09.00 - 09.05: Opening Address: Prof. John Higgins, Head of College of Medicine and Health, UCC

09.05 - 09:15: Introduction: Prof. Ivan Perry, Head of Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCC

09.15 – 11.00: Session 1: Do or Diabetes: evidence to support prevention, implementation and translation

Session Chairperson: Prof. Patricia Kearney

09.15 – 10.00: Keynote: Professor Sarah Wild, Professor of Epidemiology at the Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh - 'Improving outcomes of diabetes: The Scottish approach.'

Oral presentations:

10.00 – 10.20: Marsha Treacy, UCC - Facilitators and barriers to attendance for retinopathy screening among adults with diabetes in Ireland: an explanatory sequential mixed methods study.

10.20 – 10.40: Kate O’ Neill, UCC - The Need for Bariatric Surgery in Older Adults: Analysis of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.

10.40 – 11.00: Fiona Riordan, UCC - Understanding the Role of Diabetes Nurse Specialists in Ireland: A Cross-Sectional National Survey.

11.00 – 11.45: Poster Presentations, Teas & Coffees

11.45 – 13.30: Session 2: Mental Health Services Research

Session Chairperson: Prof. Colin Bradley

11.45 – 12.30: Keynote: Prof. Ella Arensman, Research Professor at the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCC Director of Research, National Suicide Research Foundation - ‘Self-Harm and Suicide: Effectiveness of Intervention and Prevention Programmes.’

Oral presentations:

12.30 – 12.50: Dr. Christina Dillon, NSRF/UCC - The association between alcohol and patterns of self-harm during public holidays.

12.50 – 13:10: Caroline Daly, NSRF/UCC - Frequently used drug types, multiple drugs and alcohol involvement in intentional drug overdose in Ireland: A national registry study.

13.10 – 13.30: Grace O’ Regan, NSRF/UCC - Profile of people presenting to hospital with high risk suicidal behaviour and factors associated with level of suicide intent.

13.30 – 14.30: Poster Presentations & Lunch

14.30 – 16.15: Session 3: Health Systems Research

Session Chairperson: Prof. John Browne

14.30 – 15.15: Keynote: Dr. Colm Henry, National Clinical Advisor and Group Lead Acute Hospitals, HSE - 'Hospitals & Healthcare in Ireland: past, present & future.'

Oral presentations:

15.15 – 15.35: Dr. Paul Corcoran, UCC – Severe maternal morbidity in Ireland, 2014 - A national clinical audit of severe maternal morbidity in Ireland

15.35 – 15.55: Dr. Sharon Cadogan, UCC - Guidelines combined with educational messages to improve the use of immunoglobulin tests in primary care: an interrupted time series with segmented regression analysis.

15.55 – 16.15: Brenda Lynch, UCC - Diminished improvements in outcome indicators for emergency conditions in national and regional population systems of care.

16:15 – 17.00: Poster Presentations, Teas & Coffees, judging panel meeting to judge oral and poster presentations

17.00 – 17.30: Prize Giving & Closing Remarks: Prof. Ivan Perry, Head of Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCC & Dr. Cliodhna Foley Nolan, Director of Human Health and Nutrition, Safefood‌