Pauline Dunne

We're recruiting for a senior postdoctoral researcher to join Converge: Centre for Chronic Disease and Population Health Research.

For further info & to apply visit:
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@researchireland.ie @rcsi-research.bsky.social

Last call for nutrition professionals to join our WiseFood focus groups exploring AI and nutrition. Register your interest ➡️ forms.office.com/e/ik9nGQ8gTk

Your insights will help ensure that the WiseFood tools include the right information to inform healthy food choices.

@rcsipophealth.bsky.social

Researchers at RCSI are trying to better understand the GLP-1RA landscape in Ireland. If you are a community pharmacist, please fill in our survey!
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@rcsipophealth.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social

Home - Wisefood Project Aiming to develop smart digital applications that empower citizens to adopt healthier and eco-friendly food choices

Your input will help us:
✅ Ensure the app is intuitive and user-friendly
✅ Improve features and functionality
✅ Include the right information for real-world use

🔍 If you're passionate about the future of nutrition and technology, we’d love to hear from you!

More info ➡️ wisefood-project.eu

🚀 Calling all nutrition professionals in Ireland!

We’re looking for participants to join focus groups to explore the role of AI in nutrition and to provide feedback on the WiseFood app — a new tool designed to support healthier food choices.

📩 To register your interest, email paulinedunne@rcsi.ie

More information, and the link to complete the survey can be found here: glp1study.eu/information-...

Please share this post to bring the survey to the attention of as many people as possible 🙏 3/3

The research team is looking to gather real world insights from members of the public, patients and healthcare professionals to identify key challenges and opportunities in the current landscape of weight management treatments.

The GLP-1 user survey has now been launched. 2/3

Researchers at @rcsipophealth.bsky.social are looking to ​advance the understanding of GLP-1 agonists​ (like Ozempic and Mounjaro) and their role in weight management, with the ultimate goal of improving patient care and treatment outcomes across Ireland. 1/3

Enhancing prescribing In chronic kidney disease in primary care (EPIC) The overall research project aims to develop a comprehensive set of indicators to guide medicines optimisation and deprescribing in people with CKD in primary care. More ...

We're looking for a PhD scholar for a @hrbireland.bsky.social funded 4-year project focused on prescribing and deprescribing in chronic kidney disease, based at @rcsi.bsky.social.

If interested in pharmacoepi/health services research, please apply (D/L 2nd June): www.rcsi.com/dublin/resea...

At the RCSI School of Population Health, The WiseFood project aims to use AI to drive sustainable and healthy nutrition choices at a household level. To do this, the research team is creating a stakeholder panel to ensure that the WiseFood app is easy to use and contains the information needed.

Image showing the first page of the article with the title Identifying research priorities for chronic disease management in primary care: results of an Irish James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership

Image showing the Top Ten priorities listed in alternative pink and purple boxes, which can be read also in the article linked in the post

📰 New article alert!

We're delighted to share that BMC Primary Care has published our @jameslindalliance.bsky.social priority setting work, describing how patients, carers, & healthcare professionals decided the Top 10 Priorities for managing chronic conditions in primary care

Link: rdcu.be/eju4t

If you, or someone you know, belongs to one of these groups and would be interested in having your say, please contact Dr Niamh Walsh by email at wisefood@rcsi.ie

The researchers are now looking for expressions of interest in joining a stakeholder panel for certain household types: single-person households, single-parent households, and co-habiting couples (no children living with them).

At the RCSI School of Population Health, The WiseFood project aims to use AI to drive sustainable and healthy nutrition choices at a household level. To do this, the research team is creating a stakeholder panel to ensure that the WiseFood app is easy to use and contains the information needed.

Clíodhna O'Connell is exploring the experiences of adults with type-2 diabetes who are currently taking a prescription of certain weight loss medications (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, or GLP-1 RAs).

To take part in an interview, email Clíodhna - c.oconnell43@universityofgalway.ie

We're Hiring - Research Officer Title         Research Officer Location Epilepsy Ireland Head Office, Crumlin, Dublin 12. Hybrid working policy in place. Hours of Work   28 – 35 hours per week. Occasional evening/ weekend work requi...

@epilepsyireland.bsky.social are recruiting a Research Officer! For more details, check out the info here: www.epilepsy.ie/content/were...

Investigating the perinatal mental health impacts of hyperemesis gravidarum in Ireland: developing strategies to improve mental health within antenatal and postnatal care settings | The SPHeRE Program...

There is a PhD available in @rcsipophealth.bsky.social on mental health and #hyperemesisgravidarum www.sphereprogramme.ie/investigatin...

I am working on an exciting research proposal exploring obesity treatment for women with infertility. We need women who have lived experience of obesity and infertility in Ireland, to advise on the study design. Participation will be reimbursed.

Email me for more information: paulinedunne@rcsi.ie 🙂

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 👇
www.sphereprogramme.ie/scholar-appl...

Seeking women/people with current/recent experience of gestational diabetes (GDM) in Ireland to to join a one-off interactive online workshop. Participants will help design tools and resources to guide postpartum health after pregnancy complicated by GDM. More info ⬇️. Reshares appreciated 🙂

We are delighted by today's announcement of our director, Prof Andrew Murphy, as the recipient of the Health Research Board Research Impact Award 2025, with the panel noting his "exceptional influence on policy and practice in the Irish healthcare system"

How to review a manuscript So, you’ve accepted a request to review, but what should you do now? If you are new to the reviewing process, the next steps might seem a little daunting. In this interactive module, we walk you throu...

Invited to undertake a manuscript peer review? Here is a handy how-to guide on Elsevier Researcher Academy.
researcheracademy.elsevier.com/navigating-p...

Gestational Diabetes: An Update 60 Years After O’Sullivan and Mahan Abstract. Sixty years after the landmark publication by O'Sullivan and Mahan, the current paper seeks to review and place into context the importance of ge

A recent #openaccess publication by Prof David McIntyre et al., "Gestational Diabetes: An Update 60 Years After O’Sullivan and Mahan".
The paper reviews the importance of #GDM in predicting adverse outcomes, its evolution, debate on diagnostics, and management strategies. doi.org/10.1210/clin...

A poster outlining the HRB Primary Care CTNI seed funding award 2025, which directs people to primarycaretrials.ie/researchers for full information

We're delighted to be able to open 2025 with two Seed Funding Awards, to fund projects of up to €10,000 in the area of primary care interventions

For guidance notes & application form, visit primarycaretrials.ie/researchers/

Deadline Tues 4th Feb - mark your calendars!

We're recruiting for a postdoctoral fellow & research assistant to work on the Digital Health in Stroke project in the Healthcare Outcomes Research Centre.

For further information & to apply 👉
Postdoctoral fellow:
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Research assistant:
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Really pleased to have this paper on qualitative researchers' experiences of peer review with @ginnybraun.bsky.social @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @joannasemlyen.bsky.social out there - open access. We recruited lots of the contributors on the other place... psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

Also newly published, our review paper in #ProceedingsoftheNutritionSociety provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges which persist in #diabetesprevention after #gestationaldiabetes and proposes actionable recommendations to address these barriers.
doi.org/10.1017/s002...

I am delighted to share this recently published co-authored paper. We aimed to understand the experiences and views of women with #GDM through a national online cross sectional survey. The findings underscore women's desire for appropriate information and support during and after pregnancy with GDM.

The 11th SPHeRE Network Annual Conference takes place on 4 March 2025 in @rcsi.bsky.social. The theme of the conference is 'Translating research to health policy and system change'. Abstract submission is available now, with the deadline 12 December.

www.sphereprogramme.ie/abstract-sub...