
Catherine Blake
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Head UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science. Physio, Statistician (all views my own)
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11-04-2014 08:31:58
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Thinking today, on the tenth anniversary of the Berkeley tragedy, of Aoife Beary, Olivia Burke, Eoghan Culligan, Ashley Donohoe, Lorcรกn Miller, Niccolai Schuster and Eimear Walsh, and of their family and friends. They will always be remembered as part of the University College Dublin community.


The very best of luck to our Physiotherapy students currently working with UCD Volunteers Overseas and Nurture Africa in delivering a rehabilitation programme to children with disabilities in Uganda๐บ๐ฌ UCDVO Nurture Africa Tara Cusack Bronafullen Catherine Blake University College Dublin UCD College of Health & Agricultural Science

TU-RISE POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER Munster Technological University Health and Wellbeing Amongst Older Adults More information: isesa.ie/researchandempโฆ


Congrats to UCD Rugby Football Club players Charlie Molony and Michael Yarr who were both named on thr Irish Rugby U20 Squad today.

Great win for Bori Akinola in the 100m at the UCD Athletics Club meet. What a fab evening of athletics.


Today, our Chief Executive Officer & co-founder Dr Emmanuel Khabusi Kamuli and Technology and Innovation Officer Edgar Wamala spent the day planting coffee trees with the students from University College Dublin and representatives from Simba Wolfhounds GAA in Mbale,Uganda. The GAA UCDVO #Trending


๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ The menโs 4x100m team of Michael Farrelly, Bori Akinola, Marcus Lawler, Israel Olatunde have set a new relay record of 38.92 NR when finishing second at the World Continental Tour Meet in Switzerland earlier today๐คฉ The quartet


What a great day to host a Para Athletics event! The Munster Games is wrapped up and next on the IWA-Sport Calendar in Para Athletics is the Nationals on July 19th! Proud partners CEF Ireland Sport Ireland Paralympics Ireland Athletics Ireland

The very best of luck to our Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics and Physiotherapy student volunteers who are working with the team at the Kisiizi Hospital in Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ on a therapy programme for children with cerebral palsy and a nutrition programme. Clare Corish RD Sarah Browne

The new book has just arrived published by Palgrave Macmillan in the SDG Series. Sport, Development and Peace: Critical Global Challenges. Contexts and projects spanning six continents. A stellar cast of scholars from ๐ฆ๐บ๐จ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ท๐ฎ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ง๐บ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฒ Available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9โฆ


Thank you to the Irish Embassy in Tanzania for hosting a visit from the UCDVO Holy Union Sisters health project team. Many thanks to Deputy Head of Mission Mags Gaynor for the insightful and interesting visit! UCD Global University College Dublin UCD College of Health & Agricultural Science Irish Embassy Dar


UCDVO volunteers delivered a development through sport programme for the empowerment of girls with two incredible primary schools in Jinja, Uganda๐คฉ. Part of Simba Wolfhounds GAA the only officially registered GAA club in Africa. Simba Wolfhounds GAA UCD Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science UCD College of Health & Agricultural Science University College Dublin UCD Global


Yesterday Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina hosted a Garden Party at รras an Uachtarรกin celebrating global solidarity and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. UCDVO was honoured to be welcomed to the รras as part of a group with Comhlรกmh. University College Dublin UCD Global




UCDVO volunteers busy with our partner MOEI in Cambodia - Cultural exchange with students from Pannasastra University, working with children at the New Hope of Children Association and a bit of time for sight seeing at Angkor Wat! Universitas 21 University College Dublin UCD Global The University of Hong Kong


