Manager of the National Nutrition Surveillance Centre, with a primary focus on the Childhood Obesity Surveillance project within the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science.
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Jenny Kavanagh
Post-doctoral fellow in the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science
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May 2021 Monthly Memo
This month we welcome 2 new CHilD student members: Katie Hill and Martina Kennedy from the UCD School of Nursing UCD School of Midwifery and Health Systems Congratulations to the following CHiLD members on their recent achievements! FUNDING: •Dympna Devine…
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Martina Kennedy
MSc student in UCD School of Nursing Midwifery and Health Systems.
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Katie Hill
PhD student in the UCD School of Nursing Midwifery and Health Systems. Thesis topic – Exploring the lived experience of nurses and physicians caring for children with complex care needs in a paediatric intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 2021 Monthly Memo
Congratulations to the following CHiLD members on their recent achievements! FUNDING: 1. Three CHiLD members have been awared IRC Employment-Based Postgraduate Programme awards: Jennifer Symonds (UCD School of Education): €24,000 from Irish Research Council for project entitled An Irish National Study…
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March 2021 Monthly Memo
This month we have welcomed 3 new CHilD members: Dr. Flavia Santos from the UCD School of Psychology Dr. Maebh Harding from the UCD Sutherland School of Law Dr. Joseph Mooney from the UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work…
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Feb 2021 Monthly Memo
Welcome to the first UCD CHiLD ‘Monthly Memo’. Below we highlight some of the recent achievements of our members. Congratulations to the following CHiLD members on their recent achievements: Chris Jepsen from the School of Economics whose paper on the…
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2020 Conference Videos now available
The Annual UCD CHiLD conference took place on 11th December 2020. It was a fantastic morning attracting over 70 participants with talks across multiple disciplines. Video presentations from the webinar are now available here
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Muireann Ni Raghallaigh
UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice
UCD CHiLD Conference 11th Dec 2020
The UCD CHiLD annual research conference takes place on Friday 11th December, 9.20-13.00. The theme of this year’s conference is ”The Impact of Covid-19 on Children’s Health and Development”. Please click here to register.
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Parenting seminar on child nutrition – 27th Feb
As part of UCD’s UCD Healthy Eating Week – the UCD Nutrition Society, in partnership with the UCD CHilD-RC will be running a healthy eating workshop for parents. This workshop will take a practical look at the healthy eating guidelines for…
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UCD CHilD Monthly Seminar – 17th Feb 2020
The UCD Childhood and Human Development Research Centre is pleased to host the first in a series of monthly lunchtime seminars. The first seminar will take place on Monday 17th February at 1pm in the UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy seminar room.…
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