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Courses
Courses
Choosing a course is one of the most important decisions you'll ever make! View our courses and see what our students and lecturers have to say about the courses you are interested in at the links below.
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University Life
University Life
Each year more than 4,000 choose University of Galway as their University of choice. Find out what life at University of Galway is all about here.
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About University of Galway
About University of Galway
Since 1845, University of Galway has been sharing the highest quality teaching and research with Ireland and the world. Find out what makes our University so special – from our distinguished history to the latest news and campus developments.
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Colleges & Schools
Colleges & Schools
University of Galway has earned international recognition as a research-led university with a commitment to top quality teaching across a range of key areas of expertise.
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Research & Innovation
Research & Innovation
University of Galway’s vibrant research community take on some of the most pressing challenges of our times.
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Business & Industry
Guiding Breakthrough Research at University of Galway
We explore and facilitate commercial opportunities for the research community at University of Galway, as well as facilitating industry partnership.
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Alumni & Friends
Alumni & Friends
There are 128,000 University of Galway alumni worldwide. Stay connected to your alumni community! Join our social networks and update your details online.
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Community Engagement
Community Engagement
At University of Galway, we believe that the best learning takes place when you apply what you learn in a real world context. That's why many of our courses include work placements or community projects.
Outputs
Brazil JF, Gibson I, Dunne D, Hynes LB, Harris A, Bakir M, Keegan D, McGuire B, Hynes M, Collins C, Foy S, Seery S, Bassett P, Davenport C, Jones J, Finucane FM. Improved Quality of Life, Fitness, Mental Health and Cardiovascular Risk Factors with a Publicly Funded Bariatric Lifestyle Intervention for Adults with Severe Obesity: A Prospective Cohort Study. Nutrients. 2021; 13(11):4172. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu1311417
Breen C, O'Connell J, Geoghegan J, O'Shea D, Birney S, Tully L, Gaynor K, O'Kelly M, O'Malley G, O'Donovan C, Lyons O, Flynn M, Allen S, Arthurs N, Browne S, Byrne M, Callaghan S, Collins C, Courtney A, Crotty M, Donohue C, Donovan C, Dunlevy C, Duggan D, Fearon N, Finucane F, Fitzgerald I, Foy S, Garvey J, Gibson I, Glynn L, Gregg E, Griffin A, Harrington JM, Heary C, Heneghan H, Hogan A, Hynes M, Kearney C, Kelly D, Neff K, le Roux CW, Manning S, McAuliffe F, Moore S, Moran N, Murphy M, Murrin C, O'Brien SM, O'Donnell C, O'Dwyer S, O'Grada C, O'Malley E, O'Reilly O, O'Reilly S, Porter O, Roche HM, Rhynehart A, Ryan L, Seery S, Soare C, Shaamile F, Walsh A, Woods C, Woods C, Yoder R. Obesity in Adults: A 2022 Adapted Clinical Practice Guideline for Ireland. Obes Facts. 2022;15(6):736-752. doi: 10.1159/000527131. Epub 2022 Oct 24. PMID: 36279848; PMCID: PMC9801383.
Burton E, Aladkhen J, O’Donnell C, Masterson S, Merwick Á, McCarthy VJC, et al. Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Prehospital Emergency Care for Adults with Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Prehospital Emergency Care. 2023:1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2023.2219729
Burton E, Aladkhen J, O'Donnell C, Masterson S, Merwick A, McCarthy VJ, et al. Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on prehospital emergency care for adults with stroke and transient ischaemic attack: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. HRB Open Res. 2022;5:24. doi: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13534.2. Available from: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on prehospital...HRB Open Research
Burton E, Aladkhen J, O'Donnell C, Masterson S, Merwick Á, McCarthy V, et al. Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Prehospital Emergency Care for Adults With Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Cambridge University Press; 2023;38(S1):s44–s44. Available from: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-disaster-medicine/issue/A6A000328D2C39C1D96C106038F1996B
Burton E, Crosbie-Staunton K, Deasy C, Overton J, Merwick Á, Willis D, et al. International Comparison of Ambulance Times Terminology and Definitions: A Benchmarking Study. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Cambridge University Press; 2023;38(S1):s168–s169. Available from: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-disaster-medicine/issue/A6A000328D2C39C1D96C106038F1996B
Burton E, McCarthy VJC, Merwick Á, Kearney PM, Buckley CM. Effects of the covid-19 pandemic on pre - hospital care for stroke and transient ischaemic attack : a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Stroke Journal 2022, Vol. 7(1S)522. OI: 10.1177/23969873221087559. Available from: European Stroke Journal - Volume 7, Number 1_suppl, May 01, 2022 (sagepub.com)
Burton E, Quinn R, Deasy C, Masterson S, O'Donnell C, Merwick Á, et al. Temporal Trends of Ambulance Times for Suspected Stroke/Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ireland: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Cambridge University Press; 2023;38(S1):s40–s40. Available from: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-disaster-medicine/issue/A6A000328D2C39C1D96C106038F1996B
Carvalho M, Byrne M, Kenny E, Caba M, Hadjiconstantinou M, Dunbar J, Powell S, McSharry J. Understanding how self‐management education and support programmes for type 2 diabetes are expected to change behaviour: A document analysis of two programmes. Diabetic Medicine. 2023 Sep 30:e15233.
