The third National Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) Festival, a pioneering event that brings together patients, the public, healthcare professionals and researchers to celebrate the crucial role of public involvement in shaping health research in Ireland was launched at UCC this week. 

Oral Health in Ireland: A Handbook for Health Professionals  was launched in the Oral Health Services Research Centre, Dental School and Hospital UCC recently. The handbook is a publication of the Dental Health Foundation with content support from the Oral Health Services Research Centre, UCC. The publication is designed to support health professionals while encouraging everyone to value good oral health. By valuing and caring for our mouths we can safeguard our general health.

The National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF) with funding from the Health Service Executive’s National Office for Suicide Prevention (HSE-NOSP) have spearheaded the development of a suicide prevention training module for undergraduate healthcare students, receiving recent additional support from the UCC Centre for Integrated Research in Teaching and Learning SATLE fund.

UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery and School of Public Health have successfully renewed their Bronze Athena Swan awards, recognising both Schools commitment to advancing gender equality and representation through good employment practices and promoting equality in higher education.  

First Year Orientation 2024 & Useful Links for New Students

UCC researchers will lead or partner on four projects in the latest round of HORIZON Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks programme awards, receiving a combined €2,000,038 in funding. 

New partnership aims to strengthen training and research links in mental health pharmacy

We were delighted to welcome over 120 GPs and HSE colleagues to University College Cork recently for ‘GP on the Quad Conference’ which took place at the Aula Maxima. 

This inaugural conference hosted by the Department of General Practice UCC in partnership with the Cork postgraduate GP Training Scheme and HSE Primary Care Cork/Kerry focused on ‘Leadership and Capacity-building in General Practice’.

Congratulations to our newest graduates!

A public consultation process to inform the development of an inclusion Health Framework for Ireland was launched in UCC today. 

A new European-wide initiative led by a researcher at UCC is to identify and understand the wide causes of food inequality.

It was a delight to welcome our International Medicine Graduands and their families to the Aula Maxima in UCC on Thursday 30th May.

Our Spring/Summer issue is packed full with photos, Q&As and news-stories from across the College of Medicine and Health. 

This is the second lecture in our CoMH Philanthropic Series, organised in conjunction with Alumni & Development.

Written and directed by UCC film studies student Tereza Feixová.

WHO collaborating centres are institutions which are designated by the WHO to carry out activities in support of the WHO's programmes at country, intercountry, regional, interregional and global levels.

The EU-funded Project: Promoting Mental and Physical Health at Work in a Changing Environment: A Multi-Level Approach (PROSPERH), supports the global workforce.

"Future Cancer Medicine: Bridging the Academic/Clinical Interface" with Prof Jack Gleeson

Twenty-one year-old Lena Guénebaut-Cudmore, a first-year nursing student at School of Nursing & Midwifery UCC braved war and the threat of nuclear disaster to help save the lives of babies in Ukraine.

Opened in the Jennings Gallery on 17 April.

Organised by The Committee, Nursing and Midwifery Society, UCC.

• UCC subjects ranked in world's top 50 and 100 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 published this week
• Nursing at UCC improved one place and now ranks an impressive 32^nd in the world
• Pharmacy at UCC improved five places now ranks 94^th in the top 100 in this year’s QS University Subject Rankings.

The Athena SWAN Bronze Award recognises the School's commitment to gender equality in higher education. 

Prof Murray's first public lecture as The Cerebral Palsy Foundation Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy at The Irish Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research (INFANT).

University College Cork has appointed Professor Leonie Heskin as its new Professor in Simulation Based Training and new Director of ASSERT (Application of Science to Simulation based Education and Research on Training).

A Health Awareness Campaign run by our  2^nd Year Nursing Students

Transition Year secondary school students from across Munster recently attended University College Cork’s School of Medicine ‘Prep for Med.’

Published in the journal PLOS One today.

The systematic review, published in Social Science and Psychiatric Epidemiology, reviewed data from over 25 countries. 

Medsoc students were busy this week tending to lots of sick and and injured teddies at UCC’s Teddy Bear hospital.  

Our Dental School & Hospital is hosting a Free Online Event - Engaging Minds, Empowering Success in the Clinical Dental Environment' on Saturday, February 17th 

An exhibition of prints by UCC first year Occupational Therapy Students opened on Wednesday, February 7.

