Caitriona Higgins

Passionate about quality improvement and patient and public involvement. Nurse and Patient Engagement Lead in the Cancer Directorate Beaumont Hospital

[UCAN IRELAND @UCANIRELAND]

Congratulations to our amazing UCAN Ireland members Miriam Staunton and Cynthia Cravo on becoming @eupatients Fellows 🎉 A wonderful achievement. We are so proud of you both👏❤️

[Roberta Horgan 🇮🇪 @HorganRoberta]

How can we improve #CancerDetection in #PrimaryCare ?

@PRiCAN_Research are seeking input from patients, carers, clinicians, academics & policymakers to help identify the top 10 research priorities 🧐

Anonymous responses. Take part here: https://t.co/TTzlR9uzkT…

Pls share 🙏

[Cancer Research @UCC @CanResUCC]

Congratulations Heba Khalil, Quality Lead for the CUH/UCC Cancer Centre, presenting at the Third #CCI4EU @OECI_EEIG Capacity Building Conference in Madrid, showcasing innovation and collaboration in patient pathway development for improved cancer care.

[Caitriona Higgins @Cathiggins7]

@DrJNaidoo @myESMO @CancerCentreIre @IrishLungCancer @OncoAlert A true ambassador @DrJNaidoo

[Jarushka Naidoo @DrJNaidoo]

T-1 day until #ESMO25!

Delighted to serve as one of the #ESMOAmbassadors 🇮🇪 highlighting advances in lung cancer, immunotherapy, women in oncology, & career development through @myESMO #YOC

@myESMO @CancerCentreIre @IrishLungCancer @OncoAlert #LCSM

[Caitriona Higgins @Cathiggins7]

@CancerInstIRE @penderlm @SJHDoN @stjamesdublin @tcddublin @IrishCancerSoc An amazing presentation and a glimpse at the future for patient navigators in Ireland. Well done on all your work on this

[Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre @CancerCentreIre]

Collaboration, connection and continually improving the cancer #patientpathway. The third #CCI4EU capacity building conference provided the venue for it all. Well done @AislingHegarty2 and @Cathiggins7 on your presentations at this.

[EUonQol @EUonQol_]

In the EUonQoL project, cancer patients and informal caregivers are not just consulted, they are co-researchers.

A newly published paper explains how they’re recruited and trained.📄 Read the paper at : https://t.co/DOVDIo8PfR

[Jarushka Naidoo @DrJNaidoo]

Delighted to present episode 2 of @myESMO @Women4Oncology’s Diary of an Oncology Leader, with Chair of Thoracic Oncology @marinagarassino from @UofC

Great insights on:
- role of community in skill-building
- self belief
- thinking big

‘Don’t wait. Just start’ @OncoAlert #LCSM

[Caitriona Higgins @Cathiggins7]

@CancerCentreIre @DavidOReilly2 @ASCO Well done @DavidOReilly2

[Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre @CancerCentreIre]

Congratulations Dr @DavidOReilly2 , on his Young Investigator Award at @ASCO. Investigating if exhaled breath liquid biopsy can be used to predict early progression on chemo-immunotherapy for patients with advanced #nonsmallcelllungcancer
https://t.co/Ocsq4JG4Aa

[Lung Health Check Ireland @lung_check_ie]

Congratulations to Lung Health Check study team member @DavidOReilly2 on receiving a well-deserved award at @ASCO! Proud to have such a talented fellow on the team. Kudos as well to his stellar supervisory team — @DrJNaidoo, @sinead_toomey, and Prof. Hennessy @CancerCentreIre!

[Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre @CancerCentreIre]

Today is our annual cancer conference - a highlight event of the calendar. We are delighted to welcome all of our speakers and delegates interested in "Modernising the landscape of cancer care."

[Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre @CancerCentreIre]

The day has finally arrived! We are looking forward to hearing from a fantastic line up of speakers at our cancer conference today. #cancerconference #cancercare
@RCSI_Irl

[Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre @CancerCentreIre]

On #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay our cancer clinical trials team are out and about on the oncology and haematology units today meeting with patients and staff, so if you have a question #justask #CRD2025 #cancertrialsireland

[EUonQol @EUonQol_]

In the video below, Csaba Dégi, president of @EuropeanCancer, explains how the EUonQoL project can make #QualityofLife a priority in oncology across Europe. 🗣️

Watch now and learn why quality of life matters. 📽️

[Caitriona Higgins @Cathiggins7]

@CancerCentreIre Well done guys

[Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre @CancerCentreIre]

#Sunprotection is important all year round, with 11,000 new #skincancer cases in Ireland each year. The NCRI predict this will double by 2040. Well done to the skin cancer nursing team, who were out in force yesterday reminding us to be #sunsmart

[Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre @CancerCentreIre]

DID YOU REGISTER -WE ARE ALMOST THERE!
Clinical trials drive innovation in research and patient care across all therapeutic disciplines. Join us as we showcase our experts to celebrate
International Clinical Trials day.

https://t.co/M37Lzp8hAl
23rd May - 9am-1pm

[Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre @CancerCentreIre]

This week is #worldimmunisationweek. To find out more about the important role of #HepatitisB and #HPV vaccination in cancer prevention click here https://t.co/xrbHEpIChR