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Please note the Undergraduate Travel award is now closed to applications.
Undergraduate Travel award recipients 2022
| Student Name | Abstract Title | Conference details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caoimhe | Cronin | BRANDS OF ADRENALINE AUTO INJECTOR IN IRELAND: WHAT BRANDS DO CAREGIVERS USE AND ARE THEY ADEQUATELY TRAINED IN THEIR ADMINISTRATION |
World Allergy Organization and BSACI UK Conference 2022 Edinburgh, Scotland 25th - 27th April 2022 |
| Ciara | O'Donoghue | Diagnostic yield of first-line investigations among adults presenting with a first seizure and new onset epilepsy in a geographically defined area over 12 months (2017) | Neurosciene & Neurology Conference Dublin, Ireland 3rd - 4th June 2022 |
| James | Boyle | Quality of Life in late stage cancer patients on immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy |
ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer Barcelona, Spain 29th June - 2nd July 2022 |
| Martin | Ho | The attitudes of patients towards orthopaedic post-surgical scars. |
The Annual meeting of the Irish Orthopedic Association Offaly, Ireland 17th - 18th June 2022 |
| Natalie Rae | Krakoski | Defining the Therapeutic Potential of Class Specific Histone Deacetylase Inhibitions in an In Vitro Neuroinflammation Model of Parkinson’s Disease |
European Academy of Neuroscience Vienna, Austria 25th - 28th June 2022 |
| Clara | Steele | Awareness of Modifiable Lifestyle Risk Factors and Acceptability of Secondary Risk Reduction Services amongst Irish Breast Cancer Survivors and Oncology Clinicians. | European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Annual Congress Paris, France 9th - 13th Sept 2022 |
Undergraduate Research Travel Grant Awardees 2020
| Recipient | Conference | Location | Abstract Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caoimhe | Healy | ISA2019 | Madrid | A Retrospective Review of the Perinatal Palliative Care Programme at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) |
| Ryan | Sless | Royal College of Emergency Medicine | UK | Beyond the emergency department – should internal medicine adopt undergraduate extracurricular simulation competition? |
| Shawn | Albers | Royal College of Emergency Medicine | UK | To sim or not to sim: simulation training in acute medicine – there a role of extracurricular situation competition in undergraduate medical education? |
| Leah | Falvey | European Urogynaecology Association 12th annual Congress | Israel | What Does Your Pelvic Floor Do For You? Knowledge of the Pelvic Floor in Female University Students |
| Abdulrahman | Mohamed | British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons Celtic Meeting | Scotland | Patterns of Head and Neck Injury in Major Trauma in Ireland |
| Paul | MacDaragh Ryan | 8th European & Swiss MD-PhD Conference | Switzerland | Gamma-aminobutyric acid-producing lactobacilli positively affect metabolism in a mouse model of metabolic syndrome |
| Paul | MacDaragh Ryan | 8th European & Swiss MD-PhD Conference | Switzerland | High-Fidelity Porcine Models of Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review |
| Paul | MacDaragh Ryan | 8th European & Swiss MD-PhD Conference | Switzerland | Mining Google Trends Data for Health Information: The Case of the Irish ‘CervicalCheck’ Cervical Screening Programme Scandal |
| Kathryn | Lesko | Irish Association of Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting |
Sligo | Low Falls Causing Major Injury: A Retrospective Cohort Study |
| Andrew | Mazurek | Student Medical Summit | Dublin | A five-year retrospective review of fatalities involving novel psychoactive substances in Southern Ireland |
| Jun Marc | Feng | Student Medical Summit | Dublin | The use of Fibrinogen Concentrate (FC) in an Acute Obstetric setting at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) |
Undergraduate Research Travel Grant Awardees 2019
| Recipient | Abstract Title | Conference Name | |
| Conor | Kennedy | An investigation into the attitude and behaviour of genereal practitioners in relation to the medicine management programme's preferred drugs list. | 22nd WONCA World Conference of Family Doctors, Seoul, South Korea |
| Paul | MacDaragh Ryan | Metformin and a DPP-4-inhibitor differentially modulate the microbiome and metabolome of metabolic syndrome mice. | 21st Annual Diabetes Canada/Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism Professional Conference |
| Andrew | Kucey | Patients referred for arteriovenous fistula construction: a retrospective outcome analysis. | VSASM 2018 Glasgow |
