Congratulations to Marufa Akter Momo and new ATU MSc graduate, on her poster presentation at the Irish thoracic society meeting in Derry yesterday. A fine contribution to the emerging data on quality full PFT testing in the community integrated care hub / Connolly Hospital.👏

Congratulations to Respiratory Physiologist, Tracy McNerney won 1st prize poster Connolly hospital research Day 👏

1st year BSc(Hons) Clinical Measurement Physiology students did a fantastic job on the information posters. Thanks for involving them Yvonne @atuhealthysligo

Sat in Heathrow airport and the table next to me is a group of late twenties/early thirties talking about sleep apnoea. One chap talking about how he uses a mandibular advancement device! I can't quite tell why, but that's made me proper proud of what we do! #respisbest

Lovely to see the Respiratory Physiologists 🥇prize CRU Christmas Door Challenge 🎄🎅🏻 @stjamesdublin Well done Rebecca & Niamh, bringing the joy to the department and to patients that pass through 👏🏻 👏🏻 #hscp #team So grateful to work with such talented and creative people

Former RTÉ journalist Charlie Bird joined English rugby league legend Kevin Sinfield as he completed the Dublin leg of a marathon challenge in aid of motor neurone disease. Sinfield is running an ultra-marathon every day for seven days in seven cities | https://t.co/KgacOZiBj3

The PFT equipment in the Bray chronic disease hub is finally live on the @SVUH network after a huge collaboration between @SVHGICT @Ch6East @VyaireInt and @SwordMedical thanks to all involved! #respiratoryphysiology @AlexFranciosi @o_joycie @HSCPsSVUH

Trigger Warning @TescoIrl It is still AUGUST 😭 😭 There’s a whole 🏉 World Cup between now and then. Even an Electric Picnic. #toosoon

Big legacy issue that was wasn’t addressed 20 yrs ago when MPPM pathway was replaced. Workforce review will address this - that’s not gonna be quick. The HSCP framework for placements is brilliant but not resource neutral. We all need to work together on it and without delay.

Welcome to the new CMS students. Implementation of the @WeHSCPs ‘Placements Quality Framework’ will go a long way towards making training places sustainable and successful, this is vital. New @HSELive community hubs will in time offer further placement opportunities #CAO2023

Astonishing 40-year view of US pedestrian fatalities. From 2010 onwards, decades of progress thrown into reverse as oversized SUVs explode in numbers, egged on by aggressive marketing. Another ugly trend likely to cross the Atlantic.

'The Chiropodist.' (c1960s) Highly observant, the work of Edward Ardizzone is in direct descent from the finest French and English illustrators of the 19thC. Simply one of the greatest illustrators of his generation.

European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society Technical Standard on Standardisation of the Measurement of Lung Volumes - 2023 Update

Esoteric longevity tip you won’t hear about from Bryan Johnson: Go out to dinner with your friends and family. Order a bunch of delicious food. Drink a bunch of wine. Stay up late telling stories and laughing. Immediately silence anyone who brings up “macronutrients” or “sleep

Delighted to have our OSA Digital Pathway initiative selected for funding by the @smart_d8 team! Looking forward to rolling out our new digital care pathway with our @stjamesdublin OSA team led by @CossPeter along with our industry partners @myPatientSpace and @PeiSurgical

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

National TB meeting underway!! Presentations by Dr Mary O’Meara and and Prof Joe Keane @stjamesdublin @TBImmunologyTCD @TBnet_EU

Shameful scenes from County Clare, a low point, as if Irish people haven't needed and received sanctuary throughout history.

Imagine, as secondary school student, leaving Ukraine, coming to Ireland and in one year -creating a card game to teach English -sourcing seed fund from local enterprise office -investing your own cash -selling product -attending ScienceFest @atusligo_ie Well done Oleg and Yuri

Life lessons at Science Fest in @atusligo_ie - some fantastic projects from secondary school students