Tomás Russell
@tomas_russell
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💼 Assistant Professor of Agricultural Extension and Innovation @ucdagfood | 🐑 Sheep and Beef Farmer | All views are my own
Offaly, Ireland
Joined November 2011
@AgrilandIreland Most importantly, if you work in farming (or know someone who does) let your voice be heard in our ongoing research: https://t.co/uy9VDjR9bV
@louisemchugh @nigelvahey @tomas_russell @LaceyPodge @UCDPsychology @ucdagfood RTs very welcome
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🚜 Our new research: Irish farmers are facing work–family conflict. Especially those with: 👶 Young kids 🕒 Long hours 🌾 Farm stress 🧠 Poor mental health & social support 📉 Young farmers 📢 We need better support for farming families. 🔗 Read: https://t.co/jNSLIB6YUC
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Looking for farmers to spare 15 mins to complete our survey
The Sow what? team have launched their nationwide survey for farmers - please share widely with the farmers in your area. QR code or link here: https://t.co/IkqMi8JeT9
@ucdagfood @ucddublin
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The Sow what? team have launched their nationwide survey for farmers - please share widely with the farmers in your area. QR code or link here: https://t.co/IkqMi8JeT9
@ucdagfood @ucddublin
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🚨We're Hiring: Postdoc in Psychology for our @FarmFaMHealth project! 🗓️Starts Sept 2025|15-month contract 📅Deadline: July 6, 2025 Help design a mental health intervention for farm families in rural Ireland🌾🧠 See: https://t.co/1caHri2u0R (job ref 003019) #PleaseRT #PleaseShare
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We just need one more adult farm family member living in Ireland to finish up this study. If you have a spare hour to chat to us on zoom we would *really* appreciate it! Get in touch below or send me a message 😃 #GRMA
We need an adult member of a farming family to take part in a confidential interview to discuss general mental health help seeking of farming families. Please get in touch if you would like to take part or share with any farming families you know.
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We are excited to provide details on the funded Masters programmes available in Agricultural Extension and Innovation and Agricultural Innovation Support @ucddublin @teagasc for 2025 entry. Find out more by joining us this Wednesday, 16th April at 1pm for a webinar to hear
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Today I met Brian Leonard and Tomas Russell, two lecturers at @ucdagfood. They are top Irish experts on farm succession and generational renewal and so glad to see they're bringing their expertise to Brussels!
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Three exciting PhD and MSc opportunities to join our People in Dairy team in Teagasc Moorepark, working with @ucdagfood, on generational renewal and workload management. Great opportunities for upcoming or recent graduates in important areas. Full details: https://t.co/p0O845uYyi
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Deadline 18th Feb to apply for our research assistant position working with the UCD Agri Mental Health research team @ucdagfood @UCDPsychology
We are recruiting for a part time research assistant to work with the UCD Agri Mental Health team on an exciting project on farmer mental health. More details here https://t.co/gh4uwAuNzt
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We are recruiting for a part time research assistant to work with the UCD Agri Mental Health team on an exciting project on farmer mental health. More details here https://t.co/gh4uwAuNzt
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Looking forward to kicking off the @teagasc and @ucdagfood Knowledge Transfer Conference in Teagasc Ashtown today. List of speakers and book of abstracts available here: https://t.co/NkhPIz7uU5
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I am completing a thesis on Mental Health in Agriculture and more specifically focusing on "who does the farming community see as a credible mental health speaker", If you could take some time to complete the survey that would be great. Survey Link: https://t.co/VQ6TssJ5fm
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The UCD Agri Mental Health Team is looking at farmer’s thoughts on mental health speakers. More specifically, our study is exploring who the farming community sees as a credible mental health...
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Delighted to have a third paper from my PhD published! This research outlines the process and benefits of including farmers and vets in the design of digital technologies for animal health use🧑🌾🐮 @tomas_russell @aineregan @ucdagfood @teagasc
https://t.co/0BfwynzdAk
tandfonline.com
Much of the literature investigating farmer engagement with digital technology has focused on farmer-centred adoption factors. However, more recent research has called for new user-centred approach...
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Current Masters student Paul Nangle is conducting an important piece of research exploring who the farming community sees as a credible mental health speaker? If you're a farmer & could take 10 mins to fill out this survey it would be much appreciated🙏 https://t.co/zEptt9u4d4
docs.google.com
The UCD Agri Mental Health Team is looking at farmer’s thoughts on mental health speakers. More specifically, our study is exploring who the farming community sees as a credible mental health...
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*Interested in mental health & rural Ireland?* We are hiring a Postdoc (24 month 1.0FTE post) & Research Assistant (23 month 0.5FTE post) starting Sept 2024 looking at improving mental health help-seeking in Irish Farm Families. More info on @DCU website: https://t.co/4W1hSeonSD
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Could digital technology help to reduce antimicrobial use on Irish dairy farms? 🤔 We explore the potential implications of an animal health testing tool and how a tool like this could be designed for farmers and vets to use👇 https://t.co/7RmBZoCKwL
irishvetjournal.biomedcentral.com
Background The threat of antimicrobial resistance is triggering the need for behavioural change towards antimicrobial use on Irish farms. Newly introduced veterinary medicine regulations are mandat...
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Interested in a part time distance learning masters? Applications open for the part funded masters in Agricultural Extension and Innovation. Apply here https://t.co/flz6DkCrCq
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Here are further details on our sample - Happy to answer questions about this work
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