25 years of Advanced Trauma and Life Support course
This year marks the 25th year since the introduction of the Advanced Trauma & Life Support (ATLS®) course to Ireland. Its delivery was formally recognised at the 95th Annual ATLS Global Symposium...
View ArticleRCSI's Dr Annie Curtis wins L'Oréal-UNESCO Fellowship For Women in Science
Dr Annie Curtis, StAR Research Lecturer in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics (MCT) of RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) has been awarded a prestigious LOréal-UNESCO For...
View ArticleRCSI duo striving to raise profile of Blind Football in Ireland
Imagine this... You receive the ball, take a touch... Put the head up... You hear voices on the pitchside shout "SHOOT"... This is familiar experience for many of us, whether we play football on a...
View Article‘Atlas and Axis’ inspired sculpture unveiled as inaugural RCSI Art Award...
Medicine makes life possible, art makes it worthwhile A sculpture inspired by the atlas and axis vertebrae of the spine has been unveiled as the inaugural commission for the RCSI (Royal College of...
View ArticleRCSI and Saint John of God Hospital renew Memorandum of Understanding
Collaboration between two healthcare organisations continues to enhance educational opportunities available to pharmacy students The School of Pharmacy at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)...
View ArticleNewborn baby girls' outcomes better than boys' due to genetic advantage
RCSI research results published in international journal ‘Pediatric Research Newborn infant girls have better outcomes than their male counterparts due to an innate genetic advantage in responding to...
View ArticleRCSI's Tissue Engineering Research Group named Research Lab of the Year
The Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG), based in RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), have won the ‘Research Laboratory of the Year award at the annual Irish Laboratory Awards 2017. The...
View ArticleIreland’s first Brain Tumour Biobank will lead to increased cancer research...
Researchers from RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), with support from the Department of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology in Beaumont Hospital, have begun collecting samples from brain tumours...
View ArticleEpilepsy Lighthouse Project awarded Tech Excellence Award
The Epilepsy Lighthouse Project – an RCSI led and HSE-funded project – won best IT public sector project of the year at the 2017 Tech Excellence Awards. The project is nationwide and it involves...
View ArticleTime capsule project celebrating RCSI students' ambitions unveiled at No. 26...
RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) has today unveiled a ‘Time Capsule art installation that aims to capture the hopes and expectations of the Colleges graduating class. This is the first...
View ArticleIrish healthcare professionals learn about the benefits of working as a team...
On Tuesday 23rd May, healthcare professionals from all over Ireland, including doctors, pharmacists and nurses, attended a masterclass at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) where they learned...
View ArticleNew RCSI study identifies effective rule for melanoma diagnosis in primary...
A new study carried out by the RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Department of General Practice and the HRB (Health Research Board) Centre for Primary Care Research has identified the most...
View ArticleIreland among top countries globally for reliance on foreign doctors
Poor training, career opportunities and working conditions make Ireland unattractive for Irish medical professionals. Ireland’s increasing need for doctors is mainly being met by employing...
View ArticleRCSI rises in Times Higher Education Best Universities in Europe
RCSI has been ranked in the 111 - 120 category of the Top 400 European Universities by the Times Higher Education World (THE) University Rankings. The Top 400 European Universities is subset of THE...
View ArticleAcademic-industry collaboration aims to regenerate damaged nerves
A new collaboration between researchers at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), and Trinity College Dublin (TCD) as part of the AMBER, SFI funded materials science centre in conjunction with...
View ArticleRCSI hosts Higher Degree Conferring Ceremony
RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)s 2017 June Conferring ceremonies will come to a conclusion at midday today with 42 candidates graduating with Higher Degrees at a conferring ceremony which...
View ArticleRCSI to introduce measures to address major gender imbalance among surgeons
RCSI is implementing a series of measures to encourage more women to become surgeons following the launch of a report today by Minister for Health, Simon Harris TD and RCSI President, Professor John...
View ArticleNew member elected to RCSI Council
Mr Eamon Mackle has been elected to the RCSI Council to fill the vacancy left by the passing of esteemed Fellow and dearly missed friend, Professor W. Arthur Tanner. Mr Mackle is a Senior Consultant...
View ArticleLocal senior citizens to go back to Irish Showband era at RCSI Ballroom of...
More than 350 senior citizens visited RCSI yesterday evening for a night of entertainment, singing and dancing at the annual RCSI Ballroom of Romance. The event, now in its seventh year, is for senior...
View ArticleIrish Clinical Academic Training Programme appoints its first clinical fellows
The Wellcome-HRB Irish Clinical Academic Training Programme (ICAT) has welcomed its first intake of fellows at an induction event, held this year in RCSI. The eight fellows, from a range of clinical...
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