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Growing Up in Ireland

26 Feb 2025
Professor Deirdre Horgan and Dr. Eoin McNamara

On 26 February Dr. Eoin McNamara (Department of Children Equality Disability Integration and Youth) presented a workshop on the Growing Up In Ireland (GUI) study methodology and data set. 

The workshop set out to promote and support the use of the GUI datasets from both Cohort ’98 (spanning ages 9-20yrs) and Cohort ’08 (9mths-13yrs). The workshop included a background to the study, an overview of what information the datasets include and what research questions can be explored using GUI, useful online resources, how to access the data yourself, and a practical walk-through of basic statistical analysis techniques using GUI data.

 

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BIOGRAPHY

Eoin has worked as a research analyst on the Growing Up in Ireland study since 2017, originally based at the ESRI and now at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. He previously worked as research associate at the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit in the University of Cambridge. He completed his PhD at Queen Mary, University of London, investigating physical activity levels amongst schoolchildren, and continues to have a strong interest in child health-focussed research.

The event was hosted by the ISS21 Children and Young People Research Cluster and UCC Futures - Children. Professor Deirdre Horgan chaired.  

 

 

 

 

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