🚩 A new year is a good moment to reflect on how we design effective cessation services.
We’re running an online survey to understand public attitudes towards using financial incentives (e.g. vouchers) as part of cessation support. We’d really value your perspective.
👉 Link: lnkd.in/g3pK5rc2
Wonderful piece in this week's Irish Times from Professor Emeritus Anne Hickey on medical professionals building connections with patients.
🌟 Calling all early and mid-career EHPS members!
The Ari Haukkala Mentoring Programme is back this September. Join us to grow your skills with the support of experienced mentors.
🔗 Register here: ehps.net/mentoring/
🗓️ Deadline: Thursday, 30th April 2026
#Mentoring #CareerDevelopment #EHPS
The 22nd Psychology, Health & Medicine Annual Conference will take place at @rcsi.bsky.social on 24 April 2026. The theme of the conference is 'Health Psychology in a Changing World: Navigating Complexity, Driving Impact'.
The call for abstracts is now open.
Visit: www.rcsi.com/phm
@rcsi.bsky.social has announced the appointment of Professor Niall Pender as the University’s new Professor of Psychology & Head of Department of @rcsipsychology.bsky.social.
For more visit:
www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
After over 5 years at @rcsi.bsky.social I'm sad to be leaving.
I'm also very excited to start in the @mupsychology.bsky.social as a lecturer!
Too many amazing colleagues to name you all, but a special thank you to Mary Cannon, Anne Hickey, and the depts of @rcsipsychology.bsky.social +psychiatry
Dr Mengyang Zhang @mengyangz.bsky.social is a postdoctoral researcher in @rcsipsychology.bsky.social, working on the VAPE-INTERVENE project. As part of Postdoc Appreciation Week, we asked Mengyang to provide some information on her research.
#NPAW2025 #LovePostdocs @fdoyle4.bsky.social
Dr Liam Watts is a postdoctoral researcher in @rcsipsychology.bsky.social, working on the TRAUMA proj, which is informing nationally important policy & practice for trauma care in Ireland. We asked Liam to share a little about his work, as part of Postdoc Appreciation Week.
#NPAW202 #LovePostdocs
Closing date Wednesday! #jobfairy #postdocjobs
Deadline 17th September so get your application in for this exciting role!
@ehps.bsky.social @ehpscreaters.bsky.social @ehpssynergy.bsky.social @ehpsopenscisig.bsky.social
Come and work with us in @rcsipsychology.bsky.social @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @fionaboland.bsky.social on a 2 year postdoctoral position on evidence synthesis and economics my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
We're recruiting for a lecturer in health psychology to join our team. The postholder will participate in the teaching, facilitation & examining of the undergrad & grad teaching programmes of @rcsipsychology.bsky.social.
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
@sphereprogramme.bsky.social
Menopause brings w/ it physical, mental & brain changes. Dr @mariapertl.bsky.social & Dr Lisa Mellon from @rcsipsychology.bsky.social explore how lifestyle medicine could help ease brain fog brought on by menopause in a new article for @uk.theconversation.com.
theconversation.com/menopause-an...
A huge congratulations to Reham Lasheen from team COMPASS, who was awarded the Patient’s Choice Poster Prize at the Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference hosted by Queen’s University Belfast on the 27th May 2025 👏🎉
@rehamalasheen.bsky.social
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
@rcsipophealth.bsky.social
The final episode of the #RCSIMyHealth series 2024/25 explores the crucial role of sleep in our overall health, well-being and performance.
@mariapertl.bsky.social @rcsipsychology.bsky.social @jolantaburke.bsky.social @rcsiposhealth.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social
youtu.be/e0qtMWMwi5s?...
A close-up of a person’s hands holding two white capsules in one hand and a glass of water in the other, suggesting medication use. The image includes RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and RCSI Discover branding.
Could antidepressants be more effective than we think?
Researchers @rcsipophealth.bsky.social used advanced psychometric methods on clinical trial data, revealing that efficacy outcomes may increase by up to 10% when non-contributory questions are removed.
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
#RCSIdiscover
Proud of this new paper exploring whether complex psychometric analyses matter. In short 1) I may have been wasting my career on IRT 2) factor analysis models increase trial effects by approximately 10%, 3) weighted scores don’t matter compared to the items retained www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
Thanks to Dr David Byrne and all collaborators @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @rcsipsychology.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social and funding from @researchireland.ie
Congratulations to the 200 students who graduated from the RCSI Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine today. Many congratulations for successfully completing the six pillars: Stress Management, Nutrition, Smoking, Sleep, Physical Activity, Alcohol & Substance Use with your degree studies. Well done all!
Wonderful coverage of the Women's Health Research Network and RCSI Department of Health Psychology's Dr Caroline Kelleher in this week's Echo. www.echolive.ie/wow/arid-416... @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social
Dr Lisa Mellon, lecturer in the @rcsipsychology.bsky.social, will deliver a webinar on beginning with lifestyle medicine, with Dr Kate McCann as part of National Arthritis Week on 1 April.
For more info and to register visit:
www.arthritisireland.ie/pathways-to-...
@annehickey.bsky.social
Dr Lisa Mellon, Dr @alanmaddock.bsky.social and Dr @mariapertl.bsky.social from the @rcsipsychology.bsky.social will deliver a webinar on sleep, stress, and social connections as part of National Arthritis Week on 3 April.
@annehickey.bsky.social
www.arthritisireland.ie/building-a-h...
Scholar applications are now open for @sphereprogramme.bsky.social for the 2025 academic year. Six HRB SPHeRE-funded scholarships are available. Applicants can select from 10 advertised projects, inc 3 based at @rcsipophealth.bsky.social.
For further info 👇
www.sphereprogramme.ie/scholar-appl...
2️⃣ Exploring Gendered Dynamics and Intersectional Challenges for Informal Caregivers who are Caring for Older Adults Living with Stroke or Dementia: Addressing Inequities and Innovating Support (PI: Dr Hannah Christie)
The RCSI projects are as follows:
1️⃣ Investigating the perinatal mental health impacts of hyperemesis gravidarum in Ireland: developing strategies to improve mental health within antenatal and postnatal care settings (PI: Dr Angela Flynn)
3️⃣ Renal-PATH – Promoting Access to Therapy at Home for End Stage Kidney Disease (PI: Dr @lisamellonpsych.bsky.social)
@rcsipsychology.bsky.social
Prof @annehickey.bsky.social, Head of Dept of @rcsipsychology.bsky.social,
addressing the @sphereprogramme.bsky.social!Network Conference 2025 on how SPHeRE alumni are impacting population health, policy and health services research.
New systematic review of trauma triage tools from the TRAUMA study shows heterogeneity in thresholds - is it time for an agreed taxonomy? @fdoyle4.bsky.social @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @rcsipsychology.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
