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Elephant in the Room

Elephant in the Room

Healthy UCD is delighted to collaborate with Brent Pope and the Elephant in the Room Movement in raising awareness of mental health and wellbeing in UCD. Mental health and wellbeing is one of the six wellbeing pillars as part of the Healthy Campus implementation.

Group of people standing beside a blue model elephant in front of UCD lakePictured: Members of the Healthy UCD Steering Committee with Brent Pope at the launch of the Elephant in the Room initiative in UCD

The UCD elephant arrived on campus in early October and we did a vox pop with Brent asking the campus community the one thing they do to support their mental health. We will continue to collate these responses and will have a novel way to collate all of the answers - stay tuned for more!

8th October 2025

UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science

University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 3442 | E: public.health@ucd.ie