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National Festival Empowering Patients and the Public in Health and Social Care Research launched at UCC
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Six top tips for good oral health
02 Oct 2024Oral 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.
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Preparing our healthcare students to support individuals at risk of suicide
10 Sep 2024The 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.
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UCC’s commitment to gender equality recognised by Athena SWAN Awards
05 Sep 2024UCC’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.
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Looking forward to welcoming our new first year students to UCC!
26 Aug 2024First Year Orientation 2024 & Useful Links for New Students
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UCC researchers awarded over €2 million in European funding to train highly skilled doctoral students
21 Aug 2024UCC 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.
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UCC and St Patrick’s Mental Health Services announce strategic partnership to enhance pharmacy-related research and clinical collaborations
30 Jul 2024New partnership aims to strengthen training and research links in mental health pharmacy
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‘GP on the Quad Conference’ takes place at UCC
22 Jul 2024We 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’.
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CoMH Summer 2024 Conferrings
03 Jul 2024Congratulations to our newest graduates!
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Consultation process for National Inclusion Health Framework launched in UCC
28 Jun 2024A public consultation process to inform the development of an inclusion Health Framework for Ireland was launched in UCC today.
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UCC researcher to lead project on food related inequality across Europe
13 Jun 2024A new European-wide initiative led by a researcher at UCC is to identify and understand the wide causes of food inequality.
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Congratulations to our International Medicine Graduands!
06 Jun 2024It was a delight to welcome our International Medicine Graduands and their families to the Aula Maxima in UCC on Thursday 30th May.
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Check out the latest edition of the College of Medicine and Health Newsletter
15 May 2024Our Spring/Summer issue is packed full with photos, Q&As and news-stories from across the College of Medicine and Health.
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Prof Jack Gleeson delivered the UPMC Lecture ‘Future Cancer Medicine: Bridging the Academic/Clinical Interface’ in UCC on 10th May.
14 May 2024This is the second lecture in our CoMH Philanthropic Series, organised in conjunction with Alumni & Development.
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Watch Sunset - a short film set in the Jennings Gallery
13 May 2024Written and directed by UCC film studies student Tereza Feixová.
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NSFR redesignated as a WHO Collaborating Centre (WHOCC) until December 2027.
08 May 2024WHO 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.
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Celebrating International Labour Day!
01 May 2024The EU-funded Project: Promoting Mental and Physical Health at Work in a Changing Environment: A Multi-Level Approach (PROSPERH), supports the global workforce.
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Announcing our second CoMH Philanthropic Lecture
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UCC nursing student braves war in Ukraine to operate on babies
25 Apr 2024Twenty-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.
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Launching a new exhibition Breathe…..catching images for health
24 Apr 2024Opened in the Jennings Gallery on 17 April.
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Our Hypertension Awareness Day
24 Apr 2024Organised by The Committee, Nursing and Midwifery Society, UCC.
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UCC has been named as one of the world's top universities for the study of nursing and pharmacy
11 Apr 2024- 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 32nd in the world
- Pharmacy at UCC improved five places now ranks 94th in the top 100 in this year’s QS University Subject Rankings.
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UCC's School of Medicine awarded its first Athena SWAN Bronze Award
10 Apr 2024The Athena SWAN Bronze Award recognises the School's commitment to gender equality in higher education.
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CoMH was delighted to host the Cerebral Palsy Foundation Lecture with Professor Deirdre Murray
21 Mar 2024Prof 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).
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Professor Leonie Heskin appointed Professor in Simulation Based Training and new Director of ASSERT
13 Mar 2024University 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).
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Hypertension Awareness Day
13 Mar 2024A Health Awareness Campaign run by our 2nd Year Nursing Students
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Doctor for a Day - UCC Transitions Students into Medicine
07 Mar 2024Transition Year secondary school students from across Munster recently attended University College Cork’s School of Medicine ‘Prep for Med.’
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A higher body mass index (BMI) is significantly associated with worse mental health, a new study finds.
06 Mar 2024Published in the journal PLOS One today.
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UCC researchers find no immediate increase in rates of suicide globally during first 15 months of the Covid-19 pandemic
28 Feb 2024The systematic review, published in Social Science and Psychiatric Epidemiology, reviewed data from over 25 countries.
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Busy Week at Teddy Bear Hospital
23 Feb 2024Medsoc students were busy this week tending to lots of sick and and injured teddies at UCC’s Teddy Bear hospital.
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UCC Dental School & Hospital ranked in the Top 100 by Shanghai Rankings
14 Feb 2024Our Dental School & Hospital is hosting a Free Online Event - Engaging Minds, Empowering Success in the Clinical Dental Environment' on Saturday, February 17th
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‘Tending Joy’ Exhibition opens in the Jennings Gallery
09 Feb 2024An exhibition of prints by UCC first year Occupational Therapy Students opened on Wednesday, February 7.
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Postgraduate Programme Information Evening!
06 Feb 2024Join us on Wednesday 7th February at 6:15 pm for an information evening on two innovative pharmacy postgraduate programmes.
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UCC conducts world-first study on hormonal impact on women with Parkinson’s disease
30 Jan 2024Researchers 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.
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Professor Sarah Kittel-Schneider Inaugural Professorial Lecture
25 Jan 2024On the 21st February, the second lecture in our 2023/24 Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series will be delivered by Prof Sarah Kittel-Schneider.
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UCC study looks at home service for those living with dementia in Ireland
25 Jan 2024It 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.
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Major change for advanced dementia care possible
15 Jan 2024UCC led consortium on Dementia Palliative Care Awarded €7.5m Horizon Europe Funding
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UCC spins out new medtech start-up
08 Jan 2024NeuroBell has developed an AI-powered medical device to accurately detect seizures in newborns, which can reduce the risk of long-term brain injury.
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CoMH Winter College Assembly 2023
18 Dec 2023On Monday 18th December, we held our College Assembly in Brookfield UCC.
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Season's Greetings to our students, colleagues, affiliates and friends.
21 Dec 2023From the College of Medicine and Health Team
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HRB invests in UCC research to address national health and social care priorities
18 Dec 2023Three 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.
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APC Microbiome Ireland celebrates 20 years of scientific excellence and impact
15 Dec 2023An Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Defence, Mr. Micheál Martin, T.D. launches a 20 Years Impact brochure for APC Microbiome Ireland.
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The First Responders and Civil Defence Lecture Day
08 Dec 2023People from across various agencies attended this important day which helps to build new interagency co-operation.
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Chief Academic Officer Group Report
07 Dec 2023Published November 2023.
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CoMH Newsletter Winter 2023 Photo Montage
07 Dec 2023We hope you enjoy our photo montage!
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Men’s Health Symposium
23 Nov 2023Virtual reality gaming promotes men’s health.
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Public Cancer Research @UCC Centre Showcase
22 Nov 2023Discover research at Cancer Research @UCC!
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UCC researchers make global list of highly cited elite science list
16 Nov 202314 University College Cork researchers are featured in Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list.
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First Responders & Civil Defence Lecture Day
15 Nov 2023Looking forward to welcoming first responders to UCC!
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HRB invests in UCC research to address national health care priorities
13 Nov 2023Three 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.
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Congratulations to Professor Marietta Iacucci, now a member of IOIBD
09 Nov 2023Professor Iacucci, Professor in Gastroenterology in UCC, has been nominated as a coveted member of the International Organisation for Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IOIBD).
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The Development of an Academic Health Sciences System
27 Oct 2023We were delighted to welcome Professor David Burn to UCC.
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Healthcare students from across College of Medicine and Health attend Understanding Dementia Workshop
25 Oct 2023Over 160 multidisciplinary healthcare students from 10 different disciplines across the College of Medicine and Health attended ‘Understanding Dementia Together – An Interprofessional Approach’ today.
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UCC Celebrates 36 Quercus College Scholarship Recipients
18 Oct 2023The Quercus College Scholarships acknowledge the academic achievement of students who have achieved top marks in the CoMH examinations of Summer 2023.
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The Impact of an Academic Health Sciences System: The Newcastle Experience
23 Oct 2023CoMH 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.
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Professor Mark McEntee appointed Vice Head for Learning and Teaching at CoMH
18 Oct 2023Professor McEntee will lead the curriculum development, evidence-based teaching, reflective teaching practice and the scholarship of learning and teaching.
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A very busy Open Day in UCC!
14 Oct 2023The 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.
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Landmark publication calls for increased attention to workplace mental health
13 Oct 2023A 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.
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Open Day 2023 - discover what our College has to offer!
