Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation

11/12/2025

💡New research into a student-led podcast for nursing education was published recently in the Nurse Education in Practice journal by Erika Jones, St James's Hospital Dublin, and Dr Melissa Corbally, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin.

'The Handover’ – Ireland’s first podcast for student nurses'

Read it here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471595325003725?via%3Dihub

04/11/2025

The next session in our seminar series 'Win/Win – Using Research to Enhance the Policy-to-Practice Process' will be delivered by Professor Catherine Comiskey, a leading expert in healthcare statistics, substance use, and public policy.

Professor Comiskey will share insights from her extensive work advising the EU, the UN, and the Irish Government on addiction, wellbeing, and innovation.

📅 Thursday 6th November 2025
🕛 12:00–1:00pm (Online)

👉 Register here
https://tcd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QdhIIUwnSVy1EsWkqGSF0Q #/registration

15/10/2025

One More Week to Submit Your Abstract ✅

There is just one more week left for the submission of abstracts to the Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2026 ( ), deadline extended to Friday, 17 October 2025.

The conference will take place on Tuesday 3, Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 March 2026 at Trinity College Dublin, and will explore the theme of 'Healthcare in a changing landscape.' Send us your abstract for the opportunity to present your research at the conference.

Early career researchers can also send in 'work in progress' for presentation at our very popular Student Colloquium.

We invite submissions under the following categories:
✅ Child and Family Health
✅ Healthy Ageing and Intellectual Disability Across the Lifespan
✅ Maternal Health
✅ Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery
✅ Older Persons Health and Wellbeing
✅ Practice and Healthcare Innovation

Make a submission before the extended deadline of Friday, 17 October 2025.

Make a submission: https://www.tcd.ie/nursing-midwifery/events-and-conferences/theconference/

15/10/2025

📢 Do you have asthma or do you know someone living with asthma?

Would you be comfortable using an AI chatbot to learn about your asthma?

Our PhD student, Sinead Plunkett wants to hear what people living with asthma think about potentially using AI to manage their asthma symptoms.

Take the short, anonymous survey here: https://eu.surveymonkey.com/r/asthmAI

15/10/2025

06/10/2025

🚨 Call for abstracts - deadline extended 🚨

The deadline for the submission of abstracts to the Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2026 ( ) has now been extended to Friday, 17 October 2025.

Make sure to send us your abstract for the opportunity to present your research at the conference. Early career researchers are also encouraged to send us 'work in progress' for presentation at our Student Colloquium.

We invite submissions from researchers under the following categories:

🟢 Child and Family Health
🟢 Healthy Ageing and Intellectual Disability Across the Lifespan
🟢 Maternal Health
🟢 Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery
🟢 Older Persons Health and Wellbeing
🟢 Practice and Healthcare Innovation

Make a submission: https://www.tcd.ie/nursing-midwifery/events-and-conferences/theconference/

06/10/2025

The Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to assist with service improvement innovation initiatives at St. Patrick's Mental Health Services.

Closing date for applications: 12 noon, Friday, 24 October 2025.

Informal enquiries welcome to Keith Brennan via email at brennk10@tcd.ie

Find out more and make an application by visiting https://www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/ and searching by department: School of Nursing & Midwifery.

30/09/2025

🌸 Are you a healthcare professional caring for women aged 40–60 experiencing menopause? 🌸

We’re inviting clinicians, nurses, midwives, doctors (gynaecologists and cardiovascular physicians) and other specialists in women’s health or cardiovascular care to take part in the CARAMEL research study which aims to empower women’s heart health in menopause with a personalised cardiovascular risk prevention

Your insights will help us:
✔ Understand how menopause impacts women’s well-being and heart health
✔ Shape interviews, workshops, and discussions to inform future care
✔ Co-create an innovative App to support women’s cardiovascular health during menopause

👉 Interested in contributing? Add your details here: https://forms.gle/ZpRLjtPi9B2WN3EfA
and we will send you more information about participating.

The CARAMEL Horizon Europe Project is funded by the European Union’s Research and Innovation Programme, Horizon Europe.

12/09/2025

Calling all researchers carrying out cutting-edge research into practice and healthcare innovation.

Submit an abstract for .

MSc Research and PhD students can also submit their 'work in progress' for our Student Colloquium.

Make a submission: https://www.tcd.ie/nursing-midwifery/events-and-conferences/theconference/

27/08/2025

Our inaugural Research in Action seminar on ‘Influencing Policy and Changing Practice through Research’ will be led by Professor Deirdre Daly, Professor in Midwifery and Director of the Trinity Centre for Maternity Care Research.

Join us online (Zoom) at 12pm noon on Wednesday, 10 September 2025.

Register here: https://tcd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rwjaJEXSRjaMzVim3Rjogg #/registration

21/08/2025

Do you want to make your research matter? Influence policy? Drive change?

The School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin is pleased to present a new online seminar series focused on translating research to policy: ‘Research in Action: Shaping Policy, Driving Change.’

Join us for dynamic monthly seminars spotlighting the crucial role of academic research in shaping public policy. The seminars are free to attend, and all are welcome to join online.

Discover the upcoming seminars: https://tcd.ie/nursing-midwifery/research/research-impact/research-in-action/meet-our-speakers/