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Upcoming Talk Navigating New Terrain: Building Resilient International Research in Times of Uncertainty

We are excited to host Maneesha Joshi, JD, Director, Research Integrity and Security Office (RISO) at Yale University for a talk on Navigating New Terrain: Building Resilient International Research in Times of Uncertainty. The talk will take place during UCD Research Culture and Integrity Week 2026. More details to follow.

18Nov

Every line of data is a person

University College Dublin is home to world leaders in predictive modelling, precision medicine, bioclinical informatics and new health technologies, generating real impact and breakthroughs in the clinical setting to make a real difference in patients' lives today.

Working with domestic and international collaborators, and clinical and industry partners, UCD experts are developing cutting-edge AI and data-driven approaches that are helping clinicians, patients and their families make better healthcare decisions and achieve better outcomes, faster.

23Oct

Close the mortality gap for people with severe mental illness and cancer.

“It’s unacceptable, an injustice, a violation of human rights.” That’s according to psychologist Professor Paul D’Alton, speaking about the 30-year ‘mortality gap’ that emerges when people living with serious mental illness develop cancer.

One in every two people in Ireland will have cancer in their lifetime, but for those living with severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression, their chances of surviving the disease are drastically different, and were the focus of a Policy Dialogue on Inequity in Cancer Care event in Dublin today.

16Jun

James Joyce #Influencer

On this bloomsday we revisit how this controversial Dubliner’s influence is undimmed. We look at how Joyce can still be found in everything from theatre, jazz and poetry to eye-tracking technology and rap.

31Mar

How to ensure AI reflects us more fairly

When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Now think about how AI might reflect you, and the society in which you live. How can we make sure AI reflects fairly for all?

This was the basis of a provocative thought experiment that Reggie Townsend, Vice President of the Data Ethics Practice at SAS, put to an audience at University College Dublin earlier this month.

25Feb

Future Experts Panel Explores Transformative Power of Precision Medicine at Dubai’s Museum of the Future

This week at the Museum of the Future in Dubai, Discovery Director Professor Patricia Maguire and Engagement Manager Dr. Elva O’Sullivan are attending the Future Experts | Precision Medicine: Tailoring Healthcare to the Individual event. Professor Maguire joins leading experts in AI and Healthcare to discuss the revolutionary potential of precision medicine.

10Dec

Accelerating Cancer Research through sharing Data & Infrastructure Workshop co-hosted by UCD and QUB.

The UCD Institute for Discovery was delighted to support the Accelerating Cancer Research through sharing Data & Infrastructure workshop on Dec 10th at UCD preceded by the Launch of the UCD-QUB All-Island Cancer Alliances projects.

23Sep

Discovery host Prof. Akram Alshawabkeh, Director, NU PROTECT Center

The UCD Institute for Discovery was honoured to co-host Prof. Akram Alshawabkeh, Senior Vice Provost, and Director, PROTECT Superfund Research Center, at Northeastern University in September alongside the UCD Insight Centre for Data Analytics.
Akram has led PROTECT, a pan-American consortia research program, which aims to understand how chemicals can lead to adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preterm birth and impaired fetal growth, in Puerto Rico.

19Sep

Winners of AI Healthcare network seed funding announced

Congratulations to all the winners of the inaugural AI Healthcare Network Seed funding - watch this space!

Seed funding was awarded to 5 winning networks of interdisciplinary collaborators led by a core lead in UCD, aiming to develop approaches and applications to support implementation of responsible AI to address urgent, timely problems.

01Sep

UCD Discovery partner with IEAT Minais Gerais University, Brazil

UCD Discovery is delighted to partner with the Institute of Advanced Transdisciplinary Studies (IEAT) at Minais Gerais University, Brazil, on an exciting collaboration as part of the international University Based Institutes of Advanced Study (UBIAS) network aimed at fostering global scientific exchange. The Discovery IEAT Technical Staff Exchange Program enables technical staff from both institutions to work across borders, sharing knowledge, resources, and innovative ideas.

19Jun

Future of AI and Digital Transformation Campaign

The Future of AI and Digital Transformation Campaign launched Friday, and is exploring key and emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities associated with the development and deployment of AI in Ireland. From research and innovations to new technologies across all industries; it will focus on ensuring businesses are keeping up with evolving tech and unlock the full potential of AI for economic growth, social good, and technological advancement.

15May

Successful Launch of UCD AI Healthcare Hub Marks a Milestone in AI-Driven Healthcare Innovation

University College Dublin celebrated the successful launch of the AI Healthcare Hub this week, marking a significant milestone in the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare. The event showcased a shared vision of revolutionizing healthcare with AI.

28Mar

UCD AI Healthcare Hub invites researchers to join community of practice

“Every day, across UCD, colleagues are increasingly engaged in transformative and highly multidisciplinary, data-rich, healthcare-focused research projects,” says Professor Patricia Maguire, director of the UCD Institute for Discovery. “These projects range from large-scale, trans-institutional endeavours to small-scale pilot research aimed at generating key preliminary data for future funding."

21Feb

Harnessing "the magic of AI" to mitigate the next pandemic

David Hickton describes the Covid-19 pandemic as “a very expensive learning curve”.
The former US Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania was appointed Staff Director of the bipartisan committee on coronavirus in the US Congress in 2020, where he oversaw trillions of dollars in federal relief funding to tackle the crisis.

13Feb

Dr Niamh Shaw in Antarctica

Though freezing cold on deck as the ship made its way towards Antarctica, Dr Niamh Shaw was too transfixed to notice. For there, in the deep blue Southern Ocean, right before her eyes, a whale surfaced with a loud spurt of air. Then another and another: a whole whale family.
“You find yourself crying because there are no words,” says the Irish space reporter and climate activist. “You feel a very strong connection to the planet that almost feels parental.”

