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Leading Irish medical school - Serving patients and society since 1854 www.ucd.ie/medicine. e: School.Medicine@ucd.ie Welcome!

As Ireland’s leading medical school, the UCD School of Medicine offers undergraduate degree programmes in Medicine (direct entry and graduate entry), Physiology, Radiography and Biomedical Health & Life Sciences. The School has over forty graduate taught programmes ranging from certificate to masters degree awards and a further twenty graduate research programmes at masters or doctoral level with

over 400 graduate students. Our portfolio of biomedical, clinical and translational research has over 75 principal investigators, 50 post-doctoral scientists and 250 doctoral students with grants under management worth approximately €75 million. Together with Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and St Vincent’s Healthcare Group, the School has established Ireland's first academic health centre, Dublin Academic Medical Centre and is the academic partner in the emerging Ireland East Hospital Group, a network of 11 acute hospitals. Our clinical training programmes are delivered at six major Dublin teaching hospitals and across the country through sixteen affiliated acute, general or specialist hospitals. The School also has a nationwide primary care clinical training network comprising over 190 general practitioners. Our large and experienced academic faculty, innovative programmes and state-of-the-art facilities provide a stimulating education and research environment for students. These academic activities aim to improve patient healthcare by purposefully linking treatment, teaching and research capability.

30/07/2025

An NIBRT project team focused on 'Protein Glycosylation in Endometriosis' will be hosting a patient research seminar in UCD next week. See poster for more information.
To register, visit: bit.ly/4749jIj

29/07/2025

New research indicates AI can serve as a valuable tool for student development alongside clinical learning.

The article is titled ‘A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Deep Language Learning Model-Based Simulation Tool for Undergraduate Medical Students in Surgery’ and indicates the benefits of AI-based simulations in a controlled, educational setting.

Find out more👉bit.ly/4lcFFnW

24/07/2025

🎙️🎧🩺Recent advances in clinical trials of stem cell therapies for Type 1 Diabetes were discussed by Dr Simon Piggott on Newstalk’s Futureproof programme. Dr Piggott is an MD candidate whose research in the UCD Diabetes Complications Research Centre focuses on diabetic kidney disease. Listen to the podcast here👉bit.ly/4o48chZ and read more about his research here ➡️bit.ly/46mdaAl

22/07/2025

New research from UCD demonstrates that when medical students were given an opportunity to hear directly from bereaved parents in their training, their approach to bereavement care improved significantly.
Find out more➡️bit.ly/4lFV54Q

21/07/2025

New findings have implications for a range of other cancers and could potentially lead the way to the development of more targeted and effective cancer treatments. Congratulations to everyone involved.
Discover more👉bit.ly/3GSVfa3

17/07/2025

🗓️Free weekly UCD Academic Child & Adolescent Psychiatry webinar tomorrow at 12.30pm
Hearing spiritually significant voices - Reverend Professor Christopher Cook
Register: https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/register/vvIo7qrIT9Gy-fnwonluEg #/registration
All welcome. CPD 1pt

15/07/2025

Congrats to Nandakumar Ravichandran and Emily Dillon from UCD School Of Medicine and colleagues on their recently published paper titled, “Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders in General Practice from 2014 to 2024: A literature review and discussion paper” was published on 30 May 2025 in Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine. For more visit: bit.ly/3TFuw3G

11/07/2025

This one-semester-long course is a practical, clinically orientated qualification for healthcare professionals with an interest in improving their approach to the management of mental health issues in Primary Care. Topics include:
1. Practitioner self-care and wellness, including participation in a Balint group.
2. Neurodiversity in Primary Care
3. An approach to Involuntary admissions
This course is primarily targeted towards Doctors and other Allied Health Professionals working and training in Primary Care/General Practice and includes a strong emphasis on distance and online learning, providing flexibility for busy clinicians.
For more information and to Apply: https://ow.ly/ZcYv50VZX2e

10/07/2025

🗓️Free weekly UCD Academic Child & Adolescent Psychiatry webinar tomorrow at 12.30pm
Sleep Disorders and ADHD - Dr Dimitrios Adamis
Register: https://ow.ly/FzIw50WnKGu
All welcome. CPD 1pt

Webinar W232 in the UCD Academic Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Weekly Webinar Series on Mental Health takes place on 11th July 2025 starting at 12.30 pm for attendees. Dr Dimitrios Adamis The aim of the ACAP Weekly Webinar Series is to provide up to date emerging knowledge and guidance on key issues...

07/07/2025

👏Congratulations to medicine student, Conor Kane, on his manuscript ‘Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Artery Coupling in Patients with Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation: Use of Echocardiography-derived Pulmonary Artery Effective Elastance’ being published in the European Heart Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. Conor is first author on the paper. ➡️bit.ly/4nAz7S9

27/06/2025

🎙️🩺Ep4, S5 MGA Clinical Influencers Podcast - Prof Cecily Kelleher, College Principal, UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences and Dean of Public Health in the Faculty of Public Health Medicine. Prof Kelleher wants to see a fit-for-purpose public health system in Ireland
🎧Listen here ➡️bit.ly/MGApod1

26/06/2025

🗓️Free weekly UCD Academic Child & Adolescent Psychiatry webinar tomorrow at 12.30pm

The clinical and cost effectiveness of a STAndardised DIagnostic Assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties: the STADIA multi-centre randomised controlled trial - Prof Kapil Sayal
Register: https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/meeting/register/xUqoMHRsRyqyL8yO-HGWKg #/registration
All welcome. CPD 1pt

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http://www.ucd.ie/medicine

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About UCD Medicine

The UCD School of Medicine has an extensive portfolio of research, education and training programmes with over 165 years as Ireland’s leading medical school. The School offers more than 60 educational programmes at undergraduate, graduate and continuous professional development level delivered by research-active academic staff within a modern health science centre and by experienced clinicians across a large clinical training network.

We are more than just a Medical School. We are a community of researchers, scientists, clinicians, students and graduates committed in our dedication to society and determined in our mission to improve the lives and health of our patients.

The School trains doctors, radiographers, advanced paramedics and scientists through our undergraduate degree programmes in Medicine (undergraduate entry and graduate entry), Physiology, Radiography and Biomedical, Health & Life Sciences. There are currently over 1,500 students within our five undergraduate programmes, of which 28% are international students drawn from 55 countries around the world. The School also offers forty graduate taught programmes ranging from certificate to masters degree awards and a further twelve graduate research programmes at masters or doctoral level with a combined total of over 500 graduate students.

Our portfolio of biomedical, clinical and translational research has over 75 principal investigators, 60 post-doctoral scientists and 150 doctoral students with grants under management worth approximately €85 million and annual research income of approximately €16M per annum.