Join us on Wednesday 7^th February at 6:15 pm for an information evening on two innovative pharmacy postgraduate programmes. 

Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) are collaborating with the inventor of a self-care app for people with Parkinson’s disease with a view to understanding how hormonal changes in women impact their symptoms. 

On the 21st February, the second lecture in our 2023/24 Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series will be delivered by Prof Sarah Kittel-Schneider.

It is estimated there are 64,000 people living with dementia in Ireland. This number is set to double in the next 25 years to over 150,000 by 2045.

UCC led consortium on Dementia Palliative Care Awarded €7.5m Horizon Europe Funding

NeuroBell has developed an AI-powered medical device to accurately detect seizures in newborns, which can reduce the risk of long-term brain injury.

On Monday 18th December, we held our College Assembly in Brookfield UCC. 
 

From the College of Medicine and Health Team

Three researchers at UCC’s College of Medicine and Health have received significant funding to address national health and social care priorities for those who need them most.

An Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Mr. Micheál Martin, T.D. launches a 20 Years Impact brochure for APC Microbiome Ireland.

People from across various agencies attended this important day which helps to build new interagency co-operation.

Published November 2023.

We hope you enjoy our photo montage! 

Virtual reality gaming promotes men’s health.

Discover research at Cancer Research @UCC! 

14 University College Cork researchers are featured in Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list.

Looking forward to welcoming first responders to UCC!

Three researchers at UCC’s College of Medicine and Health have received a total of €700,000 in funding to address national health care priorities for those who need them most.

Professor Iacucci, Professor in Gastroenterology in UCC, has been nominated as a coveted member of the International Organisation for Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IOIBD).

We were delighted to welcome Professor David Burn to UCC.

Over 160 multidisciplinary healthcare students from 10 different disciplines across the College of Medicine and Health attended ‘Understanding Dementia Together – An Interprofessional Approach’ today. 

The Quercus College Scholarships acknowledge the academic achievement of students who have achieved top marks in the CoMH examinations of Summer 2023.

CoMH invites you to join Professor David Burn, Director, Newcastle Health Innovation Partners and Professor Helen Whelton, Head of the College of Medicine and Health at UCC, and CAO, SSWHG for a discussion on Thursday 26th October.

Professor McEntee will lead the curriculum development, evidence-based teaching, reflective teaching practice and the scholarship of learning and teaching.

The College of Medicine and Health was delighted to welcome thousands of secondary school students and their parents to our Brookfield Health Sciences Complex on Saturday 14th October.

A landmark scientific article on the workplace as a major determinant of health was published in The Lancet on Thursday, 12 October, and reveals a global picture of the work-related causes of mental health conditions.

At the College of Medicine and Health, we are looking forward to welcoming secondary school students to our Brookfield Health Sciences Complex for the UCC Open Day 2023!

Today on World Cerebral Palsy Day, UCC has announced the appointment of Prof Deirdre Murray as the new Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy, as part of a new programme of excellence to revolutionise the delivery of cerebral palsy care in Ireland.

Following a very successful meeting of the Chief Academic Officers in the offices of Childrens Health Ireland, where plans for the inclusion of an Academic Health Sciences System within the new Health Regions were further developed, the CAOs and their support teams, hosted by Eilish Hardiman, CEO CHI, and Professor Owen Smith, CAO CHI, visited the new Childrens Hospital.

Five post-doctoral researchers at UCC’s School of Public Health, National Suicide Research Foundation (NSRF) and the Irish Centre for Maternal & Child Health Research (INFANT) have received a total of €1.9 million in funding to investigate and find solutions for public health challenges.

On Saturday 30th September, the Annual Medical Graduates Association Conference was held in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex in University College Cork.

This exhibition is a visual narrative of the experience of an Irish nurse in WW1.

World leaders and national experts convened at the national Pancreatic Cancer Symposium hosted by Cancer Research @ UCC on Friday, 22 September 2023.

Researchers and academics at the College of Medicine and Health at University College Cork (UCC) showcased their work at the Futures Research Conference today. #UCCFutures 

On Thursday 21st September, a celebration was held in the Glucksman Gallery in UCC to mark the 20 Year Anniversary of Cancer Trials Cork.

