NEWSLETTER OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES SUMMER EDITION 2016
Upcoming Events 26-28 October 2016 “nature of science in science education” (EPI-STEM) http://epistem.ie/home-2/nossymposium-2016/
UL partners with Johnson & Johnson about women in STEM
University of Limerick is one of the 10 partnerships that Johnson & Johnson will be engaged with around the world to help increase the number of undergraduate women enrolling in and declaring majors in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths, Manufacturing and Design (STEM2D). The partnerships are part of Johnson & Johnson’s commitment to harness the power of diversity to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. The partnerships include agreements with the National Centre for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) and nine leading academic centres around the world, including Caltech, Harvey Mudd College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA – Brazil), Rhode Island School of Design, Rutgers-New Brunswick Honors College, Spelman College,
The University of Tokyo, and The University of Limerick. Professor Sibel Erduran who led the partnership for UL said: “We are delighted to get into this important partnership with Johnson & Johnson, with the mission of enhancing women’s participation in science. Our partnership will support UL students in pursuing careers in STEM, provide them with mentorship from industry and potentially lead to more women being employed in STEM jobs in Ireland.” Building a diverse STEM2D community is one approach Johnson & Johnson is taking as part of a broader effort to accelerate the development of women leaders and to support women at all stages of their life to improve global health and well-being and drive sustainable economic growth.
www.ehs.ul.ie
Faculty of Education and Health SCIENCES
UL showcase vital research projects on World MS Day The University of Limerick celebrated five years of partnership with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Ireland, on Wednesday 25th May. To mark this partnership and celebrate World MS Day UL hosted a “9000 Steps for MS” fundraiser and an academic showcase detailing significant life-enhancing research projects undertaken at UL for MS Ireland. Professor Susan Coote, Associate Professor of Physiotherapy, in the Department of Clinical Therapies, UL said, “The partnership between UL and MS Ireland means that the research we do is directly applicable to the needs of people with MS. We work closely with MS Ireland to ask the important questions that will have an impact on the lives of people living with MS in Ireland. Our research examining community based exercise programmes has changed physiotherapy service provision for people with MS in Ireland and is recognised internationally for its innovation and direct relevance to practice. Today we showcased past and current work that investigates how exercise and physiotherapy treatments can reduce symptom severity and improve quality of life for people living with MS.”
Prof Susan Coote, Gerry Flannery and Ava Battles, CEO MS Ireland.
Clinical Therapies Research Day
Prof Paul McCutcheon, Prof Alison Perry, Dr Norelee Kennedy and Prof Jeremy Lewis
Innovations in healthcare research, optimising patient and user involvement in health services delivery and recent advances in primary care research were the focus of keynote addresses at the annual research day at the Department of Clinical Therapies in January. This event was officially opened by Cllr Liam Galvin, Mayor of Limerick City and County. A number of high-profile national and international researchers and academics discussed the collaborative links established by the Department to build capacity and advance healthcare research in Ireland and internationally.
www.ehs.ul.ie
Faculty of Education and Health SCIENCES
International Visitors - Paramedics On 26th May, the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), UAE, Health Sciences Division, as part of an international delegation, visited the GEMS for a two day medical workshop. staff members and students from the HCT studied and mimicked real-life trauma situations, alongside current students on UL’s practitioner entry Bachelor of Science in paramedic studies. Mark Dixon, director of paramedic studies at UL, said, “We are delighted to host the Emirati delegation who will be offered the identical learning experience as domestic paramedic studies’ students. While our cultures and environments may be considerable distances apart, we can ensure that students from both countries appreciate that patients requiring their knowledge and skills are the same the world over. As with many professions, the international contact by peer students enlightens learning and offers different angles to tackle common problems and conditions.”
Sylvester O’Halloran Symposium The Sylvester O Halloran perioperative scientific symposium was once again organised and led by GEMS’s Professor of Surgery, Calvin Coffey and hosted by the GEMS in March. There were several hundred presentations across general surgery, orthopaedic surgery, ENT, anaesthesia and nursing with more than 300 registrants, making it one of the largest national surgical meetings. Two named lectures were delivered, The Sylvester O’Halloran Lecture was given by Professor Freddie Wood, president of the Irish Medical Council and the Sir Thomas Myles lecture was delivered by Mr Joe Duignan. Several national and international awards were presented throughout the course of the meeting. Importantly, this year’s meeting featured a session on perioperative nursing, organised by Prof Fiona Murphy from Nursing and Midwifery and Katherine Tierney from UHL.’
Prof Calvin Coffey & Dr Leon Walsh, who won the ASGBI Paper Prize
www.ehs.ul.ie
Faculty of Education and Health SCIENCES
A Pint of Science Eavan Fitzgerald presented a session at a ‘Pint of Science’ on 25 May. This worldwide event is where scientists take off their white coats and head to the pubs to tell their research tales. Limerick was one of 106 cities in twelve countries taking part. The aim of the Pint of Science is to deliver science talks in a fun, engaging and approachable way by bringing scientists into a relaxed public space – the local pub. The idea is to invite people to sit back, drink, listen and engage with the scientist presenting … over a pint.