09 Oct 2023At 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!
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Professor Deirdre Murray announced as Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy
06 Oct 2023Today 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.
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Chief Academic Officer National Group In-person Meeting in September
04 Oct 2023Following 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.
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HRB invests €1.9 million in UCC research to address emerging health challenges
03 Oct 2023Five 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.
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Medical Graduates Association Annual Scientific Conference 2023
03 Oct 2023On Saturday 30th September, the Annual Medical Graduates Association Conference was held in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex in University College Cork.
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Picturing War: Memory, Materiality & Medicine in An Irish Nurse’s WW1 Archive
02 Oct 2023This exhibition is a visual narrative of the experience of an Irish nurse in WW1.
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UCC hosts Pancreatic Cancer Symposium
28 Sep 2023World leaders and national experts convened at the national Pancreatic Cancer Symposium hosted by Cancer Research @ UCC on Friday, 22 September 2023.
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Futures Research celebrates research and innovation at UCC
21 Sep 2023Researchers and academics at the College of Medicine and Health at University College Cork (UCC) showcased their work at the Futures Research Conference today. #UCCFutures
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Cancer Trials Cork celebrates 20 Years in CUH
02 Oct 2023On Thursday 21st September, a celebration was held in the Glucksman Gallery in UCC to mark the 20 Year Anniversary of Cancer Trials Cork.
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Researchers to investigate treatments to protect children’s hearts during cancer treatment
25 Sep 2023Research investigating alternative medicines to protect the hearts of children from drug-induced heart damage has received funding from The Little Princess Trust.
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Announcing the Medical Graduates Association Annual Scientific Conference 2023
19 Sep 2023The Annual Medical Graduates Association Conference will be held in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex in University College Cork.
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The recording of Prof Marietta Iacucci's Inaugural Professorial Lecture is available now!
19 Sep 2023The first lecture in our 2023/24 Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series was delivered by Prof Marietta Iacucci on 8th September.
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Looking forward to welcoming our new first year students to UCC!
13 Sep 2023We 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.
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World Suicide Prevention Day
10 Sep 2023Read the article written by Prof Ella Arensman and Dr Paul Corcoran, published in The Irish Examiner, to mark World Suicide Prevention Day.
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Excellent Career Opportunity with CoMH
09 Aug 2023UCC wishes to appoint an experienced professional to the role of Administration Support Assistant.
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Are you an Executive Assistant in UCC?
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Now accredited and listed on the Higher Training Scheme for the BAA
02 Aug 2023Congratulations 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.
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Q&A with our International Manager Gearoid McCarthy
31 Jul 2023Gearoid 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.
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Hot Off The Press!
16 Jun 2023UCC's CoMH Summer Newsletter is here!
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We are hiring!
16 Jun 2023UCC wishes to appoint an experienced administrator to the role of School Manager, School of Clinical Therapies, CoMH.Read more -
BASCD Summer Scientific Meeting 2023
16 Jun 2023‘Rethinking Policy, Protection and Prevention.’
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Academic Health Science Systems: The Foundation of Sláintecare
07 Jun 2023A joint symposium of the Chief Academic Officers, Group Chief Executive Officers & Community Health Organisation Chief Officers of Ireland.
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Professor Patricia Leahy-Warren appointed Head of School of Nursing and Midwifery UCC
14 Jun 2023Congratulations to Professor Leahy-Warren on her recent appointment.
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Cerebral Palsy Foundation awards €1.6 million funding to University College Cork to support cerebral palsy education and research
05 Jun 2023UCC and the Cerebral Palsy Foundation today announced the creation of a new Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy.
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UCC study to tackle speech and language gap of children from under-resourced areas
31 May 2023Congratulations to Dr. Pauline Frizelle, School of Clinical Therapies who secured Health Research Board funding for ‘Happy Talk’.
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Professor Chris Lynch admitted to Membership of the Royal Irish Academy – the highest academic honour in Ireland
26 May 2023Huge congratulations to Professor Chris Lynch, Professor and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Dental School & Hospital UCC and Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry RCSI.
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The Travelling Surgical Society of Great Britain and Ireland visits UCC!
23 May 2023A wonderful day in association with The Mercy University Hospital and Cork University Hospital.
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5th year students and their teachers joined us in UCC for 'Paramedic for a Day'!
