Vice Head of Research & Innovation, CoMH, Presentation

Vice Head of Research & Innovation Professor Gerard O’Keeffe

CoMH Research & Innovation Team College of Medicine & Health Research & Innovation Committee

Prof. Gerard O’Keeffe Vice-Head for R&I

Dr. Ashleigh Byrne R&I Coordinator

Ms. Jacinta Moore R&I Coordinator

Terms of Reference The role of the College of Medicine & Health (COMH) Research & Innovation Committee is to: o Provide strategic and operational oversight of all matters relating to research & innovation within the COMH and in its engagements with all stakeholders. https://www.ucc.ie/en/med-health/research/ Research and Innovation Taighde agus Nuálaíocht

Name Prof. Gerard O’Keeffe Dr. Fergus McCarthy Prof. Finbarr Allen Dr. Nicola Cornally Dr. Darren Dahly Dr. Joe McVeigh Dr. John MacSharry Dr. Katie Ryan Prof. Geraldine Boylan Prof. Caitriona O’Driscoll Prof. Paul Ross Prof. Aideen Sullivan Dr. Sally Cudmore Dr. Tanya Mulcahy Dr. David O’Connell Prof. Roisin Connolly Dr. Brendan Curran Prof. Gene Dempsey Prof. Yvonne Nolan Dr. Kathleen O’Sullivan Prof. Ivan Perry Dr. Susan Rafferty-McCardle Dr. Ashleigh Byrne Ms. Jacinta Moore

Roles and representation Chair Vice Chair School of Dentistry School of Nursing & Midwifery School of Public Health School of Clinical Therapies School of Medicine School of Pharmacy Futures Children Futures Medicines Food, Microbiome & Health Futures Ageing & Brain Sciences Director of UCC Innovation Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI) Director of Research Support Services COMH - Cancer Research @UCC COMH - APC representative COMH - INFANT representative Vice-Head for Graduate Studies, CoMH Biostatistician Clinical Research Facility CoMH College Manager CoMH Research & Innovation Coordinator CoMH Research & Innovation Coordinator

Securing our Future – Strategic Plan 2023-2028 *New* UCC Futures Directors Group

Academic Council

Head of College

University Leadership Team

Academic Council R&I Committee (ACRIC)

VH for R&I

*New* Research Innovation Strategy & Impact (RISI) (OVPRI)

CoMH R&I Committee School R&I Committees CoMH community Research and Innovation Taighde agus Nuálaíocht

Securing our Future

UCC Strategic Plan 2023-2028 (Launched 07/02/2023)

Research, Innovation Strategy Impact (RISI) New subcommittee of ULT (Q1 2023).

Chaired by OVPRI with representation from all four Colleges, UCC Innovation, Finance, OCLA

Research & Innovation (Goal One) Deliver impactful research and innovation that addresses global grand challenges in signature areas of excellence through the UCC Futures framework, resulting in a distinctive research reputation.

UCC Futures in the College of Medicine & Health Appointment of four College of Medicine & Health PIs as UCC Futures Directors Professor Geraldine Boylan Children

www.ucc.ie/en/futures/

Email: g.boylan@ucc.ie

Professor Aideen Sullivan Future Ageing & Brain Sciences

Email: a.sullivan@ucc.ie

21st September 2023

Research and Innovation Taighde agus Nuálaíocht

and more in 2024…

Professor Caitriona O’Driscoll Future Medicines

Email: caitriona.odriscoll@ucc.ie

Professor Paul Ross

Food, Microbiome & Health

Email: p.ross@ucc.ie

Q4 2023

Dr. Nicola Cornally School Research Lead n.cornally@ucc.ie

Research Snapshots 2023

UCC led consortium on Dementia Palliative Care Implementation of a personcentred palliative care intervention in nursing homes Coordinator Dr Nicola Cornally €7.5m Horizon Europe

