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167 Graduates to Reach for the Stars after University of Limerick Conferring Ceremony

  By Fintan Walsh for the Limerick Leader KELLY Hadfield is now reaching for the stars following her graduation at University of Limerick, thanks to the sage advice of her uncle, the world-famous Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. She and 166 fellow students have made their giant leap this week at the summer conferring ceremony at […]

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UL Study Shows ‘Alarming Rise’ in Uric Acid Levels in Patients

Increasing obesity, consumption of fructose, and alcohol may be contributory factors, say researchers One in four people in the Irish health system have elevated blood levels of uric acid, according to a new study led by researchers at the Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS), University of Limerick. The largest study of its kind in Ireland […]

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University of Limerick wins Three Delta Teaching Awards

UL School of Law, the School of Allied Health, and the Graduate Entry Medical School were announced as National DELTA Award winners yesterday evening in Dublin’s Mansion House.   The inaugural DELTA Awards are an initiative of the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and recognise the value of teaching at a […]

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UL academic’s discovery could prompt new area of medical science

An Irish professor has turned more than a century of anatomy on its head by identifying a new organ in our guts. The remarkable discovery by J Calvin Coffey, professor of surgery at University of Limerick’s Graduate Entry Medical School, has already resulted in the rewriting of medical text books and the possible creation of […]

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UL GEMS And UHL Research Wins At Irish Society Of Clinical Microbiologists

Dr Ciara O’Connor, MD candidate at University of Limerick’s  Graduate Entry Medical School, has been awarded the Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists prize for best Oral Presentation at a meeting held in Dublin on 27th Feb 2016. Dr O’Connor, who is supervised by Prof Colum Dunne (GEMS Director of Research) and Dr Nuala O’Connell (Consultant […]

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UL GEMS signs MOU with leading US Medical School

The University of Limerick has signed a Memorandum of Understanding between its Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS) and one of North America’s leading comprehensive medical schools, the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, located in New Brunswick, New Jersey and part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.  The agreement will facilitate the exchange of […]

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UL Celebrates Conferring of 156 Students of Medicine & Clinical Therapies

The University of Limerick celebrated the graduation of 156 students today from the Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS) and Clinical Therapies Department. Among the graduates 106 doctors were conferred with their medical degrees as they became the 5th graduating class of the Graduate Entry Medical School at the University of Limerick. 50 Clinical Therapies graduands […]

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UL researchers find simple blood iron test predicts fatal outcomes in the general population

  Study finds extreme levels of Transferrin Saturation Ratio reflecting blood iron levels linked to increased risk of death. A new study led by researchers at the Graduate Entry Medical School (GEMS), University of Limerick (UL) has found that people with low levels and very high levels of a commonly measured laboratory test, the “transferrin […]

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