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Faculty of Public Health Medicine Winter Scientific Meeting 2024
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Faculty of Public Health Medicine Winter Scientific Meeting 2024

The Faculty of Public Health Medicine Winter Scientific Meeting 2024 on 4 December 2024 brought together over 190 attendees in person and online. The event featured a programme of long and short oral presentations, live poster tours, and a keynote address by Dr Nigel Rollins, WHO. 

Selected through a highly competitive abstract submission process, the long and short oral presentations explored key public health issues such as inequalities, Traveller health, obesity, homelessness, inclusion health, training needs, and health service improvement. 

20 diverse projects were showcased in the live poster tours, giving authors the opportunity to present their findings and engage directly with attendees. The tours were moderated by Prof Cecily Kelleher, Dean of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine and Dr Kevin Kelleher, Former National Director of Health Protection. 

The meeting also included a keynote address by Dr Nigel Rollins, a member of the Research and Guideline Development team in the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO. He delivered an insightful presentation on the urgent and multi-dimensional challenge of childhood obesity. His talk was followed by a panel discussion. 

The day concluded on a celebratory note, as Professor Cecily Kelleher, Dean of the Faculty, presented the awards, recognising the outstanding contribution of participants. 

Winners 

Long Oral Presentations:  

Kevin Kelleher Medal Winner: Smoking and vaping prevalence and awareness of cancer risk and identification of the current barriers and facilitators to cancer screening among Irish Travellers, Prof Patricia Fitzpatrick and Dr Mary Brigid Collins 

Second Prize: First year post-hoc evaluation of human health impacts of solid fuel regulations, Dr Ciara Carroll 

  

Short Oral Presentations:  

First Prize: A rare case of infant botulism in a 2-month-old: public health response, Dr John Gannon 

Second Prize: Enhancing immunisation uptake in the Traveller community: a scoping review to understand barriers and facilitators, Dr Fiona McGuire 

Third Prize: Using the Irish Hip Fracture Database to drive improvement in Older Adult Care, Ms Louise Brent 

 

Posters:  

First Prize: Projected increases in dementia prevalence in Laois and Offaly from 2022 to 2037, Dr Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne 

Second Prize: Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in an urban homeless population, Dr Sean Donohue 

Third Prize: Pornography use and its association with risk-taking sexual behaviours among adolescents in the West of Ireland, Dr Nicola Murphy 

 

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