NIPHRN Past Events

"Alcohol Related Brain Injury/Damage: Prevalence, Effects, and Treatment"

Friday 29th November, 11.00 am to 12.00 pm- online

Diane Watson , BSc OT, Outreach Clinical  Lead,  Naomi Brown, OT, Leonard Cheshire ARBD service, Northern Ireland.

NIPHRN Annual Event: “Improving public health: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Real-World Impact

NIPHRN annual event was held on 23rd May 2024 at the Mallusk Enterprise Park, 2 Mallusk Drive, Newtownabbey, BT36 4GN

Keynote presentation: "But did it work?" How do we identify effectiveness in public health evaluation?

Prof Andy Jones (C3 Collaborating for Health)

and Dr Emma Coombes (NIHR PHIRST LiLaC)

“Women in Health Research”

NIPHRN held a joint event with the Ideas fund on 12th March 2024, to coincide with the international Women's day.

Chair: Professor Anne Campbell, Queen’s University.

Seminar comprised of 3 presentations  on  different topics:

Tracking the mental health of children and adolescents in Ireland"
Dr Niamh Dooley, King’s College London & Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

"Keeping Girls in Sport: Fix the System Not the Girl"
Dr Aoife Lane, Head of Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Lead of SHE Affiliation: Research Group, Technological University of the Shannon

“Covid-19-related occupational moral injury and reactive embitterment”  Dr Chloe Brennan, Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool

NIPHRN Autumn Webinar series: “Pharmacy and Public Health - various approaches and viewpoints

Webinar 3: ‘Public health interventions through community pharmacy: the “Living Well” service’, Katie Blair, Pharmacy Adviser for Strategic Planning and Performance Group of the Department of Health, 13th December 2023 

Webinar 2: ‘What to measure: the importance of core outcome sets in trials focusing on improving the use of medicines’, Professor Carmel Hughes, Queen’s University Belfast,  23rd November 2023

Webinar 1: ‘Community led approaches to health: The importance of trust, relationships and partnerships to engage communities, shape research and policy and improve health outcomes’,  Helen McNamee, Research & Policy Manager & Kathy Martin, Strategic Impact Manager, Community Development and Health Network (CDHN),  15th November 2023

CO-PRODUCTION WITH PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA: A NEW WAY OF WORKING- National PPI-Ignite Festival

Joint event with QUB-PPI- Online,  25th October 2023,  Prof Christine Brown Wilson and group, School of Nursing and midwifery, QUB, Prof Condell and Group, UU.

Workshop on “Mental health and the Arts”

Wednesday 14th June 2023, 2 to 4pm, UU Belfast Campus,  Prof Carol Mutch, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Prof Gerry Leavey (UU), Prof Helen Noble (QUB), Dr Paul Murphy (QUB) and Gary Gates (Arts Care), followed by discussions to explore opportunities for new collaborations.

"Recovery, Resilience and Growth for Health and Social Care Research in Northern Ireland”

10th May, 2023, Prof Mike Clarke, Queen’s University Belfast, Director of the Northern Ireland Methodology Hub and Northern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit.

NIPHRN Annual Event, “Breaking Down the Barriers to Public Health Research”

23rd March 2023,  Lagan Valley Island, Conference Centre, Lisburn