Congratulations to the Medicine Final Class of 2016

Congratulations to the graduates of the class of 2016. Professor Browne, Head of School and Professor Conlon Director of Undergraduate Education wish you a rewarding and successful career in medicine.

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Congratulations to the Occupational Final Class of 2016

Dr Tadhg Stapleton, Head of Occupational Therapy and all the staff would like to wish the graduates of the 2016 class every success in their future careers.

Congratulations to the Physiotherapy Final Class of 2016

Dr John Gormley, Head of Physiotherapy and all the staff would like to wish the graduates of the 2016 class every success in their future careers.

Congratulations to the Physiotherapy Final Class of 2016(Singapore cohort)

Congratulations also to the  4th group of Singaporean Occupational Therapists who graduated ‘in absentia’. Wishing all the graduates the very best in their future careers.

Congratulations to the Radiation Therapy Final Class of 2016

Ms Agnella Craig , Hea of Radiation Therapy and all the staff would like to wish the graduates of the 2016 class every success in their future careers.

Congratulations to the Human Health and Disease Final Class of 2016

Dr Eric Downer , Head of Human Health and Disease and all the staff would like to wish the graduates of the 2016 class every success in their future careers.

UPCOMING EVENT

Uniphar CROSS Atlantic Cycle

Join the Uniphar CROSS Atlantic Cycle 4-8 September 2016 in support of cancer research at Trinity College Dublin and St James’s Hospital. We are looking for volunteers to join Team Trinity and will help with sponsorship. If you are interested, please contact Zhanna O’Clery ocleryz@tcd.ie.

UPCOMING EVENT

St. James's Target Lung Cancer Appeal

The Target Lung Cancer Appeal aims to raise vital funding for lung cancer patient support and research at St. James’s Hospital - 1st September 2016.

UPCOMING EVENT

The 10th International Cancer Conference

'New Frontiers in Personalised Cancer Care', 17-18 October 2016, TBSI, Trinity College Dublin. The application for CPD points is pending.  Register here. Call for the conference abstract submissions is live. Deadline for submissions is 15 August. For further information about the conference please visit their website

Inaugural Lecture of Professor Eleanor Molloy

The Faculty of Health Sciences hosted the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Eleanor Molloy, 'Protecting Babies' & Children's Brains' in the Terncentenary Hall Lecture Theatre, TBSI on the 24th May 2016.

Postgraduate Teaching Forum focusing on e-learning

The Direcctor of Postgraduate Education, Dr Stephen Smith hosted a postgraduate teaching forum on the 21st June 2016, in the Trinity Centre SJH

Students Vs. Professors Annual Soccer Match "El Classico"

The annual soccer match between students and professors took place on Friday 22nd April (Results Day).  After an exciting and closely contested contest the students emerged victorious.  Well done to all involved.

1916 Commemorations at St. James's Campus

Trinity College Dublin and St James’s Hospital hosted a 1916 Commemoration Weekend from Friday 6th to Sunday 8th May on the St James’s Hospital campus.

Easter Monday Synchronised Wreath-laying Ceremonies in Dublin

Two wreaths were laid at the Trinity Centre, St James's Hospital, at precisely 1.15pm, 28th March 2015, the time when the first shots of the Rising were fired.

New Exhibition Space in the John Stearne Library

There is a new exhibition space in the Stearne library, organised in conjunction with Lena Doherty, the Faculty Administrator for the Dean of Health Sciences. It showcases posters by researchers describing their current research. The School is having a "Research Day" in September for which staff will make posters and these will subsequently be displayed in rotation in the exhibition space. For more information follow Library’s Facebook

Human Health and Disease B.Sc.Career Event

Dr. Eric Downer and Dr. Jean Fletcher hosted a career evening for the Human Health and Disease B.Sc. in the Knowledge Exchange, TBSI, on March 10th.

Information Leaflet Launch at the OvaCare Patient Information Day

The Coagulation Research Group at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, led by Dr. Lucy Norris, have produced a patient information leaflet explaining the risk of thrombosis in gynaecological cancer patients. The leaflet was launched at the OvaCare Patient Information Day held in Cork.

Innovative Research in Depression

An innovative study to investigate the potential benefits of ketamine for relapse prevention in depression is continuing at St Patrick’s University Hospital with researchers from the Department of Psychiatry.

TB and Smoking: TB Immunology Group Discover Mechanisms for Susceptibility

The TCD St. James’s TB immunology group has recently published in Cell on the mechanisms that drive the colliding epidemics of tuberculosis and smoking. The research team, led by Dr. Mary O’Sullivan and Dr. Seónadh O’Leary, discovered how cigarette smoking prevents immune cells from moving towards TB bacteria which prevents the lungs defence system dealing with infection.

Movement Matters

The National Behaviour Support Service (NBSS), a partnership between the Department of Education and the discipline of Occupational Therapy in the School of Medicine, has published a report on the Movement Matters programme.

Medical Alumni Symposium and Health Sciences Banquet

Trinity Alumni Weekend is 26-28th August 2016 with a Medical Alumni Symposium and a Health Sciences Banquet on 26th August.  More information on the Alumni website: www.tcd.ie/alumni/events

RIP Dr. Ian Jesse Temperley

Members of the College Community were saddened to learn of the death on 20th February 2016 of Professor Ian Jesse Temperley, M.A., M.LITT., M.D., F.R.C.P.I., F.R.C.PATH., F.T.C.D. (1970). Professor Temperley retired from the Faculty of Health Sciences in 1995.

Memorial Service for Dr. Peter Bronte Gatenby

A memorial Service was recently held in College Chapel for Dr. Peter Bronte Gatenby, M.B. (1946), M.D. (1949),F.R.C.P.I., F.R.C.P. Lond., Hon. F.R.C.P. Ed., Hon. F.A.C.P., Hon. F.T.C.D., Trinity’s first full-time Professor of Clinical Medicine, who passed away in August 2015. The service was attended by the family, friends and a good number of alumni, former students of Dr. Gatenby.