Redefining community health: APCC Lecture Series 2021/22 begins
Posted on: 04 October 2021
The Academic Primary Care Centre (APCC) is a collaborative which aims to bring together Trinity College, healthcare and other partners in Tallaght, Dublin to research and innovate, towards improve health in the local community, and generating approaches that can be applied elsewhere.
The APCC Lecture Series is co-hosted by Trinity and An Cosan and will bring Trinity academics to the local community in Tallaght to deliver high quality, accessible, public talks with a view to stimulating debate and community engagement on some of healthcare’s most pertinent topics. The events are open to everyone to attend, with limited numbers for on-site attendance but unlimited access online via Zoom. 
Professor Luke O’Neill speaks at the APCC Lecture Series 2021/22Professor Luke O’Neill presented the first lecture in the series on: COVID-19: Update on Vaccines and Therapeutics. Luke is Professor of Biochemistry in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute at Trinity.
Luke’s lecture was the first public APCC event since the pandemic began, and included some lively debate and discussion with the audience in attendance on COVID vaccines and booster shots, breast-feeding mothers and the COVID vaccine, and how we can boost our immune systems with good nutrition and exercise.
OTHER UPCOMING LECTURES IN THE SERIES FOR 2021/22 :
– How Confidence Works – what are its enemies, and why it is important for health –
Professor Ian Robertson | 18th November 2021, 2-3pm
To attend online: Zoom Registration Link
This is a live talk hosted in An Cosan, with limited in-person attendance for members of An Cosan.
Ian Robertson is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Trinity College Dublin and Co-Director of the Global Brain Health Institute at (www.gbhi.org). A Member of Academia Europaea, and the Royal Irish Academy, he is a trained clinical psychologist as well as a neuroscientist, he is widely known internationally for his research on neuropsychology. His science writing has included books aimed at the general reader: Mind Sculpture (2000), The Mind’s Eye (2003), Stay Sharp (2005), The Winner Effect (2012) and The Stress Test (2016), all of which have been widely translated (www.ianrobertson.org). His latest book How Confidence Works was published by Penguin in June 2021.
– The Science of Happiness –
Professor Brendan Kelly | 27th January 2022, 2-3pm
To attend in person (limited capacity): Room 5.11, Russell Building, Tallaght: Register here
To attend online: Zoom Registration Link
Brendan Kelly is Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and Consultant Psychiatrist at Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin. In addition to his medical degree (MB BCh BAO), he holds masters degrees in epidemiology (MSc), healthcare management (MA) and Buddhist studies (MA); and doctorates in medicine (MD), history (PhD), governance (DGov) and law (PhD). He has authored and co-authored over 290 publications in peer-reviewed journals, over 600 non-peer-reviewed publications, 18 book chapters and book contributions, and 14 books (nine as sole author). His recent books include ‘The Science of Happiness: The Six Principles of a Happy Life and the Seven Strategies for Achieving It’ (Gill, 2021).
– Broad Topic: Cancer Diagnosis, Then and Now –
Professor Maeve Lowery | 31st March 2022, 2-3pm
To attend in person: Trinity Centre for Learning & Development, Tallaght University Hospital: Register here
To attend online: Zoom Registration Link
Maeve Lowery is Professor of Translational Cancer Medicine at Trinity College Dublin and a consultant medical oncologist at St James’s Hospital. She is a joint Director of the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute. Prior to joining Trinity Professor Lowery was a consultant medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where she completed an advanced fellowship in gastrointestinal oncology. She specialises in the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal cancers. Her research focuses on pre-clinical and clinical studies of novel therapeutics for gastric, pancreatic and liver cancers. Her research has been funded by an NIH RO1 grant in addition to awards from The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation and The Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund.
– Panel Discussion – Improving the Patient Journey for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities –
Professor Mary McCarron | 26th May 2022
To attend in person: Room 5.11, Russell Building, Tallaght: Register here
To attend online: Zoom Registration Link
Mary McCarron is Professor of Ageing and Intellectual Disability at Trinity College Dublin and Director of the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability. Since joining Trinity College in 2002 she has held many senior leadership roles including Director of Research and Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery. In 2011, Mary was elected Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, the first female and the first nurse to be elected to this position. Mary’s strong family and community values translate directly into her career, where she has led pioneering work in advancing health and social equity in the fields of Ageing and Intellectual Disability. She is the founder and leader of the first ever comparative longitudinal study of Ageing in Persons with an Intellectual Disability (IDS TILDA), where her innovative and inclusive approaches to involving people with an intellectual disability and carers from the design stage of the study to dissemination have been recognised as exemplary.
Important notice for those registering to attend in person:
As of September 2021: limited capacity, social distancing in place, masks compulsory upon entry to building, pre-registration & proof of Covid-19 immunity [eg vaccine cert] required. These regulations may change in line with public health advice. Changes will be notified to registered guests.