SPHeRE Network Online Symposium April 2025
‘Can we harness obstetric information for chronic disease prevention? A public health perspective’ with Dr Peter Barrett
HRB Clinician Scientist Research Fellow in the INFANT Research Centre, University College Cork, and a Consultant in Public Health Medicine in the HSE Department of Public Health in Cork
Chaired by SPHeRE Director Ali Khashan
SPHeRE Network Online Symposium February 2025
‘PRovision of Informal Support for Mental health (PRISM): Exploring young adults’ experiences of providing support to friends experiencing mental health challenges through a co-designed survey’ with Dr Sadhbh Byrne
Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychology, Maynooth University
Chaired by SPHeRE Director Ali Khashan
SPHeRE Network Online Symposium November 2024
‘Co-Designing Assistive Technology for Self-Management with and for Persons Living with Dementia’ with Dr Dympna O’Sullivan
Academic Lead of the Digital Futures Research Hub at TU Dublin
Chaired by SPHeRE Director Ali Khashan
SPHeRE Network Online Symposium November 2024
‘Using robust research methodologies to address key gaps in stroke recovery research’ with Dr Sara Hayes
Associate Professor of Physiotherapy in University of Limerick
Chaired by SPHeRE Director Ali Khashan
SPHeRE Network Online Symposium September 2024
‘Public health approaches to suicide prevention – The role of surveillance data’ with Dr Eve Griffin
Chief Executive Officer at the National Suicide Research Foundation, Ireland
Chaired by SPHeRE Director Dr Mary Clarke
SPHeRE Network Online Symposium June 2024
‘Open Science for Early Career Researchers: Opening the Door’ with Dr Elaine Toomey
Lecturer at the University of Galway and Programme Director of the MSc in Evidence-Based Future Healthcare
Chaired by SPHeRE Director Ali Khashan
SPHeRE Network Online Symposium April 2024
‘Evidence synthesis for decision making’ with Dr Barbara Clyne
Senior lecturer in the Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, School of Population Health, RCSI
Chaired by SPHeRE Director Ali Khashan
SPHeRE Network Online Symposium November 2023
‘Understanding the causes of dementia: how far have we come?’ with Dr Emma Anderson,
Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Division of Psychiatry, UCL
Chaired by SPHeRE Co-Director Ali Khashan
SPHeRE Network Online Symposium June 2023
‘SALAAM Project on Racism with Dr. James Carr and Racism: A Public Health Issue’ with Zubair Kabir
Chaired by SPHeRE Co-Director Ali Khashan
SPHeRE Network Online Symposium June 2023
‘Key considerations for health information in Ireland – current and future developments’ with Dr. Maria Ryan, HIQA
Chaired by SPHeRE Co-Director Ali Khashan
SPHeRE Network Online Symposium April 2023
‘Irish people’s views on the collection, use and sharing of health information’ with Dr. Sarah Jane Flaherty, HIQA
Chaired by SPHeRE Co-Director Ali Khashan
SPHeRE Network Online Symposium March 2023
‘Endometriosis’ with Dr Cathy Burke
Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Cork University Maternity Hospital
Chaired by SPHeRE Co-Director Ali Khashan
SPHeRE Network Online Symposium December 2022
‘Was the Danish emergency care centralisation policy successful? An interrupted time series analysis’ with Dr. Marianne Fløjstrup MD
PhD., Syddansk Universitet – University of Southern Denmark
Chaired by SPHeRE Co-Director Prof John Browne
SPHeRE Network Summer Seminar 2022
‘Long Covid: Health and Wellbeing in the LGBTQI+ Community’ with Dr Chris Noone (NUI Galway) ‘Considering LGBT+ Identities in Health Research’
and Dr Lorna Roe (TCD)
‘How health system design and delivery can fail to support the needs of LGBTQI+ older adults’
Chaired by SPHeRE Director Prof Sarah Barry
SPHeRE Network Spring Seminar 2022
‘Long Covid: What we Know, What Remains Unknown’ with Dr Charitini Stavropoulou,
Associate Professor in Health Services Research
Co-Director for Centre for Healthcare Innovation Research (CHIR)
School of Health Sciences
City, University of London
Chaired by SPHeRE Co-Director Prof John Browne
SPHeRE Network Seminar 2021
‘The purpose, value and limitations of mathematical models in the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives from an Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group member’ with Prof Cathal Walsh, Professor of Statistics at the University of Limerick
Chaired by SPHeRE Co-Director Prof John Browne
SPHeRE Network Winter Seminar 2021
Early Career Researchers: Making a Difference During the Pandemic?
Speakers:
Prof Molly Byrne (NUI Galway)
Dr Darren Dahly (UCC)
Dr Linda O’Keeffe (UCC)
Dr Kate O’Neill (UCC)
Dr Elaine Toomey (UL)
Chaired by SPHeRE Director Prof Sarah Barry
SPHeRE Network Autumn Seminar 2021
‘PPI: Improving Health Outcome by Partnering with Those Affected by Cancer’ with Dr Robert O’Connor
Director of Research at the Irish Cancer Society
Chaired by SPHeRE Co-Director Prof John Browne