| Andrew | Kucey | Retrospective analysis of patients referred for arteriovenous fistula formation. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Evan Ryan | Kelly | A multidisciplinary approach to clinical supervision: charter of beset practice in Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| John Kehoe | Kehoe | An assessment of buccal oestrogen receptor expression in patients diagnosed with oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer as a potential non-invasive marker of response to Tamoxifen Therapy. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Julia | Olioff | Cross-sectonal study to assess the nedd to provide contraceptive services to women attending Addiction Services at Cork Kerry Community Healthcare. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Julia | Olioff | Cross-sectonal study to assess the nedd to provide contraceptive services to women attending Addiction Services at Cork Kerry Community Healthcare. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Riosín | McCarthy | Sonographic features of resistant infantile developmental dysplasia of the Hip. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Liam | Maher | Is your child in danger? An exploration of adolescent sports related injuries presenting to an Emergency Department. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Luke | Harris | An assessment of inhaler technique and adherence in Cystic Fibrosis and the development of mHealth Tools to improve it. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Edward Patrick | Ahern | Nursing Home Residents with Dementia - Pattern of referral to specialist pallative care services. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Stephanie | Creed | Parental attitudes towards HPV vaccination: a qualitative study. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Fionnuala | Crowley | An observational study, of the utility of BRAF and MEK combination therapy in metastatic melanoma in a regional cancer centre. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Sarah | Donoghue | Is heart rate variability (HRV) a predictor of intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) in preterm infants? | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Fergal | Fuohy | Liver function in a cohort of women with Gestational Diabetes. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Tommy | Harty | Cardiovascular risk assessment in asymptomatic patients with inflammatory arthritis. | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Jeremy Lee Kay | Hock | Tips and Tricks to Perform Intraoperative Cholangiogram during Single Incision Laparoscopy for Cholecystectomy | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Rebecca | Howley | An audit of LLETZ procedure in a Cork City colposcopy clinic | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Wanyi | Kee | Real world practice patterns for NSCLC patients in an Irish setting: a multi-centre study on targetable gene alterations | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Sarah | Kennedy | THE EFFECTS OF MIRENA ON THE MYOMETRIAL VASCULAR BED IN PATIENTS WITH MENORRHAGIA | Atlantic Corridor 2018 NUIG |
| Samantha | Shiplo | Maternity care providers' involvement in research. | BMFMS British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society's 21st Annual Conference |
| Meghan | Bourque | Effect of hormone treatment on bone health in transgender females: a systematic review. | World Congress on Osteoposis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO-IOF-ESCEO Paris 2019) |
| Ryan | Kelly | The association of Diastolic Blood Pressure control with clinical outcomes in incident haemodialysis patients. | UK Kidney Week |
| Aaron Ho Kwun | Hang | The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Cardiovascular Risk | 24th IFSO World Congress Madrid |
| Kevin | Barry-Murphy | An Epidemiological Study of Severe Penetrating Trauma in the South of Ireland | Xth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress |
| Christopher | McKeon | ED prevalence & management of major trauma patients on anticoagulant/antiplatelet therapy in Ireland | MEMC19 |
| Maggie Ann | Bacon | Utility of the PECARN Head Injury CDR in Children 2 Years and Older Presenting to CUH ED |
Xth Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress |
Undergraduate Research Travel Grant Awardees 2018
| Student Surname | Student Firstname | Conference/Meeting | Location | Abstract Title |
| Chang | Ruby Ying-Ju | 85th European General Practice Research Network Meeting | Dublin | Curricular priorities for dementia education for General Practitioners: A Delphi consensus study |
| Goh | Justin | Irish Thoracic Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2017 | Limerick | An evaluation of the effectiveness of use of audio-visual media in promoting vaccine uptake |
| Garcia | Daniel | The Atlantic Orthopaedic Meeting hosted by the Irish Institue of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery (IITOS) | Galway | Superior capsular reconstruction for treatment of irreparable rotator cuff tears: early clinical results |
| Roche | Eoin | Irish Congress of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatal Medicine 2017 | Kilkenny | Analysis of comparable home/clinic blood pressure readings in the LEANBH population |
| Gallagher | Cian | Irish Congress of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatal Medicine 2017 | Kilkenny | Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and the risk of autism spectrum disorders in offspring |
| Ryan | Paul M | International Congress of Hypertension in Children and Adolescents | Valencia, Spain | GLP-1-SECRETING PROBIOTIC IMPROVES METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN HIGH-FAT DIET FED ADOLESCENT RODENTS |