Ms Eavan Fitzgerald (speech and language therapist) from the Department of Clinical Therapies with her ‘friendly prop.’
Inaugural Lecture
Prof Paul Conway (second from right) gave his inaugural lecture on 4th March titled ‘The good teaching quest(ion)’ He is pictured here with Prof Alison Perry, Dean, Prof Paul McCutcheon VPAR, and Dr Oliver McGarr (HoD of EPS)
Teddy Bears’ Hospital GEMS students hosted the University’s annual teddy bear hospital event for over 500 primary school children and their teddy bears. The aim, which was organised by those students who have a particular interest in paediatric medicine, is to alleviate childrens’ anxiety about the medical environment, its procedures and make familiar the professionals who work within it. Over 150 Y1 and Y2 medical students took part in the event where they acting as ‘teddy bear doctors’ for the day. Ten medical stations were set up in the University Arena focusing on: Triage; Stethoscopes; Vital Signs & Vaccine Safety; X-ray; Exercise; Surgery/Gowning; Asthma; Safety; First Aid, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) disorders and Healthy Eating.
www.ehs.ul.ie
Faculty of Education and Health SCIENCES
Staff awards/appointments Ms Aileen Wright (CT) has been appointed as an external examiner in speech & language therapy at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Dr Rosie Gowran (CT) has received an adjunct senior lecturer appointment in Occupational Therapy at the Faculty of Science, Health, Education & Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Louise Lehane (EPS) successfully completed her PhD viva in February. Her supervisors were Dr John O’Reilly and Dr Geraldine Mooney-Simmie. Prof Marie Parker-Jenkins (EPS), Appointment as External Examiner, UCD Masters in Education programme. Prof Marie Parker-Jenkins, Appointment to Editorial Board , Journal of Teaching Education. Louise Lehane and Gráinne Walshe (EPI*STEM) were successful in the recent Faculty of Education & Health Sciences’ seed funding competition which provides funds for early career researchers to engage in research. Dr Niamh O’Meara (EPI-STEM) received funding from the Irish Research Council under the New Foundations Scheme (€10,000) and SCoTENS (£5,000), to conduct a project called, ‘Mind the Gap: A Cross Border Study Addressing the Transition from Primary to Post-Primary Mathematics Education.’ This study is being conducted in collaboration with three other third level institutes - Trinity College Dublin, the Church of Ireland College of Further Education and Queen’s University Belfast. The project runs from April 2016 until September 2017 and is conducted on a national scale. Deirdre Hogan and Dr Joanne O’Flaherty (EPS) received €130,000 for the Ubuntu Network, funded by Irish Aid for the period from 01 April 2016 to 31 March 2017. This is a similar amount to that previously received in 2015-2016 and ensures that the project can continue to completion. The GP clinics for marginalised groups in Limerick city, operated by Dr Patrick O’Donnell of the GEMS, were shortlisted for the HSE Health Excellence Awards 2016. These clinics were established by the Partnership for Health Equity (PHE) a collaboration of UL GEMS, the HSE, and the North Dublin City GP Training Scheme. Staff of the PHE research the health of marginalised groups, provide care to these groups, and teach future healthcare professionals about this type of care. Dr. Patrick O’Donnell (UL) and Diane Nurse (HSE Social Inclusion national lead) presented the work to a panel of judges and their entry was highly commended, in the top 14 in a field of well over 400 entries. See: http://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/HealthServiceExcellenceAwards2016/ or www.healthequity.ie GEMS’s Associate Professor of Biomedical Statistics, Prof Ailish Hannigan, has been appointed as an external examiner in Statistics and Epidemiology to King’s College London. Prof Colum Dunne’s (GEMS) was awarded approx. €480K from Enterprise Ireland develop a new medical device, involving a plan of work over 18 months to make the device ‘market ready.’ This builds on relationships across the withGEMS, the Department of Engineering and UHL. Professor Colum Dunne, has been selected to join H2020-funded European Cooperation in Science and Technology COST Action (CA15114) 2015-2020;Anti-Microbial Coating Innovations to prevent infectious disease. Professor Dunne has been nominated as a member of the steering committee and will lead a work package within the consortium. Mary Pat Butler (N&M) was the EHS winner of UL’s Excellence in Teaching Award 2015, announced at the Winter Conferring. Dr Owen Doody (N&M) has been shortlisted for the UL Excellence in Teaching Award for 2016. Christine Deasy (N&M) successfully completed her PhD viva in February. Christine’s thesis title is, ‘A mixed method investigation of psychological distress, coping processes and lifestyle behaviour of undergraduate nursing/midwifery and initial teacher education students.’
Claire O’Donnell (N&M) successfully completed her PhD viva in February. Claire’s thesis title is: ‘Resigning: A Classic Grounded Theory of Working Within Constraints.’ €1,821 was awarded to Professor Fiona Murphy (N&M) by the National Leadership and Innovation Centre to evaluate the ‘Collaboratives initiatives’ in the University of Limerick Hospital Group. Researchers; Fiona Murphy, Maebh Barry, Brid O’ Brien. €70,495 was awarded funding from the Health Service Executive awarded to Fiona Murphy, Owen Doody and Rosemary Lyons to investigate Nursing & Midwifery Quality Care-Metrics in Older Person and Intellectual Disability services. Book Chapter: De Haas, C., Ryan R. (2016) Chapter 4 ‘Family Centered Care’ In: Rubin, L., Merrick, J., Greydanus, D.E. and Patel, D.R (eds). ‘Health Care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities across the lifespan’ 3rd Edition. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. Dr Tom Comyns & Dr Ian Kenny (PESS), with co-applicants Dr Giles Warrington (PESS), Dr Kieran O’Sullivan (CTs), Prof. Drew Harrison (PESS), Dr Kevin Hayes, Dr Mark Campbell, Dr Mark Lyons, Dr Michael Griffin (all of PESS), were awarded €187k. from the Irish Rugby Football Union for an Injury Surveillance and Prevention Programme: Irish Rugby Injury Surveillance (IRFU-IRIS) 2016-2022. UL’s PGA-accredited Golf Academy received planning permission from Limerick City and County Council on 26th January. A consortium of UL Sport, PESS staff members (Mark Campbell, Ian Kenny) and UL Beo (Gary Ryan) plan a single storey, PGA- accredited golf academy building, incorporating 19 covered driving range bays, two teaching bays, two manufacturer bays, and other associated ground works, to be located on the south campus near the boathouse. Prof Mary O’Sullivan (PESS) became one of two nominations from the IUA to the Teaching Council for the post-primary sector. Dr Anca Minescu (Psychology) received €10,000 of IRC funding for her project, ‘The Impact of Social, Psychological and Historical Research on European Societies: Dealing with the Refugee Crisis and Roma Exclusio.’ Prof Orla Muldoon (Psychology) was awarded a grant of €5,000 by North East Kerry development agency for a study of community health and wellbeing. Dr. Ronni Greenwood (Psychology) secured UL’s first Horizon 2020 funding. Her project is ‘Homelessness as Unfairness.’ Partner countries are Portugal (leading), Ireland, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and France. This will be a project over 36 months. Dr. Greenwood is the lead researcher for one work package, overseeing the service-user component of the project. Total funding for the entire project is Eu 2,111,992.50. Dr Barry Coughlan (Psychology) was appointed external examiner to the doctoral programme in clinical psychology at the University of Bangor, Wales. Dr Stephen Gallagher (Psychology) is the winner of this year’s Award for Excellence in Service to the Community. Stephen was nominated for his longstanding work with Limerick City Community Development Project, established to address disadvantage and the growing issue of social exclusion in the city. In his roles of board member, community activist and social advocate, Stephen has played a key role in initiating a range of outreach activities aimed at supporting communities and individuals experiencing unemployment, deprivation and other challenging life situations. In addition, Stephen volunteers with Care Alliance, working with organisations to provide better information and supports to family carers of all ages and provides Care Alliance with practical support in their policy and funding submissions.
www.ehs.ul.ie
Faculty of Education and Health SCIENCES
Midwife Registration Programme Standards and Requirements
In February the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), statutory regulator of the professions, launched new Standards and Requirements to support the education of nurses and midwives in Ireland to provide the safest, most effective care to patients. The two documents, ‘Midwife Registration Programme Standards and Requirements’ and ‘Nurse Registration Programmes Standards and Requirements’, were launched at the NMBI offices in Blackrock, Co. Dublin. They describe the undergraduate programmes that students now must complete in order to qualify as a nurse or midwife in Ireland and underpin all undergraduate nursing and midwifery curricula. The development of the ‘Midwife Registration Programme Standards and Requirements’ document was led by Carmel Bradshaw (pictured above), Midwifery Lecturer and Course Director of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery. The NMBI requested Carmel led this development, recognising her midwifery education experience and her previous work and publication on competency assessment in midwifery practice.
Keynote Addresses In Denmark in February 2016. Dr Karen McCreesh, (CTs) delivered two invited keynote lectures at ‘Sports Congress,‘ one of the world’s leading Sports Medicine conferences. Dr Rosie Gowran, (CTs) has been invited by The Australian Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Association (ARATA) and Occupational Therapy Australia (OTA) to deliver a keynote address at Australian Assistive Technology Conference (AATC2016) from 27-29 July 2016 (AATC 2016). Prof Marie Parker-Jenkins (EPS), Keynote, International research Methods Summer School, Mary Immaculate College, May 2016.