Carvalho M, Dunne P, Kwasnicka D, Byrne M, Mc Sharry J. Barriers and enablers to sustaining self-management behaviours after completing a self-management support intervention for type 2 diabetes: a protocol for a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]. HRB Open Res 2021, 4:129. https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13466.1
Carvalho M, Dunne P, Kwasnicka D, Byrne M, McSharry J (2023) “It's really hard, and if other people say anything else, they're lying”: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis on barriers and enablers to sustaining self-management behaviours after attending a self-management support intervention for type 2 diabetes. Poster abstracts. Diabet Med, 40: e15048. https://doi-org.ucd.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/dme.15048
Carvalho M, Dunne P, Kwasnicka D, Byrne M, McSharry J. Barriers, and enablers to sustaining self-management behaviours after attending a self-management support intervention for type 2 diabetes: a protocol for a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis. HRB Open Res. 2022 Jun 13;4:129. doi:10.12688/hrbopenres.13466.2.
Carvalho, M., Byrne, M., Kenny, E., Caba, M., Hadjiconstantinou, M., Dunbar, J., Powell, S., & McSharry, J. (2023). Understanding how self-management education and support programmes for type 2 diabetes are expected to change behaviour: A document analysis of two programmes. Diabetic Medicine: A Journal of the British Diabetic Association, e15233. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.15233
Carvalho, M., Dunne, P., Kwasnicka, D., Byrne, M., Ind SUSTAIN T2DM Public Advisory Panel, & McSharry, J. (2023). Barriers and enablers to maintaining self-management behaviours after attending a self-management support intervention for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis. Health Psychology Review, 1–30. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2023.2268731
Cummins N, Bright A, Burton E, Doyle B, Gaumont D, & O'Toole M. Development of the Irish Paramedicine Education and Research Network (IPERN): Overview of Activity 2021-2022. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. Cambridge University Press; 2023;38(S1): s197-s197. doi:10.1017/S1049023X23005058. Available from: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/prehospital-and-disaster-medicine/issue/A6A000328D2C39C1D96C106038F1996B
Dunne P, Carvalho M, Byrne M, Murphy AW, O’Reilly S, Maternity dietitians’ perspectives on delivering gestational diabetes care, and postpartum follow-up in Ireland: A qualitative study., J Acad Nutr Diet. 2023 Dec 27:S2212-2672(23)01766-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2023.12.012. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38158178.
Dunne P, Culliney L, O'Mahony L, Byrne M, Murphy AW & O'Reilly S. (2024). Exploring health professionals' knowledge, practices and attitudes regarding gestational diabetes: A cross-sectional Irish national survey. Diabet med. e15373. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.15373
Dunne, P., Carvalho, M., Byrne, M., Murphy, A. W., & O'Reilly, S. (2023). Maternity dietitians' perspectives on delivering gestational diabetes care, and postpartum follow-up in Ireland: A qualitative study. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, S2212-2672(23)01766-5. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2023.12.012
Gibson I, Jennings C, Neubeck L et al. Using a digital health intervention “INTERCEPT” to improve secondary prevention in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients: protocol for a mixed methods non-randomised feasibility study [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]. HRB Open Res 2023, 6:43 (https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13781.1)
Gibson I, McCrudden Z, Dunne D, et al Harnessing digital health to optimise the delivery of guideline-based cardiac rehabilitation during COVID-19: an observational study. Open Heart 2023;10:e002211. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2022-002211
Haseldine C, O'Donoghue G, Kearney PM, Riordan F, Cotterill S, McHugh S. Healthcare workers’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators to referral and recruitment to diabetes prevention programmes: a systematic review protocol [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. HRB Open Res 2023, 6:23 (https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13702.1)
Haseldine C, O'Donoghue G, Kearney PM, Riordan F, Humphreys M, Kirby L, McHugh S. Characteristics of participants in the first fully online National Diabetes Prevention Programme: A quantitative survey [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]. HRB Open Res 2023, 6:61 (https://doi.org/10.12688/hrbopenres.13807.1)
Haseldine C, O'Donoghue G, Kearney PM, Riordan F, Kerins C, Kirby L, Humphreys M, McHugh S. Factors influencing participation in an online national diabetes prevention programme: A qualitative study with attenders and educators. Diabetic Medicine. 2023 Dec 27:e15277.
Kenny E, Byrne M, McEvoy JW, Connolly S, McSharry J. Exploring patient experiences of participating in digital cardiac rehabilitation: A qualitative study. British Journal of Health Psychology. (2023).
