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Graduate Studies in the College of Medicine and Health
Our aim is to advance curiosity-driven professionalism and research excellence for health-related global challenges, in a student-centred, respectful and inclusive environment.
The Graduate Studies team in the College of Medicine & Health is committed to facilitating the highest quality experience for our graduate research students. A Student-Centred culture is promoted such that graduate research students are valued as emerging healthcare or health sciences professionals. Lifelong and Life-wide learning for professional development is enabled through transferrable skills training modules, workshops, digital badge microcredentials and mentoring in line with the Irish University Association Graduate Skill’s statement.
Particular attention is given to the professional and holistic development of graduates. Supervisor support and training is also provided to underpin the high quality of research supervision for our research students. Shared responsibility and respect are central to the supervisor-student relationship. Overall, we are committed to the supporting our students to achieve and succeed in whatever area of education or research they are pursuing, including translation of learning into their work lives, and advancing their careers.
Established in 2022, UCC Academic Health Sciences forms part of the University’s College of Medicine & Health. We work to develop and promote health initiatives and strategies across UCC’s Health Sciences, our hospital partners and community healthcare organisations, all based in the south/south west region.
UCC is the primary academic partner to nine hospitals in the HSE South/SouthWest Hospital Group (SSWHG). We also have a working relationship with the Bon Secours Hospital Cork, Marymount University Hospital & Hospice, the Mater Private Hospital Cork, and Public Health and Primary Care in the Cork and Kerry region.
UCC Academic Health Sciences works with our health sciences schools to provide a formal channel for cooperation with our affiliated health partners.
This includes developing and implementing the strategic vision and direction for healthcare education, research and innovation across UCC and SSWHG, and ultimately the successful creation of an Academic Health Science System in the South/South West region, which in turn forms part of a national academic health sciences system strategy.
Chief Academic Officer of the SSWHG and Head of College of Medicine & Health, UCC, Professor Helen Whelton, leads the Office of UCC Academic Health Sciences.
Are you looking for support with funding opportunities, post-award grant support, policy information or looking to commercialise your research? Support is available from within the College of Medicine & Health, and university-wide in the Office of Vice President for Research & Innovation.
"Statisticians play a vital role in the design and conduct of high quality clinical trials. In this symposium we will describe existing statistical supports for investigator-led trials in Ireland; hear different perspectives on the role that statisticians working in industry and academia play in clinical trials, as well as the challenges they face; and learn from the experiences of statisticians leading Clinical Trials Units in the UK.”
Speakers include:
Fiona Boland, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics and Research Methods, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Finbarr Leacy, Senior Statistician, Health Products Regulatory Authority
Graeme MacLennan, Professor of Medical Statistics and the Director of the Centre for Health Care Randomised Trials, University of Aberdeen
John Norrie, Professor of Health and Social Science Methodology, Queen's University Belfast
Victoria Cornelius, Professor in Medical Statistics and Trial Methodology, Director of the Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, Imperial College London
COMH, SEFS and Tyndall Innovation and Commercialisation Showcase takes place during Innovation Week in UCC (April 7-11). The aim of Innovation Week is to showcase some of the excellent innovations from across the UCC ecosystem, and to encourage UCC students, graduates, and researchers to think about new ways to create economic and societal impact from their ideas and research through commercialisation.
When: April 7, 2025 15:00 – 17:00
Where: Aula Maxima, UCC
The key aim of this showcase event is to provide the UCC community with role models and case studies of how UCC researchers are driving impact from their research, through social innovation and/or commercialisation, with the ambition to encourage similar activity and promote a wider innovation and entrepreneurial culture in UCC.
Speakers include:
John Barton, Tyndall - Research and Licence to industry
Jennifer Mahony, APC and School of Microbiology - Industry collaboration and licence
Conor O’Mahony, Tyndall - EI Innovation Partnership and licence to industry
Siobhain O’Mahony, APC and Neuroscience - EI CommFund to commercialise FemmeBiome
Waleed Faisal, CEO ArrayPatch - Research to spin-out from Pharmacy and UCC
Holger Claussen, Tyndall - HyperPath spin-out from Tyndall and UCC
The event includes an Audience Q&A with Panel and time for networking.
Find out more about UCC's Innovation Week taking place from 7th April - 11th April.
Academic Health Sciences Network: Transforming Services through Innovative Healthcare Solutions
Join us on Thursday 10th April, 10am-12pm, in BHSC Room G04.
The event will explore how Innovation, a core component of an Academic Health Sciences Network, has the potential to help transform our health service through HSE - UCC collaboration.
With a focus on service and quality improvement, as well as the role of technology in driving service improvement, the event will highlight key initiatives within the HSE (acute and community).
Researchers, Healthcare Staff, Clinicians, and Industry Partners seeking collaboration in healthcare innovation will find this session of interest.
