Ireland stands apart from other European countries in educational attainment. The majority of adults in every region of Ireland have a higher education qualification. That's unlike any comparable country in Europe. 🇮🇪🧑🎓👍
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Professor Mary Horgan has been appointed interim Chief Medical Officer at @roinnslainte
The appointment was approved by Cabinet this morning and follows the departure of former CMO Prof Breda Smyth. Professor Horgan is Professor of Infectious Diseases at UCD &the Mater Hospital
The widespread adoption of vaccines has reduced infant deaths by 40% over the past 50 years. What an incredible live saving measure! And there are very many more lives to be saved thanks to new vaccines and even wider adoption in the years ahead. 👏
#WorldImmunizationWeek
Incredibly proud to hear that Prof @EdelOToole has now received her prestigious Moxon Medal from @RCPhysicians! Edel is the first woman to receive the medal since it's inception in 1891 and the first Dermatologist to receive the award in almost a century. Congratulations, Edel!
📣Newborn brain screener(NBS) awarded €6.7 million
INFANT, @CergenX & @evervault were awarded funding for the NBS project which will develop a platform to detect abnormal brain activity in infants soon after birth through an automated AI assessment.
🔗https://t.co/cs8xfu5gdA
Minister for Health appoints Professor Mary Horgan, UCD Professor of Infectious Diseases, to design a dedicated, emerging health threats agency.
Congratulations Prof Horgan 👏
https://t.co/2kUgd71hDe
💚 Today on #WorldCerebralPalsyDay, @UCC has announced the appointment of Prof @demurray as the new Chair in Early Brain Injury & Cerebral Palsy, as part of a new programme of excellence to revolutionise the delivery of cerebral palsy care in Ireland. 👏
🤝@yourcpf
📢Delighted to announce that INFANT Director Prof Geraldine Boylan has been awarded the 2023 Tom Connor Distinguished Investigator Award from @NeuroscienceIRL.
🏅This award recognises her exceptional impact in neuroscience research.
An incredible achievement 👏#uccresearch
🎓 The highest rates of those aged 25-34 with tertiary #education in 2022 in the EU in:
🇮🇪 Ireland (62%)
🇱🇺 Luxembourg (61%)
🇨🇾 Cyprus (59%)
Lowest in:
🇷🇴Romania (25%)
🇮🇹Italy (29%)
🇭🇺Hungary (32%)
👉 https://t.co/YUkvH0KJiC
Today in 1844, the Irish inventor of the hypodermic needle used it on a human for the first time in the Meath Hospital, Dublin Dr Francis Rynd injected his patient Margaret Cox with morphine to treat severe agony.
Delighted to see EPITOPE study published in @NEJM
Congratulations to INFANT's @JonathanHourih1, Juan Trujillo & all involved in this international trial of Epicutaneous Immunotherapy in Toddlers with Peanut Allergy👏
@UCCResearch#Allergy
Read here https://t.co/TB6Y0eam6q