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?
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
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
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
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.’
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#UCCResearchInnovationAwards
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
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/…
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.
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
🌟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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