Student Achievements
The Inaugural postgraduate Research Excellence Seminar
Congratulations to the nine finalists of the first EHS Postgraduate Research Seminar, held on 28th April to showcase postgraduate students’ excellence in research. Finalist from across EHS included, from left; Miranda G. Kiernan, Christine Deasy, Leon G Walsh, Mary O’Keeffe (winner), Brenda O’Connell, Michelle Norris, Catherine Naughton, Kris Beattie and Louise Larkin. Dr Graham Love (CEO of HRB) attended the event and gave a keynote address, detailing the development plans and funding directions of the HRB, Ireland’s largest provider of health research awards. Physiotherapy students (from CTs), Kate Feehan, Ailish Hinchion, Niamh Cleary, Emily Sheehan, Neasa Sheehy and Gary McGowan volunteered with the Burren Chernobyl Project early in the New Year for two weeks. These students received high praise from Liam O’Meara of the Burren Chernobyl Project for their excellent work, involvement and sheer fun that they brought to the children of Gorodishche Orphanage.’ Eva Barrett (CTs) who is a sPhD student, supervised by Karen McCreesh and Kieran O’Sullivan, has been awarded the James M Flaherty Research Scholarship from the Ireland-Canada University foundation. This will fund her 6-week visit to Prof Jean Sebastien Roy of the University Laval in Quebec to develop an international collaboration in shoulder pain research, with staff at UL. Two 3rd year physiotherapy students from CTs, Jamie McNamara (supervised by Dr Norelee Kennedy) and Adrian Corry (by Dr Katie Robinson and Dr Norelee Kennedy ) have been awarded HRB Summer Studentships for 2016. Anne O’Connor and Aine Kearns (both from CTs) have each recently been successful in their applications for HRB scholarships to complete their PhDs. Eavan Fitzgerald (postgraduate SLT student from CT) has been accepted for an orla paper presentation on, Pre-operative counselling of patients undergoing total laryngectomy surgery in Ireland; analysing three differing perspectives. at the IALP conference in Dublin. August 2016. Tessa Kingston (BA Psychology and Sociology) won the overall prize for best presentation at the All Ireland Conference of Undergraduate Research on April 10th. Dr. Anne-Marie Creaven & Dr. Aisling O’Donnell (Psychology) encouraged and supported the students through these presentations. Catherine Naughton (PhD student in Psychology) is the recipient of the Haruv Student Research scholarship. This very significant international award (valued at $2500) will allow her to attend the International Family Violence and Child Victimisation Conference this summer.
www.ehs.ul.ie
Faculty of Education and Health SCIENCES
Gladrags 4 Earthbags (Rebuilding a School in Nepal)
On May 7, many of us got scrubbed up and headed to the Strand hotel for a night to remember. Of course, EHS faculty are known for their sartorial elegance. For those who didn’t attend, it may be hard for you to believe that some of our number looked even more glamorous than usual. The faculty initiative to raise money in support of the effort to rebuild the Sangachowk school in Nepal was a great success. Attended by 282 EHS and UL faculty, students and friends there was much to remember. Despite a careful thought out table plan, staff from the various departments broke ranks and spoke to each other. Clinical therapies staff appeared to be particularly adventurous as they even spoke to colleagues from Science and Engineering and KBS. There was a moment of tension when Clinical Therapies seemed to be cleaning up in the raffle, but a late win by the LERO group settled everything down. On the other side of the room the Psychology staff were doing their best to be insular. PESS launched a surprise attack with their serious dance moves and that together with the wine broke the resolve of the psychology group. Happily there is no footage of Psychology faculty attempting to dance. The food was excellent, the wine flowed freely and there was a great 8 piece band (Trees Fall Down) followed by a DJ. Due to the generous support of local business we had a raffle with more than 30 prizes which was a great success raising more than €3000 on the night. The party continued into the small hours, and the late discussions appear to have sorted the most pressing problems of our times. The generosity, support and kindness we have experienced over the course of our fund raising efforts has been really incredible. It has reminded us of the great bunch of people that we work with and the support and goodwill that we enjoy from colleagues and friends. Our final tally is we have raised just over €26,950 which is in excess of our target and there are still donations trickling in. We are so very happy we can tell the school to push on with building. So thanks again to you all. Orla Muldoon
EHS Research Seminar Series: EHS’s Publication and Citation Workshop: 13th May: Tips and Views on Successful Progress to High Impact (Q1) Journal Publication – Prof Phil Jakeman (PESS) 20thMay: ‘Café conversations: Collaboration and team Science’ - Dr Kieran O’Sullivan (CT), Drew Harrison (PESS) , Mark Lyons (PESS) and Brenda O’Connell (PSYC)
Clinical Therapies: 16th March: Dr Róisín Calahan – ‘Musculoskeletal Pain and Injury in Elite Dance – The Biopsychosocial Contribution.’ 1st April: Dr Susan Coote - ‘Reducing Falls in People with Multiple Sclerosis – an International Multidisciplinary approach.’ 22nd April: Lorna Roe from the Centre for Health Policy and Management Trinity College Dublin ‘ Modelling variation in service use among the frail community dwelling older population a latent class analysis.’
Education & Professional Studies National Centre for STEM Education Lecture Series: 20th Jan: Dr Rachel Mamlok-Naaman, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel ‘Accomplished practice of chemistry teachers through evidence-based continuous professional development: A Workshop focusing on the inquiry approach in the chemistry laboratory.’ 15th March: Prof Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Professor of Psychology and Education, Mount Holyoke College, USA ‘From programs to policy-making: Building the STEM workforce in the United States and Ireland.’ 8th April: Professor David Katz, formerly Professor Chemistry at Pima Community College, Pima, Arizona, USA and D A Katz consulting: ‘The chemistry magic of toys, polymers, food and more: 40 years of public outreach.’ 26th April: Dr. Bahadir Namdar Assistant Professor of Science Education, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Turkey ‘Using Representations for Socioscientific Argumentation in a Computer-supported Collaborative Learning Environment.’ 25th April: Louise Lehane, Researcher in Science Education, EPI•STEM, UL: ‘Insights into the FP7 funded project Chain Reaction- A Sustainable Approach to Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE): Lessons learned and impacts made.’ 1st June: Louise Lehane “Inquiring into our own practice: what is the place of a professional learning community in facilitating pre-service science teachers’ social construction of knowledge?” June 22nd-24th 2016: The 3rd Annual Statistical Summer School at the School of Education, NUI Galway. This Summer School is the third in a series being organised collaboratively by the School of Education, NUI, Galway and the Department of Education and Professional Studies, UL. This Summer School has arisen out of a desire to develop statistical competence in the domain of educational research, while promoting data awareness and impact on policy and intervention.
The Graduate Entry Medical School UL Hospital Grand Rounds and Journal Club speakers at University Hospital Limerick Organised by GEMS’ Professor of Medicine, Austin Stack, as a frequent point of contact for the UL academic community and the staff of the local hospital group. Jan 29th : Associate Professor Mike Watts, ‘Why we get sick.’ Feb 5th : Ms. Maureen Cronin, Assistant Chief Financial Officer, Healthcare Pricing Office HSE. ‘Activity Based Funding in Irish Public Hospitals.’
www.ehs.ul.ie
Faculty of Education and Health SCIENCES
Feb 9th: Professor Richard Donnelly, Clinical Professor at the University of Nottingham ‘The Clinical Conundrum of Diabetes Medications.’ Feb 12th: Professor Desmond Leddin, Professor of Medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, ‘Management of gastrointestinal bleeding: developing a regional service.’ March 11th: Dr Vida Hamilton, Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, University Hospital Waterford, ‘SEPSIS Recognition, Treatment and Referral.’ April 8th: Dr Catherine Motherway, Consultant Anaesthetist and Chair of the UHL Transfusion Committee, and Dr Hilary O Leary, Consultant Haematologist, University Hospital Limerick with responsibility for clinical governance of blood transfusion practice across the Mid-Western region, spoke on ‘Black Box Thinking.’ 20th May: Dr John Twomey, Consultant Paediatrician, University Hospital Limerick spoke on ‘The National Children’s Hospital, the National Model of Care in Paediatrics & Me.’ 27th May: Professor Michael Kerin, Chair of Surgery and Vice-Dean of Medicine, NUI Galway, ‘The impact of translational science on breast cancer management: A surgeon’s perspective.’ 3rd June: Professor Gerry Wilson, Professor of Rheumatology, EULAR Centre of Excellence, Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, ‘Facts and Fiction surrounding the regulatory approval and use of biosimilar therapies.’ 10th June: Dr Peter Doran, Scientific Director, Clinical Research Centre, University College ‘Developing a world class Clinical Research Centre.’ 19th May: IRC and the GEMS held a seminar ‘Research: Connecting our Future, how collaborative research is helping us target Ireland’s diseases.’
Department of Nursing and Midwifery A series of seminars delivered by Dr Bridget Hamilton from Australia. Dr Hamilton is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne. She also holds a Clinical Nurse Consultant appointment at St. Vincent’s Mental Health Hospital, Melbourne. 29th April ‘A Programme of Translational Research in Mental Health Nursing: Showcasing Safewards in Victoria.’ and 4th May ‘Interdisciplinary and Discipline Specific Research Higher Degree Training of Nurses: The University of Melbourne experience.’ 3rd May: Sylvia Murphy Tighe ‘Reframing the Narrative of Concealed Pregnancy.’ 8th June: Dr Lindesay Irvine, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh ‘Exploring transnational education and intercultural learning.’
Physical Education and Sport Sciences 12th February: Dr Tom Comyns (PESS, UL) Biomechanics Research Unit research Seminar Presentation ‘Applied Strength and Conditioning: Post-Activation Potentiation.’ 26th February: Kevin Conlan and Paul Clarke ( Redback Biotek Ltd) ‘Motion Analysis and GPS Applications.’ 4th March: Ainle Ó Cairealláin BSc, MSc (ACLAÍ) ‘Functional Biomechanics for Athlete Conditioning.’ 16th March: Dr Antonio Calderon, UCAM Catholic University of Murcia (Spain) (As part of P EPAYS Ireland guest lecture series), ‘The use of Social media and digital technologies for engagement and learning in Higher Education.’ 1st April: Donnacha Ryan BSc, MSc, MISCP, Mid West Physiotherapy, ‘Practial Biomechanics Ractical Biomechanics in Sports Physiotherapy.’ 15th April: Kirsten Huysamen BSc, MSc PhD researcher, Design & Manufacturing Technology UL ‘Biomechanical Analysis for and assessment of an Industrial Exoskeleton.’