Research investigating alternative medicines to protect the hearts of children from drug-induced heart damage has received funding from The Little Princess Trust.

The Annual Medical Graduates Association Conference will be held in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex in University College Cork.

The first lecture in our 2023/24 Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series was delivered by Prof Marietta Iacucci on 8th September.

We know this is an exciting time. At UCC, we want to make sure you have the best experience possible and adjust to life as a student here. 

Read the article written by Prof Ella Arensman and Dr Paul Corcoran, published in The Irish Examiner, to mark World Suicide Prevention Day.

UCC wishes to appoint an experienced professional to the role of Administration Support Assistant.

Permanent Whole Time Post with the College of Medicine & Health.

Congratulations to all at School of Clinical Therapies UCC, and especially the Discipline of Audiology. The School’s range of modules for the MSc in Hearing, Balance and Communication are now accredited and listed on the Higher Training Scheme for the British Academy of Audiology (BAA) – the first Irish University to do so. 

Gearoid has worked in the internationalisation space for UCC for almost ten years, starting out as the ASEAN International Manager in the UCC Academy. Since 2017, he has worked as the Medicine & Health International Manager.

UCC's CoMH Summer Newsletter is here!

‘Rethinking Policy, Protection and Prevention.’

A joint symposium of the Chief Academic Officers, Group Chief Executive Officers & Community Health Organisation Chief Officers of Ireland.

Congratulations to Professor Leahy-Warren on her recent appointment.

UCC and the Cerebral Palsy Foundation today announced the creation of a new Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy.

Congratulations to Dr. Pauline Frizelle, School of Clinical Therapies who secured Health Research Board funding for ‘Happy Talk’.

Huge congratulations to Professor Chris Lynch, Professor and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Dental School & Hospital UCC and Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry RCSI.

A wonderful day in association with The Mercy University Hospital and Cork University Hospital.

We were delighted to welcome secondary school students to UCC for our Information Day, where they had the chance to find out more about what it really means to be a paramedic.

The College of Medicine and Health is looking forward to welcoming Professor Paul Whelton to UCC on Tuesday 16th May when he will deliver a lecture on Managing High Blood Pressure: The Way Forward.

The College of Medicine and Health is delighted to announce that our first post Covid exhibition will open in The Jennings Gallery on Thursday 11th May.

Researchers and innovators at the College of Medicine and Health at University College Cork are showcasing their work at the inaugural ‘Bright Futures – Celebrating our Researchers Day’ today.

A new MSc programme in Palliative Care has launched in partnership with Marymount University Hospital and Hospice and University College Cork.

COMET is an international and interdisciplinary conference on communication, medicine and ethics. 

#comet2023ucc

ALK, a leading Danish pharmaceutical company producing treatments for allergies, is now in its second year of supporting UCC’s Postgraduate Programme in Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

On 28th April 2023, Professor Helen Whelton, Head of CoMH, and CAO SSWHG, was invited to speak at the University Hospital Limerick Clinical Education & Research Centre Grand Rounds.

Prof Whelton spoke on the value of ‘Bridging the gap between academic endeavour and health service'.  

UCC has appointed Professor Gerard O’Keeffe as its new Vice Head for Research and Innovation at College of Medicine and Health.

Congratulations to all our students in the College of Medicine and Health who were conferred in UCC's historic Aula Maxima on Wednesday 29th March!

Dr. Aoife Fleming will promote the development of Interprofessional Learning (IPL) opportunities for students as well as supporting collaborative partnerships between College of Medicine and Health and the health services and promoting public and patient engagement in IPL education. She will lead an IPL action plan and work with a community of IPL advocates across Schools and Departments in CoMH to promote IPL education and research.

The College of Medicine and Health celebrated the achievements of 36 students who received a Quercus Undergraduate College Scholarship at a special event in the Dr Dora Allman Room on Thursday, 23 March. 

UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery has attained a top 50 place in the QS subject Rankings - a collective well done to the staff and students of the UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, clinical partners and national and international collaborators linked with the School. This is truly a collective effort.

This year Nursing attained the highest subject ranking across 54 specific subjects ranked by QS within UCC - a fact that the school is extremely proud of.

In addition a QS score of 33, places UCC’s School of Nursing and Midwifery as the top ranked School in Ireland. World university rankings show nursing is one of Ireland’s strongest subjects with four Universities making it to the top 100 in the QS rankings most years.

