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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 of the Impact of Social Innovation Education on Student Teacher and Community Wellbeing, Amanda Fitzgerald…

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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 and Social Justice Congratulations to the following CHiLD members on their recent achievements: Laura Taylor…

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  • Emma Feeney

    UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science

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  • Marina Everri

    UCD School of Medicine

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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 effects of school tracking on mental health is forthcoming in the Journal of Human Capital.…

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  • Maebh Harding

    UCD Sutherland School of Law

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  • Flavia Santos

    School of Psychology

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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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  • Cliódhna O’Connor

    UCD School of Psychology

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  • Kevin Denny

    UCD School of Economics

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  • Niki Nearchou

    UCD School of Psychology

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  • Brian Mullen

    UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science

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  • Elaine Pereira Farrell

    UCD School of History

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  • Muireann Ni Raghallaigh

    UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice

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  • Laura Taylor

    UCD School of Psychology

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  • Kate Fraser

    UCD School of Nursing Midwifery and Health Systems

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  • 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 children of different ages, and try to answer some of the common questions that parents…

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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. Dr. Harry Shier from Queen’s University Belfast will be speaking about “Growing Stronger, Reaching Further: Children and Young…

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