MaxSBF

New Implementation Network Europe for Cancer Survivorship Care

“On The Ball” Inclusive Campaign to Promote Testicular Awareness

National study of CAMHS experiences led by UCC

Dr Mohamad Saab HRB Knowledge Translation Award

Dr Aine O’ Donovan (SoNM) Dr Suzanne McCarthy (SoP)

IRC New Foundations Awardees 2023

Dr Anne-Marie Martin Dr Valeria Venditti

Appointments of Chair of Nursing and Health Services Research Professor Patricia Leahy-Warren and Professor Gerry Lee

Research and Innovation Taighde agus Nuálaíocht

Maximise support for breastfeeding for sustainable population health & wellbeing Prof. Patricia Leahy-Warren €2.5m HRB

190 members Prof. Josephine Hegarty leads new COST action in 37 countries

IHRG to undertake public consultation on a national inclusion health framework

Dr Angela Flynn

www.ucc.ie/en/med-health/research/inclusionhealthresearchgroupihrg/

Dr Elaine Lehane IRC Research Allies Award 2023 Dr Emily Lockwood Sigma Europe Research Grant www.ucc.ie/en/nursingmidwifery/

Dr. Darren Dahly School Research Lead ddahly@ucc.ie

Research Snapshots 2023

Landmark publication in Lancet calls for increased focus on workplace mental health

HRB invests €1.9 million in UCC research to address emerging health challenges Dr Peter Barrett Dr Isabela Troya Dr Fiona Riordan Dr Caroline Daly Dr Susan Calnan

www.thelancet.com/series/work-and-health Dr Birgit Greiner & Professor Ella Arensman School of Public Health and NSRF

PROSPERH Promoting Positive Mental and Physical Health at Work in a Changing Environment: A Multi-level Approach.

Horizon Europe €6+ million Research and Innovation Taighde agus Nuálaíocht

Inclusive Clinical Trials: Training and Education to increase involvement of underserved groups (SENSITISE).

Dr. Frances Shiely, Erasmus+ €400k

SoPH awarded APHEA accreditation

Award to EU ERA4Health grant FOOD systems and policy PATHways for equal population nutrition (FOODPATH) Dr. Janas Harrington €1.5m

Collette Cunningham announced as WFPHA working group co-Chair

The Health-Wealth Divide: Leaving No One Behind’.

Future-Proof

Care provision for brain conditions

Dr. Linda O’Keeffe HRB APA award Making a Difference in Public Health Seminar Professor Ivan Perry

Interim Director

www.ucc.ie/en/publichealth/

Dr. Joseph McVeigh School Research Lead joseph.mcveigh@ucc.ie

Research Snapshots 2023

UCC study to tackle speech and language gap of children from under resourced areas

Scaling up virtual rehabilitation: Scale-Up4Rehab

Dr. Ruth McCullagh, HRB Applied Partnership Award, €240k

Dr Pauline Frizelle APRO, €2.5 million, HRB DIFA €1.2 million Maximising the benefits of intervention research to support language and communication in children Implementing a targeted selective speech, language, and communication intervention at scale - the case of Happy Talk.

Research and Innovation Taighde agus Nuálaíocht

FaME Ireland: Falls Management Exercise Programme

Dr Joe McVeigh €10.8 million Interreg, NW-Europe

And more….. PPI Ignite Network Awards (x2),Health Professions Education Research Grant, CIRTLE Grant, HSCP Office Seed funding, INHED, SATLE

MAPStrokeNP: Mapping Stroke Services for people living with stroke and their families Dr. Helen Kelly, IRC New Foundations Award 2023 www.ucc.ie/en/clinical-therapies/

Prof. Finbarr Allen School Research Lead f.allen@ucc.ie UCC host 50th Anniversary BASCD meeting

Research Snapshots 2023 Prof Máiréad Harding OHRC & Dental School & Hospital President BASCD

Professor Chris Lynch admitted to Membership of the Royal Irish Academy

‘Rethinking Policy, Protection and Prevention.’