Kenny E, Coyne R, McEvoy JW, McSharry J, Taylor RS, & Byrne M. (2023) Behaviour change techniques and intervention characteristics in digital cardiac rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, Health Psychology Review, DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2023.2185653
Kenny E, McEvoy J, McSharry J, Collins L, Taylor R, Byrne M. Are behaviour change techniques and intervention features associated with effectiveness of digital cardiac rehabilitation programmes? A systematic review protocol [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. HRB Open Research. 2021;4(88).
Pallin, N. D., McHugh, S. M., Carvalho, M., Hegarty, J., Connolly, R. M., & Browne, J. P. (2023). Enablers and barriers to accessing self-management support services for those living with and beyond cancer: A qualitative study using the theoretical domains framework. Psycho-oncology, 10.1002/pon.6254. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.6254
Wilhelm M, Abreu A, Adami PE, Ambrosetti M, Antonopoulou M, Biffi A, Cavarretta E, D'Ascenzi F, Gibson I, Grobbee DE, Iliou MC, Koskinas K, Marques-Vidal P, Nixdorff U, Papadakis M, Piepoli MF, Vassiliou V, Wood D, Dendale P, Halle M. EAPC Core Curriculum for Preventive Cardiology. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022 Feb 19;29(1):251-274. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwab017. Erratum in: Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2021 Dec 29;28(15):1719. PMID: 33791783.
Book chapters
Jennings C, Berra K, Hayman L, Gibson I, Jones J, Atrey A, Thompson D.R, Ski C, Kerins M, Conboy T, Neubeck L, Gallagher R, and Koob S. Cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation. In Jennings C, Astin F, Fitzsimons D et. al., editors. ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2022. Chapter 11.
Editorial
Forsyth F, Borregaard B, Norekvål TM, Gibson I. The heart of the matter: advocacy in cardiovascular nursing and allied professions. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2023:zvad053. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjcn/zvad053
Invited review
Allmeta A, Carvalho M, Dunsmore J, Labudek S, Ruf AI, & Wright C. Reflections of the 2022 CREATE workshop and EHPS conference. The European Health Psychologist. 2022 Dec; 22(9), 900-903. Available from: https://ehps.net/ehp/index.php/contents/article/view/3405/1294
Burton E, Willis D, Boseley E, Deasy C, Franklin M, Garrison D. International Comparison of Ambulance Times Terminology and Definitions: A Benchmarking Study. March 2023,July 2023,Annals of Emergency Dispatch and Response.
Burton E, Willis D. Review of compliance with management, administration and requisition policies for morphine in a National Ambulance Service Area, 2023 Feb.
Burton E, Willis D. Review of the process of exporting a medication list from a reliable source and importing it into the “current medication” of the electronic patient care record (ePCR). 2022 Mar.
Burton E,Carvalho M,Dunne P,Gibson I. Haseldine C,Kenny E. Guidance Document for Patient and Public Involvement within the Collaborative Doctoral Programme in Chronic Disease Prevention (CDP-CDP). 2022 Oct. Available from: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/cdp-cdp/ourresearch/ppi/
Burton E,Carvalho M,Dunne P,Gibson I.Haseldine C,Kenny E. Guidelines for the Collaborative Doctoral Programme in Chronic Disease Prevention (CDP-CDP) mentoring scheme. 2022 June. Available from: https://www.universityofgalway.ie/cdp-cdp/cdp-cdptraining/mentorship/
Carvalho M, Burrell A, Morrissey E, Hynes L, McGrath N, Meade O. Health Psychology in Ireland: Insights from a survey by the PSI Division of Health Psychology. Irish Psychologist. 2023 Jun;49(3). Available from: https://online.fliphtml5.com/gypz/aqeq/#p=6.
Dunne, P. Invitation to write review for Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. Diabetes prevention after gestational diabetes: challenges and recommendations (under review)
Academic blog
Burton E, Haseldine C, Dunne P, Kenny E, Gibson I, Carvalho M. Developing Terms of Reference for Patient and Public Involvement in the Collaborative Doctoral Programme for Chronic Disease Prevention (CDP-CDP), 2022 Dec, SPHeRE blog. Available from: https://www.sphereprogramme.ie/developing-guidance-for-patient-and-public-involvement-in-the-collaborative-doctoral-programme-for-chronic-disease-prevention-cdp-cdp/
Burton E, A Pharmacist Amongst Paramedics An account of a SPHeRE national placement in the National Ambulance Service Clinical Directorate, 2022 Jun, SPHeRE blog. Available from: A Pharmacist Amongst Paramedics – by Edel Burton | The SPHeRE Programme | Structured Population and Health-services Research Education
Burton E, Taking the Road less travelled: My journey to becoming a PhD Student, 2020 Oct, SPHeRE blog. Available from: https://www.sphereprogramme.ie/category/sphere-blog/page/2/
Other - Podcast
Burton E, Speaking the same language – heterogeneity in international ambulance times terminology and definitions, Jan 2023, Feb 2023. Podcast. Available from: Speaking the Same Language with Edel Burton - AEDR Journal