| Swami | Tara | Internal Medicine EuroSciCon, Vienna Austria | Vienna, Austria | The Effectiveness of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis Prevention in Polymyalgia Rheumatica Patients. |
| Bryant | Melissa | Irish Assocaition for Palliative Care Annual Education and Research Seminar | Dublin | Palliative Care for People with Advanced Parkinson’s Disease: Views of Specialist Palliative Care Healthcare Professionals |
| Sheehy | Eoin | EBCC: The European Breast Cancer Conference | Barcelona, Spain | The information needs of patients with breast cancer at years one, three & five post diagnosis |
| Marzario | Barbara | Faculty of Pathology Annual Symposium and General Meeting 2018, RCPI | Dublin | AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF INVASIVE CUTANEOUS MALIGNANT MELANOMA IN AN IRISH COHORT |
| Healy | Jack | AUDGPI - Association of university Departments of General Practice in Ireland | Galway | Patient Medication-Knowledge: A cross-Sectional study |
| Whelan | Sean | Irish Society of Microbiologists, Spring Meeting | Dublin | A review of the determinants and outcomes of antibiotic de-escalation in sepsis in clinical practice |
| Ramsay | John | European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology Congress 2018 | Munich, Germany | The changing face of allergen challenges since their introduction to Ireland: 12 years of single centre experience in Cork |
Undergraduate Research Travel Grant Awardees 2017
| Student Surname | Student Firstname | Conference/Meeting | Location | Abstract Title |
| Campbell | Gregory | Irish Association of Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2016 | Dublin | Case studies: patients admitted to the ICU within 48 hours of ward admission from the Cork University Hospital Emergency Department (CUH ED). |
| Chang | Ruby | 6th Congress of The European Academy of Paediatric Societies | Geneva | Cord Blood IL-16 predicts Neurodevelopmental Outcome at 3 years in Perinatal Asphxia and Neonatal Hypoxic-ischaemic Encephalopathy |
| Cooke | Carly | EUGA 9th Annual meeting | Amsterdam | Obstetrical health-care providers’ attitudes towards postnatal pelvic floor dysfunction |
| D'Souza | Leah | Anatomy & Radiology Contouring Bootcamp for Radiation Oncology Residents | London, ON. | Evaluating the impact of a National Anatomy and Radiology contouring (ARC) Bootcamp for Radiation Oncology Residents |
| Kanji | Nasir | SIAA Annual Scientific Meeting | Dingle | The use of Sugammadex in the anaesthetic management of a patient with Myasthenia Gravis for lumbar discectomy and decompression surgery |
| Kelly | Raymond | Irish Pain Society | Dublin | Calculating the ionising radiation dose to the ocular region of pain physicians during C-arm guided pain interventions: A pilot study. |
| Lavery | Ashling | Irish Association of Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2016 | Dublin | Case studies: patients admitted to the ICU within 48 hours of ward admission from the Cork University Hospital Emergency Department (CUH ED). |
| Mathews | Daragh | Irish Association of Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2016 | Dublin | Case studies: patients admitted to the ICU within 48 hours of ward admission from the Cork University Hospital Emergency Department (CUH ED). |
| O'Flynn | James | 2016 Winter Conference: Joint Conference of College of Psychiartrists of Irealnd and Royal Colelge of Psychiatrists in NI | Dublin | Examining Stress – An Investigation of the interaction between Stress, Mood and Exercise in Students |
| Tetreault | Lindsay | North American Spine Society | Boston, Massachusetts | Is Preoperative Duration of Symptoms a Significant Predictor of Functional outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for the Treatment of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy? |
| Zahradnik | Stephanie | Irish Paediatric Assoc Annual Meeting | Dublin | Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome in a Sibling Pair- A Novel Mode of Inheritance. Case Report and Litereature Review. |
| Aherne | Fiona | ICHAMS | Dublin | Drug administration to a cohort of neonates <32 weeks gestation; and cumulative exposure to potentially harmful excipients |
| Acton | Holly | European Congress of Radiology | Vienna | Monitoring of Radiation Dose using Dose Tracking Software in a Neurovascular Intervention Room |
| Clifford | Danielle | BMFMS | Amsterdam | Perinatal Outcomes of Twin 1 vs Twin 2 |
| Clifford | Danielle | BMFMS | Amsterdam | Perinatal Outcomes in Twin Pregnancy - A Single Unit Cohort Study |
| Connolly | Eimear | ICHAMS | Dublin | Audit of discharge prescriptions from an urban secondary care facility |
| Cox | Colm | AUDGPI | Limerick | “I Don’t Know Where to Begin Doctor” ‘Heartsink’ Consultations in Irish General Practice; A Qualitative Study |
| Cudmore | Vikki | PHM Conference | Dublin | Clinical communication and hearing loss in older adults: a qualitative study |
| Garcia | Daniel | Irish Shoulder and Elbow Society | Dublin | Superior capsular reconstruction for treatment of irreparable rotator cuff tears: early clinical results. |