Professor Chris Lynch, Professor & Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, Dental School & Hospital and more…..

Dr. Niamh Coffey, winner of the Sir Wilfrid Fish Research Prize, British Society for Periodontology Dr. Claire Curtin, winner Dental Health Foundation prize, IADR Irish Division BASCD work with & support members and partners to improve population oral health & reduce health inequalities.

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Cindy Takyi and Eve McAuliffe, Final BDS, winner of the undergraduate poster prize, IADR Irish Division https://www.ucc.ie/en/dentalschool/

Dr. Katie Ryan School Research Lead katie.ryan@ucc.ie

Research Snapshots 2023

UCC research awardees Prof Brendan Griffin – Research Collaboration of the Year award for the €3.5m ITN Pharma European Industrial Doctorate network Dr. Piotr Kowalski Early-Stage Researcher Prof. Anita Maguire Career Achievement Dr. Katalin Karikó awarded honorary doctorate ‘In conversation with…’

Dr. Piotr Kowalski & Prof Caitriona O’Driscoll.

Bright Futures Event 2023 PhD researchers win awards at CoMH Futures Theodoros Giakoumis PhD student Michael Neary PhD student Research and Innovation Taighde agus Nuálaíocht

€7.8m OptiViVax Horizon-EU consortium to optimise a vaccine for Plasmodium vivax malaria UCC collaborators Anne Moore (Biochemistry) and Sonja Vucen (School of Pharmacy) • Hosted by the University of Oxford.

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Nine project partners from the EU, Ethiopia, Switzerland, Ireland and UK.

First general assembly of Horizon Europe funded GENEGUT • Tools and technologies for a healthy society • 30 consortium members from 8 countries gathered at the School of Pharmacy in UCC Array Patch achieves Innovation and Commercialisation Success • Winners of 2023 IDEATE Ireland business competition.

• Spark Crowdfunding of Ireland's Top 100 Most Ambitious Companies 2023

Prof. Caitriona O’Driscoll

Dr. Waleed Faisal and team

https://www.ucc.ie/en/pharmacy/

Dr. John MacSharry Chair of RPAC j.macsharry@ucc.ie Appointment of new Chair of Psychiatry Prof. Sarah KittelSchneider, Department of Psychiatry New tissue processing, cutting & H&E staining research facility Professor Louise Burke, Cork University Hospital & Dept. Pathology €1.35m EI funding for pHetalSafe team to improve fetal monitoring during labour for safer childbirth Dr. Fergus McCarthy, Obs & Gyn Research and Innovation Taighde agus Nuálaíocht

Research Snapshots Hew HRB award on integrating Sustainability in Med Education Professor Deirdre Bennett Medical Education Unit

New HRB award to develop referral guidelines for people with suspected dementia Prof. Tony Foley, General Practice

New GE Healthcare study on the rapid assessment of Lung Cancer Dr. Andrew England Medical Imaging & Radiation Therapy

Installation of world-class imaging systems for IBD patients Professor Marietta Iacucci Medicine/Gastroenterology

New Munster Integrated Stroke Research Catalyst Prof. Christian Waeber Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Winners of UCC Research Awards Innovator of the Year (Life Sci.) Dr. Patrick Harrison, Dr. Lucia Santos Physiology

Delaying cord clamping reduces risk of death in premature babies Prof. Eugene Dempsey Paediatrics & Child Health

New discovery on links between Alzheimer’s and gut microbiota Prof. Yvonne Nolan, Dr. Stefanie Grabrucker, Anat & Neuroscience

Award of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Fellowship (GCRF) 2023 Dr. Cathriona Foley Department of Surgery

www.ucc.ie/en/medical/

Professor Geraldine Boylan Director, INFANT g.boylan@ucc.ie Cerebral Palsy Foundation Launches Programme of Excellence in Ireland

Research Snapshots 2023 Neuroscience Ireland Tom Connor Distinguished Investigator Award

