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School of Medicine UG Research Travel Grant

School of Medicine UG Research Travel/Registration Grant
The School of Medicine Undergraduate (UG) Travel and registration award 2022.2023 is now open for applications.
The School of Medicine Research Committee provides limited funding for research travel on a competitive basis to undergraduate students within the School of Medicine. Conferences must have occurred between 1st October 2022 and 1st September 2023. Conference that occur outside these dates are not eligible for funding.
Please note applications must be submitted to RPAC 7 working days prior to the conference commencement.
Students who wish to apply for this funding are advised to:
- Fill in the attached form and ensure it is signed by your supervisor
- Attach a copy of your abstract with apparent Department and School of Medicine, UCC visibility on the abstract.
- Attach email from Conference organiser to confirm your poster/oral presentation at the Conference
All applications need to be submitted to rpac@ucc.ie. Please include in the subject line the applicant’s name and the title of the conference
Undergraduate Travel award recipients 2022
Student Name | Abstract Title | Conference details | |
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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 | |
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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 |