24th May: Professor Pat O’Connor, Department of Kinesiology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA ‘Approaches to Better Understanding Exercise and Nutrition-Related Changes in Mental Energy and Fatigue.’ PESS, in partnership with the communities of Kileedy, Tournafulla and Feeenagh-Kilmeedy, are co-funding an MSc research project, to examine fundamental movement skills and physical fitness in children aged 6 to 15 years. UL Beo (PESS) hosted a number of short public lectures of interest to sport coaches, teachers and athletes: 23rd March: Dr Brian Carson, ‘HIIT Training vs. Tradition Aerobic Exercise – Not one HIIT fits all!’ 30th March: Dr P.J Smyth, ‘Skill in Sport: Some Concepts, Facts and Myths.’ 6th April: Dr Giles Warrington ‘Training Considerations for the young athlete.’ 13th April: Rosie Daniel, ‘Nutrition for optimal sports performance and boosting immune function.’ 1st June: Dr. Tom Comyns, Fundamental Movement Skills: Link to Health, Sporting Excellence and Activity Adherence. This seminar was of particular interest to any teachers or coaches working with young athletes in any sport. The event also saw the launch of the Limerick Sports Partnership new strategic plan. UL Beo facilitated a visit from colleagues at Beijing Sports University, one of China’s largest and most important physical education and Sport Science University. BSU has a wide range of International partners and is a high performance training centre for their leading Olympic athletes. Following this visit UL and BSU have signed a memorandum of understanding and will explore ways to work together, including in research. A reciprocal visit took place in March with PESS academic staff members visiting Beijing and delivering a number of lectures to students there.
Psychology 5th Feb: Dr Jason Chan (UCC) ‘Predicting Age through Multisensory Integration.’ 12th Feb: Dr Kevin Hayes (UL) Navigating the Effect Size Measures Maze: A unified framework for the Anova.’ 19th Feb: Dr Carly Cheevers (UCD) ‘Risk factors associated with increased likelihood of youth receiving online sexual solicitations from adults.’ 26th Feb: Dr Laura Taylor (QUB) ‘Youth Development in a Setting of Intergroup Divide: Implications for Peacebuilding.’ 11th March: Dr Becky Packard (MHC) Massachusetts, United States ‘Mentoring, Gender & Technology.’ 18th March: Dr Rahul Sambaraju & Dr Anca Minescu (UL) ‘Look, I haven’t really come across any myself: Witnessing as grounds for managing claims on racism.’ 1st April: Dr Selina McCoy (ERSI) Gender and Education: Insights from ESRI Research 15th April: Dr Kiran Sarma (NUIG) ‘Terrorism, Psychology, and Moral Disengagement.’ 22nd April: Dr Ann-Marie Creaven & Dr Aisling O’Donnell (UL) ‘Publishing student projects What’s in it for staff and students?’ 29th April: Visiting guest lecture Professor Tracey A. Revenson Hunter College & Graduate Center of the City University of New York ‘Putting it in (social) context: Are close relationships good medicine for people coping with chronic illness?
www.ehs.ul.ie
ISI Publications
across EHS: January – June 2016
Adamis, D., et al. (2016). “A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between the apolipoprotein E genotype and delirium.” Psychiatric Genetics 26(2): 53-59. Bailey, M., et al. (2016). “Surveying community nursing support for persons with an intellectual disability and palliative care needs.” British Journal of Learning Disabilities 44(1): 24-34. Barrett, E., et al. (2016). “Letter to the Editor regarding “Reliability and validity of non-radiographic methods of thoracic kyphosis measurement: A systematic review”.” Manual Therapy 22: E2-E2. Brennan, K. A. M. and A. M. Creaven (2016). “Living with invisible illness: social support experiences of individuals with systemic lupus erythematosus.” Quality of Life Research 25(5): 1227-1235. Brick, N. E., et al. (2016). “Thinking and Action: A Cognitive Perspective on Self-Regulation during Endurance Performance.” Frontiers in Physiology 7. Casey, A. and L. Schaefer (2016). “A narrative inquiry into the experience of negotiating the dominant stories of physical education: living, telling, re-telling and re-living.” Sport Education and Society 21(1): 114-130. Coakley, D. N., et al. (2016). “Comparing the endothelialisation of extracellular matrix bioscaffolds with coated synthetic vascular graft materials.” International Journal of Surgery 25: 31-37. Cody, F., et al. (2016). “The Effect of Maternal Obesity on Sonographic Fetal Weight Estimation and Perinatal Outcome in Pregnancies Complicated by Fetal Growth Restriction.” Journal of Clinical Ultrasound 44(1): 34-39. Coffey, J. C., et al. (2016). “An appraisal of the computed axial tomographic appearance of the human mesentery based on mesenteric contiguity from the duodenojejunal flexure to the mesorectal level.” European Radiology 26(3): 714-721. Coffey, J. C., et al. (2016). “Transanal total mesocolic excision (taTME) as part of ileoanal pouch formation in ulcerative colitis-first report of a case.” International Journal of Colorectal Disease 31(3): 735-736. Coffey, J. C. and P. Dockery (2016). “Surgery for colorectal cancer - standardization required.” Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology 13(5): 256-257. Collins, T. and B. Coughlan (2016). “Experiences of Mothers in Romania after Hearing from Medical Professionals That Their Child Has a Disability.” Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities 13(1): 4-14. Connell, Z. O., et al. (2016). “Living with a brother who has an Autism Spectrum Disorder: a sister’s perspective.” British Journal of Learning Disabilities 44(1): 49-55. Dagher, Z. R. and S. Erduran (2016). “Reconceptualizing the Nature of Science for Science Education.” Science & Education 25(1-2): 147-164. Davies, R. W., et al. (2016). “Body composition analysis of inter-county Gaelic athletic association players measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.” Journal of Sports Sciences 34(11): 1015-1020. Dolan, A. M., et al. (2016). “Learning to teach primary geography in the context of school placement: lessons from an all-Ireland study.” European Journal of Teacher Education 39(1): 20-35. Donoghue, L., et al. (2016). “Development of a novel computerised version of the Month Backwards Test: A comparison of performance in hospitalised elderly patients and final year medical students.” Computers in Biology and Medicine 68: 1-8.
Dowd, K., et al. (2016). “The Development of Activity Profiles in Adolescent Females and their Association with Adiposity.” Pediatric Exercise Science 28(1): 109-116. Durrheim, K., et al. (2016). “The Struggle for the Nature of “Prejudice”: “Prejudice” Expression as Identity Performance.” Political Psychology 37(1): 17-35. Edelstein, K., et al. (2016). “Illness intrusiveness and subjective well-being in patients with glioblastoma.” Journal of Neuro-Oncology 126(1): 127-135. Elsayed, M. E., et al. (2016). “Association of Height with Elevated Mortality Risk in ESRD: Variation by Race and Gender.” Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 27(2): 580-593. Fitzgerald, E. and A. Perry (2016). “Pre-operative counselling for laryngectomy patients: a systematic review.” Journal of Laryngology and Otology 130(1): 15-20. Fitzgerald, J., et al. (2016). “Concordance between the delirium motor subtyping scale (DMSS) and the abbreviated version (DMSS-4) over longitudinal assessment in elderly medical inpatients.” International Psychogeriatrics 28(5): 845-851. Frowen, J., and Perry, A (2016). “Long-term swallowing after chemo-radiotherapy: Prospective study of functional and patient-reported changes over time.” Head and Neck-Journal 38: E307-E315. Golla, K., et al. (2016). “Novel Role of Pregnancy Specific Glycoproteins in Platelet Integrin Binding.” Irish Journal of Medical Science 185: S39-S39. Gleeson, J. and J. O’Flaherty (2016). “The teacher as moral educator: comparative study of secondary teachers in Catholic schools in Australia and Ireland.” Teaching and Teacher Education 55: 45-56. Hallgren, M., et al. (2016). “Exercise, physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior in the Treatment of Depression: Broadening the Scientific perspectives and Clinical Opportunities.” Frontiers in Psychiatry 7. Halliday, N., et al. (2015). “Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation Programs for Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Systematic Review.” Arthritis & Rheumatology 67. Houston, A., et al. (2016). “Pregnancy-specific glycoprotein expression in normal gastrointestinal tract and in tumors detected with novel monoclonal antibodies.” Mabs 8(3): 491-500. Jourdan, D., et al. (2016). “School health promotion and teacher professional identity.” Health Education 116(2): 106-122. Kingston, L., et al. (2016). “Hand hygiene-related clinical trials reported since 2010: a systematic review.” Journal of Hospital Infection 92(4): 309-320. Leavy, A. and M. Hourigan (2015). “Motivating Inquiry in Statistics and Probability in the Primary Classroom.” Teaching Statistics 37(2): 41-47. Leavy, A. and M. Hourigan (2016). “Crime scenes and mystery players! Using driving questions to support the development of statistical literacy.” Teaching Statistics 38(1): 29-35. Leonard, M., et al. (2016). “Comparison of cognitive and neuropsychiatric profiles in hospitalised elderly medical patients with delirium, dementia and comorbid delirium-dementia.” Bmj Open 6(3). McGarr, O. and O. McCormack (2016). “Counterfactual mutation of critical classroom incidents: implications for reflective practice in initial teacher education.” European Journal of Teacher Education 39(1): 36-52.