Professor Eugene Dempsey Horgan Chair of Neonatology

Cerebral Palsy Foundation awards €1.6 million funding to UCC Early Detection & intervention

Prof. Deirdre Murray

Professor Deirdre Murray new Chair in Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Palsy

INFANT spin-out Cergenx raises €1.2m to develop newborn brain screening Professor Geraldine Boylan

ISA Distinguished Researcher Award

Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund (DTIF) award of €6.7million to INFANT spin-out Cergenx Launch of new INFANT spin-out NeuroBell with investment of €2.1m

Prof. Keelin O'Donoghue Research and Innovation Taighde agus Nuálaíocht

New IRC Postdoc & Postgrad Awardees

and more….. see www.infantcentre.ie

Professor Roisin Connolly Director, Cancer Research @UCC roisin.connolly@ucc.ie

Research and Innovation Taighde agus Nuálaíocht

Research Snapshots

Prof Roisin Connolly (Chair of Cancer Research UCC

Professor Paul Ross Director, APC Microbiome Ireland p.ross@ucc.ie

Research Snapshots

APC Director Prof Paul Ross announced as SFI Researcher of the Year 2023 and awarded UCC Researcher of the Year

FONTERRA and APC MICROBIOME IRELAND form new strategic partnership on probiotics for health & wellness

ERC Consolidator Grant Winner Professor Ines Thiele unlocking the future of personalised medicine with AVATAR project

New Zealand Global Dairy Giant Fonterra launches new Research Centre in Ireland at UCC

APC researcher Dr Friederike Uhlig secures SFI-IRC Pathway funding

APC announces winners of inaugural Entrepreneurship Bursary Awards

13 of 33 Irish scientists on Clarivate Highly Cited 2023 list are from APC

GO-AHEAD "Gastrointestinal Oxytocin is importAnt in HEalth & Disease"

Irish scientists and clinicians use AI analysis of the gut microbiome to detect colon cancer New research focuses on diet and early-life brain development International agreement reached on 'hard-totreat IBD' definitions Research and Innovation Taighde agus Nuálaíocht

APC Microbiome Ireland celebrates 20 years https://www.ucc.ie/en/apc/

Professor Ivan Perry Interim Director 2023 Key project supports and activities i.perry@ucc.ie Linking You to Support and Advice (LYSA) led by Prof Roisin Connolly & Prof Josephine Hegarty o Cancer Survivorship feasibility study

Partners in the establishment of Sonraí – Irish Data Stewardship Network

OPTImization of Medication by transdisciplinary Assessment of drug Treatment in Elderly hospitalized patients: application of a definitive intervention by physicians or clinical pharmacists led by Prof Denis O’Mahony o Definitive intervention study

European Clinical Trials Research Infrastructure Network o Site monitoring

Enhancing men’s awareness of testicular diseases led by Dr Mohamad Saab o Feasibility study Identifying Digital Endpoints to Assess Fatigue, Sleep & Activities in Daily Living in Neurodegenerative disorders & Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases o CUH only site in Ireland o IMI2 project under H2020 o CRF-UCC Monitoring 10 sites (9 UK, 1 ROI)

https://crf.ucc.ie

On-going & upcoming developments in R&I in CoMH in 2024 Launch of new CoMH Grant workshop series

Launch of new CoMH Research & Innovation SharePoint

Launch of new CoMH Research & Innovation eBulletin Jacinta Moore

Research and Innovation Taighde agus Nuálaíocht

**Pre-call announcement** Academic Health Sciences Awards

….and more to come in 2024

FUNDING / RESEARCH INCOME

124

Funding Awardees (1st January to 1st December 2023)

€30m

(APC €14.5 million) Research Income

PUBLICATIONS

>638

(December 2023)

>434

Open Access

>860

Citations

2.7

Field Weighed Citation Index FWCI

THANK YOU Professor Gerard O’Keeffe

Vice Head of Research & Innovation