award, and amazingly was also the first student to complete a BSc Medical and Health Sciences viva while on a 6-day charity cycle!!

The Dean of the School of Medicine UCC, Professor Paula O’Leary, was invited speaker and presented the awards at the first BSc Medical and Health Sciences Awards Ceremony, which celebrated the first class of students to successfully complete this programme.

Congratulations to the first graduates of the new CK707 BSc Medical and Health Sciences, who will be conferred with their degrees at the College of Medicine and Health Conferring Ceremony on Friday 28th October 2022.

Congratulations to the UCC Medical Research and Technology Society and the UCC Translational Medicine Society who together successfully hosted UCC’s first Life Sciences Careers Fair.

Congratulations to Ms Joan Omosefe Osayande, a fourth year BSc Medical and Health Sciences student who was the invited Keynote Speaker at the recent UCC Entrance Scholarship Awards Ceremony 2021/2022.

The UCC Society of Translational Medicine hosted their annual ‘Narrowing the Void’ Conference on Thursday January 27^th 2022 as a Hybrid conference – in person in the Devere Hall, UCC, and simultaneously streamed live online via Whova™ conferencing software. This was the first Hybrid conference to be held in UCC!

The Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience is delighted to welcome the first class of Medical and Health Science students to UCC. This innovative and exciting new degree programme was conceived and developed by a team led by Professor Aideen Sullivan, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience.

At an event held recently in the Western Gateway building, Professor Aideen Sullivan (Programme Director) and Professor Ken O' Halloran (Head of Department of Physiology), welcomed the first BSc Medical and Health Sciences class to meet with staff from the School of Medicine, School of Public Health, School of Biochemistry & Cell Biology and School of Microbiology at a lunchtime buffet 'Meet and Greet'.

Congratulations to the pioneering first BSc Medical and Health Science Graduates, who were conferred with their honours BSc degrees at the UCC Medicine and Health Conferring Ceremony on Friday 28^th October 2022. 

Congratulations to the Superheroes in the FLAME lab, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience led by Batman (Michael Cronin) who baked cakes and put on their Superhero outfits to raise funds for the Mercy Hospital Heroes Campaign which raises vital funds for the Mercy Kids & Teens Appeal.

Mr Tony Wilkinson, Chair of the Cork Parkinson’s Association, and Professor Aideen Sullivan, Head of the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, met recently in UCC as a follow-up to the launch in September at the National Ploughing Championships of the collaborative research project to investigate the possible link between Parkinson’s and pesticide exposure on Irish farms. 

Professor Aideen Sullivan and Dr Lucy Collins Stack, Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, in collaboration with the Cork Parkinson's Association, launched an exciting research project investigating the potential link between Parkinson's disease and pesticide exposure on Irish farms, at the National Ploughing Championships held in Ratheniska, Co Laois - September 20th, 21st and 22nd 2022.

IWD 2022 campaign theme: #BreakTheBias, asks us to 'Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women's equality. Collectively we can all #BreakTheBias'.