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Healthcare Experts to Discuss Treatment, Recovery and Life after Stroke at RCSI MyHealth Free Public Lecture

Posted: 1st December 2016 Author: Vi Doan

Revolutionary clot retrieval procedure now being performed on patients at Beaumont Hospital dramatically improves patient outcomes People who suffer a stroke can face a number of challenges in how it will impact their everyday lives. However, the quicker patients receive immediate treatment for stroke, in terms of early identification and medical procedures, the less damage […]

New programme to Advance Clinical Research Capability

Posted: 13th October 2016 Author: Vi Doan

A team of Irish clinical academics have secured one of seven major awards that have been made across the UK and Ireland by the Wellcome Trust as part of an initiative to increase clinical research capability. The scheme, which will be known as the Wellcome – HRB Irish Clinical Academic Training Programme, will support the […]

Celebration to mark 10 years of Graduate Entry Medicine in Ireland takes place in RCSI

Posted: 12th October 2016 Author: Vi Doan

Doctors who completed the Graduate Entry Medicine programme in RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) return to the College today to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the introduction of this innovative new approach to educating doctors. In 2006, RCSI became the first medical school in Ireland to admit students to a four-year Graduate […]

Former RCSI Anatomy postdoc wins prestigious stem cell award

Posted: 23rd December 2015 Author: Vi Doan

A former postdoctoral researcher at the RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Department of Anatomy, Professor David Hoey has been named as one of three recipients of prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND award for work done during a fellowship at RCSI. These prizes reward excellence in research by selecting the most promising scientists who received […]

New RCSI Research finds High Prevalence of Risk Factors for Patients Post Stroke

Posted: 1st December 2015 Author: Vi Doan

A new research study has found a high prevalence of risk factors for patients at six months post stroke, despite the widespread prescription of secondary preventative measures. The ASPIRE-S research study was carried out by researchers from RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) and funded by the Health Research Board (HRB). The research set […]

RCSI study shows people are taking more prescription medication but finds improvement in prescribing quality

Posted: 8th October 2015 Author: Vi Doan

A new study from the RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Department of General Practice has found that people in Ireland are taking more prescribed medications now than they were 18 years ago. However, the research also revealed that despite this increase, the quality of prescribing medications in Ireland has improved with a marked […]

Graduate entry may be the best medicine for doctors

Posted: 18th August 2015 Author: Vi Doan

Students who take a post- graduate approach to studying medicine have the edge over those who enter straight from school, according to new research from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI). The findings emerge as a debate rages about the pressure on Leaving Cert students to score high points in order to be […]

RCSI – Global Research Team Achieve Breakthrough in the Treatment of Hereditary Emphysema

Posted: 15th July 2015 Author: Vi Doan

Team involving Professor Gerry McElvaney from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland involved in global study Researchers from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have made an important breakthrough in the understanding and treatment of hereditary emphysema. The findings of this global study, published in the premier medical journal, Lancet, indicate that […]

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.

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 […]

Topical health issues to be explored at new RCSI MiniMed lecture series

Posted: 29th September 2014 Author: Vi Doan

Mental health, breast cancer, pregnancy screening, antibiotics and anxiety lectures to form part of the series RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) today announced the programme for its RCSI Open Lecture Series for 2014/2015. The series of health lectures is open free of charge to the public and will be held on the last […]

RCSI welcomes SFI funding to support early career researchers

Posted: 11th July 2014 Author: Vi Doan

On July 7th, Minister for Research and Innovation, Mr Seán Sherlock, T.D. announced €23 million in new funding to help support 40 of Ireland’s most promising young research talent to become fully independent researchers. The funding is being awarded through Science Foundation Ireland’s (SFI) Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG) and Career Development Award (CDA) Programmes. […]