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International study and NUI Galway researchers unlocks brain secrets with imaging effort

Posted: 26th January 2015 Author: Vi Doan

An international study, which included researchers from NUI Galway, has identified significant genetic factors that influence the size of structures within the brain. It is hoped these new insights may help scientists better understand disorders such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy. The research was published today in Nature magazine. NUI Galway professor of […]

UL Graduates Set to Make their Mark

Posted: 23rd January 2015 Author: Vi Doan

As the University of Limerick commences three days of Winter conferring ceremonies which will see 1831 students conferring, including 74 PhDs, UL President, Professor Don Barry highlighted the increasing growth in demand for UL graduates by employers and the institution’s position as Sunday Times University of the Year. Speaking from the first of six conferring […]

Neuromod Devices to create 50 jobs as company launches new treatment device for Tinnitus

Posted: 19th January 2015 Author: Vi Doan

Neuromod Devices to create 50 jobs as company launches new treatment device for Tinnitus The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD has announced that Neuromod Devices, headquartered in NovaUCD, will create 50 jobs for Dublin over the coming years. The announcement came as Neuromod Devices launched mutebutton™ a new device for the […]

Trinity School of Pharmacy and St James’s Hospital Forge Partnership

Posted: 12th January 2015 Author: Vi Doan

The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Trinity College Dublin have signed a partnership agreement with St James’s Hospital, Dublin, which will pave the way for greater synergies and collaboration between the two institutions in high quality clinical care, education and research. The agreement will further develop and strengthen the existing links between theSchool […]

VIDEO: Students become Doctors for a Day at RCSI

Posted: 8th January 2015 Author: Vi Doan

400 Secondary school students were at RCSI today to see what it would be like to be a doctor.

UCD Ulysses Medal for world-leading MIT chemist

Posted: 5th January 2015 Author: Vi Doan

One of the creative scientists who shaped the way that modern chemistry is undertaken, Professor Stephen L. Buchwald, MIT, has been awarded the UCD Ulysses Medal, the highest honour that University College Dublin can bestow. The award recognises his outstanding global contribution to the field of chemistry. Inaugurated in 2005, the UCD Ulysses Medal is […]

UL Study Finds Irish Mothers Struggle To Recognise Overweight Or Obesity In Their Children

Posted: 1st January 2015 Author: Vi Doan

A University of Limerick study has found that mothers of overweight and obese children struggle to recognize their child as overweight or obese. The study reported on 7,655 mothers and their nine year old children using data from the national longitudinal study of children, Growing Up in Ireland. Study co-author, Professor Ailish Hannigan, highlighted that […]

No changes in mortality rates after trainee hours reform

Posted: 30th December 2014 Author: Vi Doan

An examination of the effect of resident duty hour reforms in 2011 finds no significant change in mortality or readmission rates for hospitalised patients or outcomes for general surgery patients, according to two studies in the December 10 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on medical education. In 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical […]

Trinity Students Win Undergraduate Awards Gold Medals

Posted: 23rd December 2014 Author: Vi Doan

Seven Trinity College Dublin students were awarded George Berkeley Gold Medals for their leading-edge research and course work at the recent Undergraduate Awards(UA) ceremony. One Hundred and twenty winners and highly commended students from around the world, representing 50 universities, attended the presentation ceremony which was held in Dublin’s Christ Church Cathedral during the UA […]

RCSI Bahrain Receives Irish Medical Council Accreditation

Posted: 22nd December 2014 Author: Vi Doan

Accreditation is clear approval of the quality of the University’s Medical Programme The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain) has received accreditation from the Irish Medical Council. It follows an inspection visit by a delegation from the Irish Medical Council to RCSI Bahrain and its affiliated teaching hospitals in October. The […]

Malaria vaccine tested at RCSI proves successful in first human trial

Posted: 19th December 2014 Author: Vi Doan

Two new malaria vaccines which have undergone a clinical trial in humans, carried out by researchers at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) in Dublin, have been proven to be well tolerated and produce a strong immune response. The results of the clinical trial are published in the current issue of the journal PLOS […]

US Ambassador to Ireland visits UL

Posted: 18th December 2014 Author: Vi Doan

US Ambassador to Ireland, Kevin O’Malley and Professor Don Barry, UL President at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance The University of Limerick welcomed newly appointed US Ambassador to Ireland, Kevin O’Malley and his wife Dena. The Ambassador and Mrs O’Malley were greeted by Professor Don Barry, UL President and enjoyed a visit […]

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