The annual Quercus College Scholarship ceremony, held in Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork took place on Wednesday 4th December 2019.

Professor Chris Lynch of the Cork University Dental School & Hospital has been awarded the prestigious Principal Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA).

On the 26th November, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, announced an €11.9m research collaboration in the field of precision oncology, which is supported by the Science Foundation Ireland Strategic Partnership Programme.

The College of Medicine and Health has announced that the first award of the Diploma in Paramedical Science to newly qualified National Ambulance Service (NAS) Paramedics at UCC has taken place.

Two new HRB Applied Research Award projects will enhance care of older people in both hospital and home settings.

Children and adults requiring special care dentistry whose needs have not been met in the past will be among those to benefit when Cork University Dental School and Hospital opens its doors in 2023.

Seven interdisciplinary teams of researchers have been awarded funding through the CiSA programme, created through the generosity of the College's corporate partners, including Boston Scientific, Pfizer, Laya Healthcare, and GSK.

The fifth Irish Street Medicine Symposium took place on the 27th and 28th of September in the Metropole Hotel and Western Gateway Building in UCC.

New molecules, developed by researchers in UCC, have been shown to dramatically improve the effectiveness of existing antibiotics against several strains of infectious diseases and will help address the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance.