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What is Let’s Chat Medicine?
The Let’s Chat Medicine (LCM) program gives young people a chance to learn about personalised medicine. Participants in this SFI-funded program will work with scientific researchers, science communicators, and professional artists to turn what they learn about personalised medicine into interesting and easy-to-understand stories and visuals which will be shared with the public to help everyone understand this important topic better.
The LCM program is modelled on a cycle of public engagement and involvement (PEI) which aims to connect and involve people from all walks of life with health-related research. This PEI cycle is delivered in partnership with Barretstown and the Young Person’s Advisory Group at the National Children's Cancer Service.
What does the Let’s Chat Medicine cycle look like?
Stage 1:Recruitment of 30 young people aged 15-18 years old, who are passionate about science and medicine.
Stage 2 “Co-Creation”:Young participants join scientific researchers at UCD Campus to engage in educational and interactive workshops, where they learn about genomics and its role in personalised medicine. Following this, participants spend 3 days at Barretstown Campus working with science communicators and artists to put what they had learned about personalised medicine into artistic visuals. Visuals from 2024’s workshop can be accessed here.
Stage 3 “Amplification”:Visuals, depicting topics of personalised medicine, are shared at public facing events. Details of upcoming events will be posted here.
Stage 4 “Progression”:Young participants and scientific researchers involved in the Let’s Chat Medicine co-creation stage are signposted to alternative PEI opportunities. And so, the public engagement and involvement cycle continues! For upcoming opportunities, please click here.
Who can apply?
Let’s Chat Medicine 2024 was open to young people aged 15-18 years old with an interest in health-related research, specifically those seeking experiences in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) and/or the arts. The call for applications, which was launched in January 2024 and open to participants from all over the country, has now closed. We hope to launch a new call for applications in 2025. Keep an eye on this webpage for application details or register your interest (opens in a new window)here.
For more information, contact (opens in a new window)lcm@ucd.ie.
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The Let’s Chat Medicine programme is supported in part by funding from Science Foundation Ireland.
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