08Feb

Upcoming Dr John Basl talk to address ethics ecosystem for AI

The military has one. So does legal practice. The finance industry, the world of medicine - tick, tick.
So why doesn’t AI and big data have a serviceable ethics ecosystem?
Dr John Basl, philosopher and AI ethics lead at Northeastern University will answer this question and more at his UCD talk next Monday, February 12th.

30Nov

UCD Discovery co-hosts a workshop on AI and Healthcare at Nagoya University IAR

UCD Discovery conducted an invited visit to the Nagoya University Institute of Advanced Research, Japan, to co-host a workshop on AI and Healthcare at the UBIAS Directors Conference with the aim to develop a collaboration across the network of 50 Institutes of Advanced Study.

28Nov

UCD AI Healthcare Hub joins Ireland’s Connected Health and Wellbeing Cluster

The AI Healthcare Hub in University College Dublin has become a member of Ireland’s Connected Health and Wellbeing Cluster, funded by Enterprise Ireland. Set up to support collaboration across the technology and health sectors, the Cluster encourages and facilitates increased interaction and cooperation between industry, academia, healthcare providers and enterprise support agencies.

16Nov

AI_PREMie features on RTÉ programme Game Changer: AI and You

The Science Foundation Ireland trans-institutional maternity project AI_PREMie features on tonight’s RTÉ programme, Game Changer: AI and You, which examines the increasing power and influence artificial intelligence will have on our lives.

14Nov

Provocative keynote by Stuart Russell

Before a packed room in Dublin’s National Concert Hall for ‘AI and Society’ on November 8th, AI visionary Stuart Russell likened the current competencies of artificial intelligence to only the very earliest days of aviation.
“I would be of the opinion that we are at the hot air balloon phase; a lot of hot air,” he added.

11Oct

Ana Le Chevililer is a finalist in 2023 Young AI Role Model of the Year 2023

Ana Le Chevillier, Clinical Research Manager of AI_PREMie, is a finalist in the 2023 Young AI Role Model of the Year at this year’s AI Ireland Awards.
AI_PREMie is the multi-award winning decision support tool for diagnosing the dangerous pregnancy condition preeclampsia. It is the flagship project at University College Dublin’s AI Healthcare Hub (AIHH), which Le Chevillier also manages.

10Oct

AI_PREMie wins AI Innovation of the Year at Public Sector Digital Transformation Awards 2023

AI_PREMie has won the AI Innovation of the Year at the inaugural Public Sector Digital Transformation Awards, which celebrate the incredible achievements of the Irish public sector digital transformation.
The black tie gala event was held in Dublin's Shelbourne hotel.

19Sep

UCD’s NAIXUS membership “puts Ireland on the map”

UCD has been awarded membership of NAIXUS, a global network of Artificial Intelligence Excellence Centres in Sustainable Development. "UCD has joined a growing list of partners from over 40 universities, institutes, and foundations worldwide who will collaborate on harnessing AI to achieve the United Nations SDGs," says Prof Patricia Maguire.

14Sep

“If I go on a hike, my legs could be killing me for a week.”

Ashleigh Kiernan was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) aged 7, in December 2010. Her mother noticed “little purple spots” appearing on her skin, says Ashleigh, which were quickly identified as the petechiae rash that can be, she adds, “one of the signs for leukaemia”.

13Sep

"After chemotherapy I was given a 5% chance of fathering a child - it’s a miracle.”

“Miracles do happen,” says Karl Corcoran, 25, from Longwood, Co. Meath, as he and his partner Leah prepare to welcome their first child this month. Before he had even begun treatment for his High Grade B-Cell Lymphoma in January 2021, Karl says he was given a 5% chance - “absolute best case scenario” - of fathering a biological child.

15Jun

UCD maternity project wins at Analytics & AI Awards 2023

A project led by University College Dublin that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose the dangerous pregnancy condition preeclampsia has today won the Social Impact Award at the Analytics Institute of Ireland AI And Analytics Awards.

16May

Prof Patricia Maguire on RTE Prime Time: "I really see AI transforming healthcare."

Prof Maguire explains that her research "merges artificial intelligence, biomedical science and also the best clinical science, bringing all that information together and giving it to the clinician so that we can, if you like, augment their intelligence at a particular time so that they can make hopefully better decisions and save the lives of mothers and babies."

10May

‘Our test will save lives,’ says director of UCD’s Institute for Discovery

Whether championing the safety of mothers and babies or campaigning for gender equality in the sciences, UCD’s Prof Patricia Maguire is a firm believer that ‘information is power’.

02May

Irish AI maternity project makes UN Global Top 100 list

A project led by University College Dublin that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose the dangerous pregnancy condition preeclampsia [PET] is included in a Global Top 100 list launching from the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday.

07Apr

The role AI will play in augmenting future healthcare

Discovery Visiting Global Fellow Professor Aaron Quigley speaks to Silicon Republic following his HHIT Series Talk at UCD. Full article on Silicon Republic.

31Mar

Combining Irish–US strengths in health tech research for better outcomes

Through renewed partnership in 2023, University College Dublin (UCD) and Northeastern University, Boston (NU) are driving technological breakthroughs across four core strands: Digital Rehabilitation and Independent Living; Biologics and Advanced Manufacturing; Enhanced Post-Cardiac Surgery Outcomes; and Maternal Health.

31Jan

Discovery Welcomes Northeastern University Visiting Global Professor Asieh Golozar

UCD Discovery welcomed Asieh Golozar as their first Global Visiting Professor of 2023. Professor Golozar is Director of Clinical Research at the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) Center, Northeastern University (NU).

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