“I feel privileged to be able to share what I have experienced, found and felt so far in my journey with the team behind the trial in the hope of making life better for more patients in future.”  Mr Martin O’Sullivan from Cork who lives with prostrate cancer, was among the patients consulted in the trial’s design  

Clinical trials for a new €300,000 Irish Cancer Society research project based at Cork University Hospital and supported by the UCC Cancer Trial have been successful and this new project is expected to begin in April 2023 helping make crucial improvements to quality of life for men facing devastating cancer diagnoses. 

It's World Oral Health Day (WOHD) 2023 today!

It is now into the final year of the three-year Be Proud of Your Mouth campaign, which sends out the message to people all over the world to value and take care of their mouths.

After all, no matter your age, caring for your mouth and looking after your oral health is vital for good health and quality of life.

And our Masters in Dental Public Health team couldn't agree more! 

That is why this year, we are calling on you and your loved ones to Be Proud of Your Mouth for a lifetime of smiles.

#WorldOralHealthDay 

• Dr Paul K. Whelton was recognised for outstanding achievements in his research studies on blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases.
• Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD presented the award at event in Washington DC.

Nano Nagle Place, Saturday, 25th March 2023 8:30 - 14:00

Musculoskeletal conditions are a leading cause of disability worldwide, approximately 75 million people in Europe are affected by chronic pain; in Ireland alone an estimated 1.65 million people report chronic pain.

Despite the widespread prevalence of musculoskeletal pain conditions, management is often suboptimal with outcomes of treatment poor.

The 7th Interdisciplinary Cork Pain Symposium brings together international and local expertise in the field of pain science and management. The symposium aims to highlight current issues in pain management and present some of the current developments in musculoskeletal pain, its assessment and treatment.

We are delighted to welcome our keynote speaker Professor Morten Hoegh to Cork.

The full programme is available here.
 
General Registration is €50, free registration for verified Students. This event is granted 4 CPD training points.

To find out more about our speakers, the event and to register, please visit https://conference.ucc.ie/7th-interdisciplinary-pain-symposium/registration/Site/Register

Nurses and Midwives: Impacting on a Healthy and Sustainable Future

• Date: Friday, 31st of March 2023
• Time: 09:00 - 16:00
• Venue: Brookfield Health Sciences Building, College Rd., University College Cork

Please view our Conference Flyer here SoNM Research Conference 2023

About the Conference

The Conference and World Café event will be held in-person in Brookfield Health Services Complex, University College Cork.

In your final year of your undergrad and looking for a Research Masters that will turbo-charge your career prospects in the pharma and biopharma industries?

Then look no further!

Starting in September 2023, UCC will launch its MRes in Industrial Pharmaceutics.

The College of Medicine and Health prides itself on its greatest resource – our people.

Staff within the CoMH and affiliated healthcare institutions are committed and dedicated, and constantly innovate in both teaching and research.

The partnership among academia, the health and social care service, industry and policy makers is essential to promote, facilitate, translate and implement research advances in a timely manner. Better health and improved treatment outcomes for patients are the rewards for this effort.

Our CoMH Researcher Spotlight Series aims to showcase some of the diverse range of cutting edge research being undertaken by researchers at all career stages, providing an insight into the motivation behind their rewarding careers and highlighting opportunities for network building and further collaboration.

Our series begins with María Rodriguez Aburto, PhD, a Senior Lecturer, Group Leader and ERC-funded Investigator based in UCC's Dept. Anatomy & Neuroscience and APC Microbiome Ireland.

The iEd Hub, through the School of Pharmacy and Cork University Business School, are delighted to announce the launch of a new 1-year postgraduate MSc programme in Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences, Operations and Management.

This unique multi-disciplinary programme covers the technical, quality, regulatory skills required to work in the (bio)pharma industry, as well as the management, leadership and transversal skills required in the workplace. The programme was developed by the iEd Hub, a HCI Pillar three funded industry-academia consortium, with industry for industry, ensuring employability is at the core of the curriculum.

MSc in Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences, Operations and Management 

All new professors are given the opportunity to give an inaugural lecture. The series provides an opportunity for CoMH to celebrate our academics' achievements with each lecture representing a significant milestone in an academic's career.

