Health - News & Events | Trinity College Dublin

What's the economic impact of changing how healthcare is delivered to older people in the emergency department?

The proposed addition of a specialised team to the existing care in ED increases a patient’s quality of life and presents, according to Trinity and UL researchers, a potential national saving of €2.4 billion.

26 Jun 2024

Health|Research

Challenging Stasis: Managing Chronic Disease with Exercise

The inaugural lecture of Professor Juliette Hussey will take place on Thursday 27th June at 6pm in the Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Dublin 8.

24 Jun 2024

Health|Research

European leaders converge at Trinity to tackle AI's greatest challenges and opportunities

From healthcare to human rights, today's landmark conference organised by the ADAPT Centre at Trinity is driving global dialogue on AI's transformative power.

19 Jun 2024

Culture|Health|Research|Science

Partnership with Naas General Hospital adds nursing placements

NGH has been designated as an Academic Nurse Teaching Hospital in partnership with Trinity, serving as one of the primary clinical bases and parent hospitals for the Bachelor of Science in General Nursing programme. From September, 12 Trinity nursing students will have the opportunity to complete clinical placements there.

19 Jun 2024

Health|Students

St James’s Hospital celebrates 40th anniversary of Ireland's first bone marrow transplant

Home to the National Adult Stem Cell Transplant Centre, over 3,750 stem cell and bone marrow transplants have taken place at the hospital since 1984

10 Jun 2024

Community|Health|Innovation|Research

Do exercise interventions work for people in homelessness and addiction?

Researchers say that people experiencing homelessness and addiction should not be excluded from lifestyle interventions as the benefits can be life-changing and wide reaching

5 Jun 2024

Health|Research|Society

Blood test to track immune response could be first step in developing better MS treatments

Dr Hugh Kearney, School of Medicine writes in The Conversation on his team's recently developed test and its potential clinical impacts for MS patients.

29 May 2024

Health|Research

Lessons Learned from Pharmacology: People & Opportunities are the Best Medicine

The inaugural lecture of Professor Lorraine O’Driscoll will take place on Thursday 30th May at 6pm in Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute.

27 May 2024

Health|Research

Trinity twelve secure funding for new healthcare, climate and tech research

The successful dozen will lead or co-lead a total of 11 STEM-related research projects via Science Foundation Ireland’s Frontiers for the Future programme, which is funded in collaboration with the Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).

27 May 2024

Awards and Funding|Health|Research|Science

What's the story with your oral microbiome?

Gary Moran, Associate Professor at the School of Dental Science writes in The Conversation about the importance of the 700 known species of bacteria which live in our mouths - along with yeasts and viruses - and the role this community plays in four main diseases.

23 May 2024

Health|Research