RCSI Health Psychology

A huge congratulations to Reham Lasheen from team COMPASS, who was awarded the Patient’s Choice Poster Prize at the Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference hosted by Queen’s University Belfast on the 27th May 2025 👏🎉

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YouTube video by RCSI RCSI MyHealth - Sleep through the lifecycle: a toolkit for resting deeply at every stage of life

The final episode of the #RCSIMyHealth series 2024/25 explores the crucial role of sleep in our overall health, well-being and performance.

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A close-up of a person’s hands holding two white capsules in one hand and a glass of water in the other, suggesting medication use. The image includes RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and RCSI Discover branding.

Could antidepressants be more effective than we think?

Researchers @rcsipophealth.bsky.social used advanced psychometric methods on clinical trial data, revealing that efficacy outcomes may increase by up to 10% when non-contributory questions are removed.

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Applying advanced psychometric approaches yields differential randomized trial effect sizes: secondary analysis of individual participant data from antidepressant studies using the Hamilton rating sca... As multiple sophisticated techniques are used to evaluate psychometric scales, in theory reducing error and enhancing the measurement of patient-reported outcomes, we aimed to determine whether applyi...

Proud of this new paper exploring whether complex psychometric analyses matter. In short 1) I may have been wasting my career on IRT 2) factor analysis models increase trial effects by approximately 10%, 3) weighted scores don’t matter compared to the items retained www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Thanks to Dr David Byrne and all collaborators @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @rcsipsychology.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social and funding from @researchireland.ie

Congratulations to the 200 students who graduated from the RCSI Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine today. Many congratulations for successfully completing the six pillars: Stress Management, Nutrition, Smoking, Sleep, Physical Activity, Alcohol & Substance Use with your degree studies. Well done all!

Women’s health: New network aims to drive research in key areas A new Women’s Health Research Network has been established with the aim of advancing knowledge in issues impacting women. DEIRDRE MCARDLE finds out ...

Wonderful coverage of the Women's Health Research Network and RCSI Department of Health Psychology's Dr Caroline Kelleher in this week's Echo. www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-416... @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social

Pathways to Wellness: Beginning with Lifestyle Medicine approach Join us for an engaging webinar on lifestyle medicine, an evidence-based approach to improving health through sustainable changes in daily habits and behaviours. Our expert speakers, Dr Lisa Mellon an...

Dr Lisa Mellon, lecturer in the @rcsipsychology.bsky.social, will deliver a webinar on beginning with lifestyle medicine, with Dr Kate McCann as part of National Arthritis Week on 1 April.

For more info and to register visit:
www.arthritisireland.ie/pathways-to-...

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Building a Healthier Life: The Impact of Sleep, Stress and Social Connections Join us for an insightful webinar exploring how lifestyle medicine can play a pivotal role in managing chronic conditions like arthritis. Led by experts in sleep health, stress management, and the val...

Dr Lisa Mellon, Dr @alanmaddock.bsky.social and Dr @mariapertl.bsky.social from the @rcsipsychology.bsky.social will deliver a webinar on sleep, stress, and social connections as part of National Arthritis Week on 3 April.

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Scholar applications are now open for @sphereprogramme.bsky.social for the 2025 academic year. Six HRB SPHeRE-funded scholarships are available. Applicants can select from 10 advertised projects, inc 3 based at @rcsipophealth.bsky.social.

For further info 👇
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2️⃣ Exploring Gendered Dynamics and Intersectional Challenges for Informal Caregivers who are Caring for Older Adults Living with Stroke or Dementia: Addressing Inequities and Innovating Support (PI: Dr Hannah Christie)

The RCSI projects are as follows:
1️⃣ Investigating the perinatal mental health impacts of hyperemesis gravidarum in Ireland: developing strategies to improve mental health within antenatal and postnatal care settings (PI: Dr Angela Flynn)

3️⃣ Renal-PATH – Promoting Access to Therapy at Home for End Stage Kidney Disease (PI: Dr @lisamellonpsych.bsky.social)

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Prof @annehickey.bsky.social, Head of Dept of @rcsipsychology.bsky.social,
addressing the @sphereprogramme.bsky.social!Network Conference 2025 on how SPHeRE alumni are impacting population health, policy and health services research.

Substantial heterogeneity in trauma triage tool characteristic operationalization for identification of major trauma: a hybrid systematic review - European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery Purpose Trauma Triage Tools (TTTs) support pre-hospital staff to identify major trauma patients based on prehospital characteristics and bring them to appropriate trauma centres. However, while triagi...

New systematic review of trauma triage tools from the TRAUMA study shows heterogeneity in thresholds - is it time for an agreed taxonomy? @fdoyle4.bsky.social @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @rcsipsychology.bsky.social
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The Relationships between Stress, Burnout, Mental Health and Well-Being in Social Workers Social work can be a very stressful profession to work in, and many social workers can experience burnout and issues with their mental health and well-bein

‘The Relationships between Stress, Burnout, Mental Health and Well-Being in Social Workers’ by Dr @alanmaddock.bsky.social was the Most Read article of 2024 in British Journal of Social Work; viewed 29k times to date.

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Last chance to apply for these postdoctoral roles, please repost! @rcsipsychology.bsky.social @rcsipophealth.bsky.social

2025 Annual Conference | The SPHeRE Programme | Structured Population and Health-services Research Education

Registration is now open for the SPHeRE Network 11th Annual Conference: ‘Translating research to health policy and system change’ taking place on Tuesday 4th March in RCSI.
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“You’re not taught to think about the words you use and then it just perpetuates”— a qualitative examination of medical students’ perspectives of stigmatising language in healthcare - BMC Medical Educ... Background Stigmatising language is used commonly in healthcare, affecting healthcare providers’ perceptions of patients and care delivery. Using person-first language is best practice, however, it do...

Congratulations to Dr Lisa Mellon
@rcsipophealth.bsky.social and Dr Saakshi Daswani and Dr Elizabeth Gorecki (RCSI class of 2024 @rcsi.bsky.social ), who published research on stigmatising language in medical education –open dialogue with educators needed to improve use of person-first language.

Deadline for these #postdoc jobs is end of the month so still loads of time to apply!

To register for this event: form.jotform.com/250134888588...

We are recruiting for 2 postdocs to work on a @hselive.bsky.social Tobacco Free Ireland Programme-funded research collaborative agreement. VAPE-INTERVENE study will explore vaping, dual-use of tobacco & vapes, intervention design & impact modelling.

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RCSI researcher named Impact Award winner at Researcher of the Year Awards

Dr Jakub Gajewski, Research Programme Director at @rcsiglobalsurgery.bsky.social has won the Impact Award in the Researcher of the Year (IRC legacy) Awards.

Dr Gajewski works to advance sustainable healthcare for underserved populations.

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We've a fantastic opportunity for a school coordinator, who will play a key role in providing administrative and operational support. @rcsipophealth.bsky.social is a dynamic, growing school, with a multidisciplinary team of academics, researchers, scholars and support staff.

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Two #postdocjobs available in @rcsipophealth.bsky.social
on #tobacco, #nicotine and #vaping for #quantitative and #qualitative researchers, please repost #jobfairy my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...