Professor Aisling Barry

On 10th March, our series continues with Professor Aisling Barry, our recently appointed Chair of Radiation Oncology UCC, delivering her Inaugural Professorial Lecture entitled ‘Precision Radiation Medicine’.

To find out more about Prof Barry, please click here.

Friday 10th March, 1.30pm - 2.30pm, BHSCG05 in UCC's Brookfield Health Sciences Complex.

If you would like to  join Professor Barry in person for her inaugural lecture, please email comh@ucc.ie to register your interest.

Refreshments afterwards in the Jennings Gallery. 

Staff, colleagues and friends are looking forward to joining Aisling to celebrate this important academic milestone.

Dr. John Torres, NBC News Senior Medical Correspondent, was a guest speaker at School of Medicine grand rounds at Cork University Hospital recently.

A renowned emergency room physician, Dr. Torres is an adjunct clinical professor at University College Cork and contributes to the prehospital care special forces Medicine teaching programmes.

The topic of discussion was ‘Media and Medicine’. Dr. Torres spoke about the importance of medical messaging, how this was highlighted during the pandemic when many within the medical profession were called upon by the media to share their expertise. “We had to convert, explain science and medicine to the general public – not always an easy thing to do”.

More than 750 children and lots of sick and injured teddies attended UCC Med Soc’s hospital this week. The annual event aims to help children feel more at ease when visiting the doctor and other healthcare professionals.

The children aged between 4 – 6 brought their sick and injured teddies to be treated at the Teddy Bear Hospital hosted by medical students at University College Cork’s Medical Society.

Students and colleagues at University College Cork’s (UCC) School of Medicine and Department of Surgery met with two of the world’s leading endocrine surgeons, Dr. Jim Norman and Professor Martin Walz at Cork University Hospital (CUH) recently as part of the RCSI Charter Day.  

Professor Walz and Dr. Norman participated in a number of surgeries in CUH whilst being watched by many of our surgical students and colleagues from UCC and CUH.  

Professor Paul Redmond, Head of the Department of Surgery at University College Cork and Cork University Hospital said: “this was a truly unique opportunity for UCC-CUH and Irish surgery to welcome and greatly benefit from the knowledge of these two revolutionary and renaissance surgeons of our time. Our students were immensely delighted that our guests were so forthcoming with help and advice and answered their questions”. 

Dr. Jim Norman is based in Florida, America. He is recognised as one of the world’s foremost experts on parathyroid disease and hyperparathyroidism. Professor Martin Walz is based in Essen, Germany. He has dedicated his surgical career to endocrine surgery, with a special interest in minimally invasive techniques in general surgery. 

Read more about Professor Walz and Dr. Norman here: News | University College Cork (ucc.ie) 

• Leading UCC academics elected as Presidents of European radiology societies. 
• Professor Adrian Brady has been appointed as President of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
• Dr Andrew England has been elected President of the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS).

Two Irish radiology leaders have been appointed to presidential posts in Europe.  

Professor Adrian Brady, Clinical Professor of Radiology, UCC and Consultant Radiologist at Mercy University Hospital, Cork has been elected President of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Congress of Radiology (ECR). The ESR, with over 130,000 members from 186 countries worldwide, is the world’s largest radiology society. It is the first time a radiologist based in Ireland has held this leadership position. 

Dr Andrew England, Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy at School of Medicine, UCC was elected President of the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS). The Federation represents 35 countries and over 100,000 radiographers and radiation therapists at European level. It is the highest position a radiographer can serve in Europe.  

The School of Public Health at University College Cork has been awarded accreditation from the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation (APHEA), becoming the eighth institute globally to receive the prestigious recognition.

The School of Public Health drives the delivery of superior quality in research and advocacy in population health, health services and health systems to address global health challenges.

Established by Professor Ivan Perry and his team in 1997, the School of Public Health is the largest and highest-ranking school of public health in Ireland with a high-quality teaching and education programme and a research programme led by world-leading researchers.

Two of the world’s leading endocrine surgeons will visit University College Cork and Cork University Hospital on Thursday, February 2^nd as part of Royal College of Surgeon’s in Ireland (RCSI) Charter Day. As part of their visit, they will participate in a number of surgeries at CUH offering surgical students from UCC and surgical staff, a magnificent opportunity to learn and engage. 