20 May 2023We 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.
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Announcing a lecture by Prof Paul Whelton - Managing High Blood Pressure: The Way Forward
04 May 2023The 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.
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Dr John Sweeney Memorial Photographic Exhibition opens on 11th May
02 May 2023The 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.
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UCC celebrates advances in research and innovation
26 Apr 2023Researchers 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.
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UCC and Marymount University Hospital and Hospice jointly launch an innovative MSc in Palliative Care
21 Apr 2023A new MSc programme in Palliative Care has launched in partnership with Marymount University Hospital and Hospice and University College Cork.
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COMET 2023 - Early Bird Discount closes on Sunday 7th May!
20 Apr 2023COMET is an international and interdisciplinary conference on communication, medicine and ethics.
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Welcoming ALK, our partner in Allergy and Immunology Health, to UCC
19 Apr 2023ALK, 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.
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University Hospital Limerick Clinical Education & Research Centre Grand Rounds
18 Apr 2023On 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'.
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Prof Gerard O’Keeffe appointed Vice Head for Research and Innovation at College of Medicine and Health UCC
17 Apr 2023UCC has appointed Professor Gerard O’Keeffe as its new Vice Head for Research and Innovation at College of Medicine and Health.
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College of Medicine and Health Spring Conferring - 29th March 2023
29 Mar 2023Congratulations to all our students in the College of Medicine and Health who were conferred in UCC's historic Aula Maxima on Wednesday 29th March!
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Dr. Aoife Fleming appointed Vice Head for Interprofessional Learning at College of Medicine and Health
29 Mar 2023Dr. 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.
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Quercus College Scholars celebrated by family and the College of Medicine and Health
23 Mar 2023The 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.
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School of Nursing and Midwifery ranked an impressive 33rd in the world in the QS Subject Rankings 2023 for Nursing
22 Mar 2023UCC’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.
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Irish Cancer Society Liam Mc Trial making a difference at Cork University Hospital
21 Mar 2023“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.
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World Oral Health Day 2023
20 Mar 2023It'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.
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UCC graduate honoured with SFI Saint Patrick’s Day Science Medal
15 Mar 2023- 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.
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Announcing the 7th Interdisciplinary Cork Pain Symposium
08 Mar 2023Nano 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.
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General Registration is €50, free registration for verified Students. This event is granted 4 CPD training points.
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UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Annual Research Conference 2023
06 Mar 2023Nurses 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.
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First research-intensive, industry-focussed MRes in Industrial Pharmaceutics in Ireland
06 Mar 2023In 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.
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Celebrating our Researchers in our new Spotlight Series!
20 Feb 2023The 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.
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Announcing our new, unique MSc programme!
23 Feb 2023The 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
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Announcing the second lecture in our 2022/23 Inaugural Professorial Lecture Series
23 Feb 2023All 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.
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Media and Medicine
22 Feb 2023Dr. 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”.
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Busy day at Teddy Bear Hospital
21 Feb 2023More 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.
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Successful visit by two world leading endocrine surgeons to UCC
16 Feb 2023Students 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.
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Irish academics elected to lead European societies of radiology
13 Feb 2023- 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.
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UCC School of Public Health receives APHEA accreditation
01 Feb 2023The 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.
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Two of the world’s leading endocrine surgeons visit UCC
31 Jan 2023Two of the world’s leading endocrine surgeons will visit University College Cork and Cork University Hospital on Thursday, February 2nd 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.
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Announcing our innovative Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma, MSc in Palliative Care
31 Jan 2023This 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.
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National network for children’s clinical research launched
27 Jan 2023In4Kids 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.
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Save the Date!
27 Jan 2023“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.
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Announcing our 2023 CoMH Futures Research Conference
24 Jan 2023Following 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.
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UCC is looking forward to hosting COMET 2023 in June! #comet2023ucc
23 Jan 2023COMET 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/
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Join Schools from CoMH on campus for UCC's Postgrad Expo 2023
24 Jan 2023Don'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
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Art4Knowledge - free Art Therapy Workshop Series for people affected by cancer
11 Jan 2023Art4Knowledge 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!
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CoMH Postgraduate Student Committee launch a new Handbook for Graduate Students: ‘Coming to Cork’.
13 Jan 2023We 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.
Virgin Media News speaks to two College of Medicine and Health Quercus recipients
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Horizon Europe In-Touch project brings global experts to UCC
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Three years cancer free and today I graduate with a Masters Degree
22 Mar 2024It 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.
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