Official account of the School of Applied Psychology in University College Cork, Ireland
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The School of Applied Psychology will be withdrawing from X for now.
You can follow us on other networks, though - We're now on Bluesky, Mastodon, and Instagram!
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The Open Day for the Doctor in Clinical Psychology Programme at UCC will be held Friday 5th December, 3 - 5pm. Come along to find out about this innovative programme, in partnership with HSE! This will be a hybrid event. Please register below to attend:
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Applied Psychology UCC retweeted
Great few days at #ECTRIMS2025. Delighted to present some of our neuropsychology research supporting people with MS. Thanks to our participants, supporters, funders, collaborators, and many research colleagues. @DONPSI @svuh @AppPsychUCC @CACSSS1 @UCC @MSIRELAND @Researchirel
Calling all Foster Carers! A research study being conducted by Nicole O’Connor as part of the DClinPsy at UCC, is exploring foster carer-child relationships. Click the link below or scan the QR-code to take part.
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Dr Rob King discusses the nature and function of female orgasm on Chris Williamson's Modern Wisdom show
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Samantha Dockray will be on @SeanMoncrieff today talking about sleep, including why catching up on sleep on your holidays can be both great and terrible.
On the show today: @ruane_lynn on prisoner stories; Dining early; @sarahmaddening on CV lies; Catching up on sleep; @barbarascully & @declanbuckley see you're as useless as ever; The Palestinian/Cork cookbook; @lilyraynyc on is AI killing the internet?
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Applied Psychology UCC retweeted
New study highlights challenges of decentralised clinical trials for patients and researchers
Research @AppPsychUCC raises questions about impact on overall experience, connection and care.
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ALT New study highlights challenges of decentralised clinical trials for patients and researchers
Dr Robert King discusses his new book (buff.ly/uXKmyDo ) on the nature and function of female orgasm on the Nature and Nurture podcast
YouTube: buff.ly/K1MbC2g
Spotify: buff.ly/upMu3eG
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Andrea Marshall & Samantha Dockray are doing a scoping review on how teens have contributed to puberty research process (except as participants) & would love to hear about it!
Read more & get in touch if you can help beats-lab.com/ppipuberty & osf.io/7cwef
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Congratulations to our wonderful colleagues for their engaged research award!
The Engaged Research of the Year award goes to the ‘Hidden Grief Research Project.’
This project explored additional family-related outcomes, drug-related client loss for healthcare professionals, and drug-related peer loss for people in addiction.
#UCCResearchInnovationAwards
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Congratulations to Ava and Lui on their well deserved recognition by @UCCResearch!
Winner of Best Publication of the Year Involving an Undergraduate Author is Ava McCoy, for her publication entitled ‘You were going online for that person: How Digital Tools Shaped Irish Mourning Experiences Amidst COVID-19.’
link.springer.com/article/10…
#UCCResearchInnovationAwards
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PsychSlam 2025 was another brilliant year of great teams & teamwork, with great science communication & camaraderie ! 👏to all the teams, our students & staff for making the day so wonderful - check out the video
ucc.ie/en/cacsss/news/transi…
@CACSSS1 @UCC
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Delighted to welcome so many Cork schools to @UCC today for the 10th annual #psychslam competition! Teams will present today on everything from forest bathing to parenting styles #scicomm @CACSSS1
👏Congratulations to Andrea Marshall who presented her research at the All-Ireland Student Psychology Congress!
Andrea presented work that examines how puberty is represented online , read more beats-lab.com/current-projec…
Andrea is in her 2nd year of BA Psych & Computing degree
Great to see Samantha's Dockray's expertise in stress & cortisol featured in this 'most read' @RTEBrainstorm article by @thatdanishgirl
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Read more about Samantha's work here beats-lab.com/
@CACSSS1 @UCCResearch
Most read on #RTEBrainstorm: all you need to know about cortisol and stress. By @thatdanishgirl with insights from Samantha Dockray @UCC rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0331/…
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Join us for the Annual Peter Dempsey Lecture this Thursday 27th March in room G7/8, Cork Enterprise Centre & live-streamed on buff.ly/LoMveAb. This year the lecture will be given by Professor Elizabeth Meins, whose research focuses on developmental psychology.
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Applied Psychology UCC retweeted
Excited to see MyUse moving further to support young adults
=> behavioural science in content development
=> personalised targeted behavioural change techniques
=> see our development story here sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
@AppPsychUCC @SamanthaDockray @conorlinehan @c_heavin
👏Congratulations ESHEILD Team who began rollout of ESHEILD incl MyUse app ax Ireland yesterday!
The MyUse app reduces harms associated with drug use & is designed for college students
ESHEILD is @roinnslainte funded & led by @UCC's Michael Byrne, Samantha Dockray & Ciara Heavin
👏Congratulations ESHEILD Team who began rollout of ESHEILD incl MyUse app ax Ireland yesterday!
The MyUse app reduces harms associated with drug use & is designed for college students
ESHEILD is @roinnslainte funded & led by @UCC's Michael Byrne, Samantha Dockray & Ciara Heavin
New study published on #PlosOne by MA graduate Patrick Clancy & supervisor Dr Marica Cassarino shows links between #burnout & #stress for Irish #HSCP working w/ people w/ intellectual disabilities,
Read open access: buff.ly/4gk5os1
@UCC
ALT Stick model of a person on a bench. Photo by engin akyurt on Unsplash
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🌟PsychSlam 2025 is open for registration!🌟
Great opportunity for TY Students to get experience in #scicomm & explore psychology
Training Day on April 9, Competition is May 16.
For more detail see ucc.ie/en/psychslam/
@gillysmurf @ClodaghB4 @SamanthaDockray @CACSSS1 @UCC
Today we're happy to welcome the 2024 PsychSlam teams to @UCC! Teams receive training from @AppPsychUCC staff & students skilled in #scicomm, stagecraft, storytelling & more! The teams are mentored to develop their talks by our 🤩 BAP & BAPC students
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