This innovative part-time, blended-learning programme (Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and MSc) has been designed to an international standard and is suitable for healthcare professionals from a wide range of professions. It is a collaboration between clinicians at the world class Marymount University Hospital & Hospice and academics in UCC.

In4Kids is the first clinical trial network in Ireland to focus on children's health.

A new network putting children at the centre of decision-making in healthcare was launched today at University College Cork.

Funded by the Health Research Board (HRB), In4Kids, the Irish Network for Children’s Clinical Trials, will support innovative clinical research and trial design for children in Ireland. It is the first clinical trials network in Ireland to focus on children’s health.

“Bright Futures: Celebrating our Researchers”, on Wednesday 26th April 2023 in G05, Western Gateway Building, UCC. 

The Postgraduate Student and Graduate Studies Committees in the College of Medicine and Health invite you to the inaugural Research Day for doctoral students:

The theme of the day is a celebration of research achievement in the health sciences.

‘Bright Futures’ reflects the vision of UCC Futures to inspire, engage and enable our researchers to create the future.

Registration will open in the coming weeks. Further information can be found here.

Following our highly successful inaugural CoMH Research Conference "from Molecules to People" in 2022, the CoMH Futures Research Conference will be held on Thursday 21st September 2023 in Devere Hall, UCC.

Additional conference details available by clicking here. 

Our CoMH Futures Research Conference will follow a similar format to last year's very successful inaugural conference, see further details below.

2022 CoMH Research Conference "from Molecules to People" 

The inaugural CoMH Research Conference, "from Molecules to People", took take place on 22nd September 2022 in the Devere Hall, UCC.

This highly successful Conference showcased the diverse range of basic, translational and people centric research across the College of Medicine and Health.

COMET is an international and interdisciplinary conference on communication, medicine and ethics.

COMET aims to bring together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds, involving various healthcare specialities and the human and social sciences. A special emphasis will be on the dissemination of ongoing research in language / discourse / communication studies in relation to healthcare education, patient participation and professional ethics.

The 2023 conference will be hosted by University College Cork (Ireland), and will take place in the Western Gateway Building.

• Dates: 20-22 June, 2023
• Venue: Western Gateway Building, University College Cork, Ireland
• Contact: comet2023@ucc.ie

To find out more, please visit https://www.ucc.ie/en/comet2023/

Don't forget that UCC will be holding its annual Postgrad Expo on Thursday, 26 January from 3pm - 8pm in the Hub.

Come along and find out more!

You will be able to attend talks with panels of Academic Staff, Students and Industry Partners and will also have the chance to meet 1:1 and chat with staff and students to explore your postgrad options from taught programmes all the way up to PhD level.

We are also planning some extra-curricular talks and initiatives around transitioning to postgraduate study and finding the right balance. There will be a chance for you to network over some delicious nibbles, plus, we will also have some lovely goodie bags to give away on the day so be sure to register your interest and secure your space!

To find out more, click here.

To register, please click on https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ucc-postgraduate-expo-2023-tickets-466266725327

Art4Knowledge is a free Art Therapy Workshop Series funded by the Health Research Board (HRB) and facilitated by the UCC Cancer Trials Group (UCCCTG) in collaboration with Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork.

It offers an Art Therapy intervention to patients with or beyond a cancer diagnosis, families or close friends of patients with/beyond cancer, and UCCCTG clinical trials teams.

Participants will be encouraged to reflect on and better understand their own experiences, perceptions, and feelings around receiving cancer care and participation in clinical trials (patients/families), and the provision of cancer care (clinical trials teams), which they will communicate to each other using creative media. 

NO EXPERIENCE OR SKILL IN ART IS REQUIRED!

We are delighted to launch a new handbook entitled Graduate Students: ‘Coming to Cork’, hosted on the COMH Graduate Studies webpage and also avaialble to download here Graduate Students - Coming to Cork 2023.

Researched and compiled by students on the Postgraduate Student Committee in the College of Medicine and Health, it is especially valuable for international students who are new to Cork and to UCC. 

In-Touch project set to enhance lives of people with dementia living in care homes 

It was an extra special day for twenty-four year old Julia Banasiak, one of 287 healthcare professionals who graduated from University College Cork this week.