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The CMHCR supports Pieta’s Darkness into Light event at Maynooth
The CMCHR was delighted to support the recent Darkness into Light event held in Maynooth (https://www.pieta.ie/darkness-into-light-2019). CMHCR members and affiliates who volunteered on the night - co-ordinated by Penny Quinn (CMHCR representative on the local DiL...
Congratulations to two of our CMHCR members – Shane Owen and Maria Gialama – for their recent MUSE (Maynooth University Student Experience) awards.
Two PhD scholars in the CMHCR were recently awarded MUSE 2019 awards for their extra-curricular contributions toward, and engagement with, the wider community. Shane Owen (extreme left hand side of group photo) was awarded a MUSE award for Achievement for his work in...
‘Let’s talk sex’ in palliative care – recent publication
Recent research carried out by Christine Mulligan (PhD scholar, CMHCR) and Professor Sinead McGilloway (Director, CMHCR), was featured in the May edition of the Hospital Professional News. This article emphasises the importance of including sex as a topic in...
CMHCR researchers, Penny Quinn and Maria Gialama, present their work at the recent Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society
Penny Quinn and Maria Gialama, PhD researchers at the Centre for Mental Health and Community Research (working under the supervision of Prof. Sinead McGilloway), presented part of their work at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society (Northern...
Fiona Flynn, IRC-funded PhD scholar in the CMHCR, speaks about eating disorders and mental health in the Irish Times
Fiona Flynn (youth development officer with Bodywhys, the Eating Disorders Association of Ireland) is a PhD scholar in the CMHCR. Her Irish Research Council-funded research is investigating the impact of social media on body image and self-esteem in secondary school...
Siobhan O’Connor, CMHCR PhD scholar, presents paper at the Research & Policy Conference on Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Behavioral Health, Florida
Siobhan O'Connor, PhD researcher at the Centre for Mental Health and Community Research (working under the supervision of Prof. Sinead McGilloway), presented part of her work at the 32nd Annual Research & Policy Conference on Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult...