The UCD School of Medicine and College of Health and Agricultural Sciences (CHAS) hosted the 2022 Universitas 21 Health Sciences Group Summer School for two weeks from 4 – 15 July.

The UCD School of Medicine and (opens in a new window)College of Health and Agricultural Sciences (CHAS) hosted the 2022 (opens in a new window)Universitas 21 Health Sciences Group Summer School for two weeks from 4 – 15 July.

We welcomed 31 students from Universitas21 Health Sciences Group partner institutions for the first ‘In Person’ international event that the UCD School of Medicine has hosted since COVID19.  The theme of the Summer School was appropriately titled:  ‘One Health | How can a One Health approach improve our pandemic preparedness?’. 

With (opens in a new window)Dr Gerald Barry from the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine and UCD One Health champion alongside (opens in a new window)Dr Patrick Felle Associate Dean of Medicine for International as academic coordinators, the participants were introduced to an astounding range of speakers who collectively discussed the Irish response to COVID19.

We were very fortunate to hear from speakers who had direct involvement in the Irish response to the COVID19 pandemic. Experts who are still actively contributing to the monitoring of the current endemic stage.

We would like to thank all our speakers for sharing their experiences with the benefit of hindsight of two incredibly challenging years.

(opens in a new window)Professor Cecily Kelleher

(opens in a new window)Professor Philip Nolan

(opens in a new window)Professor James Jones

(opens in a new window)Professor Fiona McNicholas

(opens in a new window)Dr Cillian De Gascun

(opens in a new window)Dr Austin O’Carroll

Ms Pat O’Kelly

(opens in a new window)Professor David Madden

(opens in a new window)Dr Carla Perrotta

(opens in a new window)Dr Mark Roe

(opens in a new window)Ms Carolyn Ingram

(opens in a new window)Ms Siobhain Duggan

(opens in a new window)Dr Mary Codd

(opens in a new window)Mr Karl Conyard

Dr Brendan O’Kelly

(opens in a new window)Professor Eoin Feeney

(opens in a new window)Dr Cathal O’Broin

(opens in a new window)Dr Aifric O’Sullivan

(opens in a new window)Mr Jack Horgan-Jones

(opens in a new window)Mr Hugh O’Connell

(opens in a new window)Dr Silvia Ivani

(opens in a new window)Professor Wim Meijer

(opens in a new window)Professor Gerard Bury

Mr Julien Devergie  

(opens in a new window)Professor Paul O’Byrne

(opens in a new window)Professor Ulfat Shaikh

(opens in a new window)Professor Michael Wilkes