www.ehs.ul.ie
ISI Publications
across EHS: January – June 2016
McCreesh, K. M., et al. (2016). “Ultrasound Measures of Supraspinatus Tendon Thickness and Acromiohumeral Distance in Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy Are Reliable.” Journal of Clinical Ultrasound 44(3): 159166. McCurtin, A. and B. Carter (2015). “’We don’t have recipes; we just have loads of ingredients’: explanations of evidence and clinical decision making by speech and language therapists.” Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 21(6): 1142-1150. McCurtin, A. and A. M. Clifford (2015). “What are the primary influences on treatment decisions? How does this reflect on evidence-based practice? Indications from the discipline of speech and language therapy.” Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 21(6): 1178-1187. McLaughlin, C. M., et al. (2016). “Protein hydrolysates from the red seaweed Palmaria palmata enhanced both insulin and GLP-1 secretion in cultured cells and improved acute glucose tolerance in mice.” Diabetic Medicine 33: 82-82. Muldoon, O. and F. Cornish (2016). “Some Editorial Notes on Publishing and Publications in JCASP.” Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 26(1): 89-92. Murray, G., et al. (2016). “Detecting internet search activity for mouth cancer in Ireland.” British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery 54(2): 163-165. Msetfi, R. M., et al. (2016). “Enhanced attention to context: An intervention that increases perceived control in mild depression.” Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 69(6): 1073-1081. Ni Chroinin, D. and M. O’Sullivan (2016). “Elementary Classroom Teachers’ Beliefs Across Time: Learning to Teach Physical Education.” Journal of Teaching in Physical Education 35(2): 97-106. Neary, A., et al. (2016). “A queer politics of emotion: reimagining sexualities and schooling.” Gender and Education 28(2): 250-265. O’Connell, S., et al. (2016). “The Use of Intermittent Pneumatic Compression in Orthopedic and Neurosurgical Postoperative Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.” Annals of Surgery 263(5): 888-899. O’Donnell, A. T., et al. (2016). “”Something That Unites Us All’: Understandings of St. Patrick’s Day Parades as Representing the Irish National Group.” Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology 26(1): 61-74. O’Donnell, A. (2016). “Securitisation, Counterterrorism and the Silencing of Dissent: The Educational Implications of Prevent.” British Journal of Educational Studies 64(1): 53-76. O’Gorman, E., et al. (2016). “Schools as sanctuaries: A systematic review of contextual factors which contribute to student retention in alternative education.” International Journal of Inclusive Education 20(5): 536-551. O’Keeffe, M., et al. (2016). “What Influences Patient-Therapist Interactions in Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy? Qualitative Systematic Review and Meta-Synthesis.” Physical Therapy 96(5): 609-622. O’Shea, D., et al. (2016). “Randomised Controlled Trials in WOHP Interventions: A Review and Guidelines for Use.” Applied Psychology-an International Review-Psychologie Appliquee-Revue Internationale 65(2): 190222. Parthsarathy, V., et al. (2016). “Boarfish (Capros aper) protein hydrolysates show potent insulinotropic and GLP-1 secretory activity in vitro and acute glucose lowering effects in vivo.” Diabetic Medicine 33: 60-60.
Power-Grant, O., et al. (2016). “Evaluation of the antioxidant capacity of a milk protein matrix in vitro and in vivo in women aged 50-70 years.” International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 67(3): 325-334. Quirke, M., et al. (2016). “The management of cellulitis in emergency departments: antibiotic-prescribing practices and adherence to practice guidelines in Ireland.” European Journal of Emergency Medicine 23(3): 173-178. Riordain, R. N., et al. (2016). “Cost of illness of oral lichen planus in a UK population - a pilot study.” Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine 45(5): 381-384. Sampson, P., et al. (2016). “Using Functional Electrical Stimulation Mediated by Iterative Learning Control and Robotics to Improve Arm Movement for People With Multiple Sclerosis.” Ieee Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 24(2): 235-248. Semkovska, M., et al. (2016). “Bitemporal Versus High-Dose Unilateral Twice-Weekly Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression (EFFECT-Dep): A Pragmatic, Randomized, Non-Inferiority Trial.” American Journal of Psychiatry 173(4): 408-417. Simmie, G. M. (2015). “Pedagogy of Insurrection.” Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies 13(3): 221229. Tannehill, D. (2016). “My journey to become a teacher educator.” Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy 21(1). Tierney, E., et al. (2016). “A critical analysis of the implementation of service user involvement in primary care research and health service development using normalization process theory.” Health Expectations 19(3): 501515. Trzepacz, P. T., et al. (2016). “Comparison of diagnostic classification systems for delirium with new research criteria that incorporate the three core domains.” Journal of Psychosomatic Research 84: 60-68. Whelan, N., et al. (2016). “An insight into track and field coaches’ knowledge and use of sprinting drills to improve performance.” International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching 11(2): 182-190. Williams, M. C., et al. (2016). “Use of Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography to Guide Management of Patients With Coronary Disease.” Journal of the American College of Cardiology 67(15): 1759-1768.
www.ehs.ul.ie