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Welcome to the UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science. #17 in Shanghai Ranking Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments.
Joined November 2015
Huge congratulations to all of the recipients of UCD Alumni Awards 2025💫 We're especially proud of Louise Quinn, graduate of our BSc Sport & Exercise Management programme, who received the UCD Alumni Award in Sport. Louise is the former vice-captain of the Republic of Ireland
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Warm congratulations to Dr Victor Mukonka who was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, in recognition of his public health work in Zambia. Dr Mukonka earned his PhD and his Master of Public Health with us at UCD SPHPSS. You can find a
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Check out this video from the Uganda GAA Sports in Development Project this year! Come along to our next Info Session to learn about our 2026 Volunteer Programme on Tues 4 November, 1-2pm, in the Global Lounge! Or apply now via this link: https://t.co/i8INJS0VqM🔥
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I was delighted to contribute to today’s event ‘From Burden to Prevention: Reframing Chronic Pain in EU Health Policy’ in the @Europarl_EN. Great to see @WHO_Europe, policymakers, researchers, and patient representatives together. #chronicpain #backpain #healthpolicy @EFIC_org
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Congratulations to all the UCD Graduate Sports Scholars, especially Katie Malone who is studying for a MSc in Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics in SPHPSS. We're very proud of you! The Graduate Sports Scholarship programme at UCD supports athletes competing at the highest levels -
💫 University College Dublin celebrated the induction of the 2025/26 Graduate Sports Scholars with a ceremony on yesterday afternoon! 💫 🔗 https://t.co/gZHr8feJhH This prestigious event honoured exceptional student-athletes who have excelled in both their sporting disciplines
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We were delighted to welcome Comdt Dr Fiachra Lambe, Specialist in Primary Care and Military Medicine, to a recent session with our Master of Public Health class. Fiachra spoke about communication skills and drew on his time over the past 8 years with the Irish Defence Forces. He
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Great to see you at our first Info Session for this years UCDVO Volunteer Programme! We will be holding another the 4th November for staff, students and alumni: 1-1:50 Global Lounge Gerard Manley Hopkins Building. All welcome! @UCDsustain @ucd_global @UCDObserver @HumanitiesUCD
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Congratulations to SPHPSS PhD student @chrisleckey_ who was invited to speak at the Benfica Football Club’s annual Health and Performance Conference, held in Lisbon last week. Chris spoke about his research and work regarding the use of machine learning for predictive injury
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Objective This study reviewed the current state of machine learning (ML) research for the prediction of sports-related injuries. It aimed to chart the various approaches used and assess their...
Massive thank you to @miguelreisesilv, @Viana_JL, and everyone at @SLBenfica for the invitation to present "Predictive Analytics in Injury Risk: From Theory to Business Value" at the club's Health & Performance Conference 🇵🇹⚽️ @IrishResearch @IrishRugby @ucd_sphpss
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We are very pleased to announce that the Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, has appointed Professor Helen Roche to the Board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) with effect from 7 October 2025 until 6 October 2028. https://t.co/ortpgd7bxV
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It’s that time of year again! Next Wednesday we launch our UCDVO Volunteer Programme 2026, Come along to our Info Session Wednesday 15 October from 5-6pm in the Village Auditorium, UCD Village. We hope to see you there 😃 @ucd_global @ucd_sphpss @ucddublin @ucdscience
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We were delighted to launch our @KCrokesGAAClub Athletic Development Programme in partnership with @ucd_sphpss last night. 150 Under 13 boys and girls will work with UCD students over the next 8 weeks to develop their Athletic Skills. 🟣🟡
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We are looking for sport and exercise organisations to join our team of partners in our BSc Sport & Exercise Management work placement programme. If you're interested in offering a placement or want to find out more about the programme, see https://t.co/8i2oIJGYdd
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We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded the Athena Swan Silver Award🏆, in recognition of our ongoing commitment to advancing equality, supporting staff and students, and fostering an inclusive and equitable environment in our School. This award demonstrates the
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It was great to meet so many students at @IrishTimes Higher Options last week and chat about our courses. If you missed it, or are looking for more information, check out our website (link in bio) for student stories, testimonials, videos, FAQs, module info and more.
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We're delighted that our new Certificate in Safety and Health at Work class has joined us🤗Dr Conor Buggy welcomed the new class (2025/26) and presented the Peter A Start Gold Medal to Angela Kane from last year's class (2024/25), alongside her tutor Darrell Fernandes. Angela
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Still time to register for our online Public Lecture this evening at 7pm on how to balance good and bad bugs in our food. Register at https://t.co/qMsSLIPpu8
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With Expo wrapped up, we'd like to thank all club committee members for a fantastic week fun, engagement and activite!!! President Orla Feely offered some key words on the importance of Sport within the UCD community. We wish all clubs the best for the coming year🏑 #UCDabú
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Clare M. Reynolds (@ucd_sphpss) offers this #Perspective on cardiovascular trade-offs of metformin use in pregnancy based on research by Schoonejans et al. (2025)✍️ 🔗 https://t.co/vOEZA7M2Yn
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Was a pleasure to be asked to sit on the panel. Really enjoyed it and it was great to meet everyone. Best of luck to all involved in the course 🙌 #lufc
We were delighted to meet our new MSc Sport Management class at an orientation event last week. We're thrilled that you've chosen to study with us😊 Huge thanks to alumni Sinead Gordon (Sport Ireland), Martin O'Brien (Future Ticketing) and Darragh Cunningham (Department of
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