| Gilbert | Richard | Sylvester O'Halloran Surgical Symposium | Limerick | Laparoscopic versus percutaneous lymph node biopsy for the diagnosis of isolated abdominal lymphadenopathy. |
| Green | Deirdre | BMFMS | Amsterdam | A review of reproductive pregnancy outcomes of women with two consecutive miscarriages and no living child. |
| Guerin | Naoihse | AUDGPI | Limerick | Antipsychotic Use in Dementia Care: The Development of a Repeat Prescribing Monitoring Template for GPs, using a Delphi Consensus Method |
| Harrington | Sarah | ICHAMS | Dublin | A Clinical and Genetic study of Myofibrillar Myopathy |
| Hayes | Anna | AUDGPI | Limerick | What is the quality of chronic disease guidelines commonly used in Irish general practice? An evaluation using the AGREE instrument |
| Hogan | Donnacha | SCTS | Belfast | Does Age Influence the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery? |
| Hogan | Donnacha | ICHAMS | Dublin | Does Age Influence the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery? |
| Kelly | Raymond | British Pain Society 50th Anniversary Annual Scientific Conference | Birmingham | Calculating the ionising radiation dose to the ocular region of pain physicians during C-arm guided pain interventions. |
| Macilwraith | Philip William | ICHAMS | Dublin | Burnout, physical activity and extracurricular activity in medical students |
| Mauro | Linnea | Society for cardiothoracic Surgery in GB and Ireland | Belfast | Analyzing the relationship between patient preoperative risk and the morbidity and mortality associated with blood transfusion in cardiac surgery |
| Murphy | Lisa Christine | Sylvester O'Halloran Surgical Symposium | Limerick | Assessing the accuracy of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in measuring the nodal response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer. |
| O'Sullivan | Deirdre | Association of British Clinical Diabetologists Spring Conference 2017 | Belfast | Are lower levels of physical activity during pregnancy associated with excessive gestational weight gain and adverse outcomes? |
Selection of UG Travel Funded by School of Medicine 2015/16
| Student Firstname | Student Surname | Conference/Meeting | Location | Abstract/Poster |
| Gavin | Bock | Joint Scientific Meeting AUDGPI/ICGP 2016 (Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland)/(Irish College of General Practitioners) |
University College Dublin | Bock, Gavin 2015/16 |
| Ruby | Chang | Atlantic Corridor Student Research Conference | University of Limerick | Chang, Ruby_2015_16 |
| E Von | Cheong | 18th International Conference on Public Health, WASET | London, UK | Cheong, E Von |
| Ngai | Chin Hong | President's Prize meeting, Nephrology section, The Royal Society of Medicine | London, UK | Ngai Chin Hong |
| Rachel | Clarke | Irish Perinatal Society (IPNS) Annual Conference | Drogheda, Ireland | Rachel Clarke |
| Darragh | Enright | European Respiratory Society International Congress 2016 | London, UK | Enright, Darren |
| Luke | Feighery | Atlantic Corridor Student Research Conference | University of Limerick | Luke Feighery |
| Anna | Hayes | Joint Scientific Meeting AUDGPI/ICGP 2016 (Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland)/(Irish College of General Practitioners) |
University College Dublin | Hayes, Anna |
| Conal | Houstoun | Irish Perinatal Conference | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | Houstoun, Conal |
| Azim | Johari | Irish Perinatal Society (IPNS) Annual Conference | Drogheda, Ireland | Azim Johari |
| Lisa | Jordan | British Burns Association Annual Meeting | Newcastle, United Kingdom | Jordan, Lisa 2015/16 |
| Kevin | Koh | 10th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-10) | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Koh, Kevin 2015/16 |
| Sarah | Linnane | Joint Scientific Meeting AUDGPI/ICGP 2016 (Association of University Departments of General Practice in Ireland)/(Irish College of General Practitioners) |
University College Dublin | Linnane, Sarah |
| Cathal | McCarthy | Atlantic Orthopaedic Club Meeting | Castlebar, Co Mayo | |
| Anne | Murray | Irish Perinatal Society (IPNS) Annual Conference | Drogheda, Ireland | Murray, Anne |
| Stephen | O' Brien | European Society of Medical Oncology- World Gastrointestinal Cancer | Barcelona, Spain | Stephen O' Brien |
| Lauren | O' Callaghan | Irish Perinatal Society (IPNS) Annual Conference | Drogheda, Ireland | Lauren O' Callaghan |
| Nicolas | O' Keeffe | 10th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-10) | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
| Emily | Rutherford | 10th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-10) | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Rutherford, Emily 2015/16 |
| Paul | Ryan | Atlantic Corridor Student Research Conference | University of Limerick | Ryan, Paul 2015/16 |
| Lorraine | Scanlon | 20th Wonca European Conference 2015 (World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians) | Istanbul, Turkey | Lorraine Scanlon |
| Kenneth | Thornton | 39th European European Cystic Fibrosis Society Conference | Basel, Switzerland | Thornton, Kenneth 2015/16 |
| Stephanie | Zahradnik | Atlantic Corridor Student Research Conference | University of Limerick | Zahradnik, Stephanie 2015/16 |