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Open Public Meetings
The
Foundation organises Open Public Meetings aimed at anyone with an interest in Health
and Healthcare.
OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS 2011
Drugs
in Sport
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Date: |
Wednesday November 16 2011,
8.00 pm |
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Topic: |
Drugs in Sport:
- Performance enhancing drugs
- who uses drugs and why
- what is the scientific evidence for doping
- risks and rewards
- catching the cheats |
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Speakers: |
Dr. Catherine McHugh,
Consultant Endocrinologist, Sligo General Hospital |
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Venue: |
Room A006, Main Concourse, IT
Sligo |
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Admission: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No registration required |
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Sponsors: |
Institute of Technology Sligo,
Agilent |
Click Here to download programme
Sudden Cardiac Death
in Children and Adolescents
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Date: |
Thursday October 6 2011, 8.00
pm |
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Topic: |
Sudden Cardiac Death in
Children and Adolescents |
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Speakers: |
Dr David Coleman, FRACP FRCPI
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin |
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Venue: |
Clarion Hotel, Sligo |
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Admission: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No registration required |
Full Programme to be Published
here
Men's Health Events 2011
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Date: |
June 14th & June 15th 2011, 7.00 pm |
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Topic: |
Men's Health Events 2011 -
In celebration of Men's International Health Week |
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Speakers: |
Dr. Bryan Whelan
Eimear Donlon
Mike Rainsford
Dr. Donal Murray
Dr. Dermot McKenna
Dr. Katherine Finan |
Aches & Pains in Joints
Getting started with Exercise
Positive Mental Health for men
Preventing Heart Disease
A Healthy Skin for life
Breathless – Shortness of
breath, why, how and what to do about it |
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Health Checks: |
Available to attendants on a
first come first served basis
Tuesday June 14: Lung function
tests and CO tests
Wedn June 15: Cholestrol and
Blood Pressure tests |
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Venue: |
Clarion Hotel Sligo |
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Admission: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No registration required |
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Sponsors: |
Eli Lilly, AIB, Abbott
Laboratories, Pfizer Ireland |
Click here to download programme
Challenging Back Pain Myths
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Date: |
Tuesday May 24th 2011,
8.00 pm |
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Topic: |
Challenging Back Pain Myths |
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Speaker: |
Dr. Sarah Casserley-Feeney
Senior Physiotherapist, HSE |
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Venue: |
Clarion Hotel Sligo |
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Admission: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No registration required |
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Sponsors: |
Pfizer, Irish Society of
Chartered Physiotherapists |
Click here to download programme
Minding your Mind in Tough Times
Protecting your Mental
Health in the Recession
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Date: |
Tuesday May 3 2011 |
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Topic: |
Minding your Mind in Tough
Times - Protecting your mental health in the recession |
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Speakers: |
Mark O'Callaghan, Principal Psychologist
Manager, HSE W |
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Chair: |
Dr. Ed O'Mahony, Consultant
Psychiatrist, SMHS |
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Venue: |
Clarion Hotel Sligo |
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Admission: |
Free |
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Organisers: |
The Research & Education
Foundation and Mental Health Ireland, Sligo / Leitrim division |
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Registration: |
No registration required |
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Sponsors: |
Lundbeck Ireland, Sligo Mental
Health Association |
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download presentation
Click here to download
programme
Click here
to download Pod Cast of the talk
OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS 2010
Peanut, Friend or Foe: Is It
Food Allergy?
Overview of food allergy in
the paediatric setting. Common food allergens. Treatment of Allergies.
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Date: |
October 18th 2010,
8.00 pm |
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Topic: |
Peanut, Friend or Foe: Is it
Food Allergy? |
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Speakers: |
Dr. Edina Moylett, Senior Lecturer,
Paediatrics, NUIG
Consultant Paediatrician, Galway University Hospital |
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Venue: |
Clarion Hotel, Sligo |
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Admission: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No registration required |
click here to download programme
Men's Health Events 2010
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Date: |
June 15th & June 16th 2010, 7.00 pm |
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Topic: |
Men's Health Events 2010 -
In celebration of Men's International Health Week |
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Speakers: |
Dr. Kevin
Walsh
Dr. Adil Samad
Dr. Kevin
Murphy
Mr. Yasir
Hassanein
Ms. Leigh
Baker
Mr. Tom
O'Grady |
Common
Bowel Problems in Men
Diabetes
Epilepsy
Prostate
Health
Sleep
Apnea
Suicide
Prevention & men |
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Health Checks: |
Tuesday June 15 2010 from 7
pm: Lung Function & CO tests
Wedn June 16 2010 from 7 pm:
Cardiovascular Health Checks |
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Venue: |
ETC Building, Sligo General
Hospital. Access the Hospital via Connaughton Road, turn left. Venue is
modular building on your left. Directions can be downloaded via link below. |
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Admission: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No registration required |
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Sponsors: |
Health Promotion Services HSE W,
UCB Pharma, Eli Lilly, Sanofi Aventis, Pfizer, AIB |
Test your knowledge about Men's Health - a 3 minute quiz
Click here to
download programme
Click here to download directions to the ETC
Building
Child Safety
Injury Prevention and Emergency
Treatment before
Medical Care is available
Talks and
Workshops for parents and child care workers
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Date: |
Thursday 29th April 2010,
8 pm |
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Topic: |
Child Safety: Injury
Prevention and Emergency Treatment before Medical Care is available
- Overview of injuries in
children
- CPR - Drowning & Choking
- Car safety
- Ingestion of Toxins
-Alerting Emergency
Services |
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Speakers: |
Mr. Fergal Hickey,
Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Sligo General Hospital
Dr. Hilary Greaney,
Consultant Paediatrician, Sligo General Hospital
Dr. Dara Gallagher,
Consultant Paediatrician, Sligo General Hospital
Deirdre Staunton,
Resuscitation Training Officer, Sligo General Hospital
Ambulance Crew Members at HSE
W
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Venue: |
The Clarion Hotel, Sligo |
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Cost: |
Free |
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Sponsor: |
HSE Health Promotion Unit,
Kool Kidz Sligo |
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Registration: |
No
registration required. |
Click here to download programme
Click here to
download list of relevant links
Preventing Drug and
Alcohol Problems in Teenagers
– What Parents Can Do
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Date: |
Monday, Monday 25th 2010,
7.30 pm |
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Topic: |
Preventing Drug and Alcohol
Problems in Teenagers – What Parents Can Do |
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Speaker: |
Dr. Bobby Smyth
Consultant Child & Adolescent
Psychiatrist, Youth Drug & Alcohol (YoDA) Service Tallaght & Clinical
Lecturer with Dept. of Public Health & Primary Care Trinity College Dublin |
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Venue: |
The Clarion Hotel, Sligo |
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Cost: |
Free |
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Sponsor: |
Lundbeck Ireland |
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Registration: |
No
registration required. |
Click here to download programme
OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS 2009
Equality in Healthcare
Making the transition from an unfair, multi-tier
and fragmented health system:
The case for an Irish universal
health insurance service
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Date: |
Wednesday, September 30th 2009,
7.30 pm |
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Topic: |
Equality in Healthcare
Making the transition from
an unfair, multi-tier and fragmented health system: The case for an
Irish universal health insurance service |
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Speaker: |
Prof. Ray Kinsella,
Director of the Centre for
Insurance Studies, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, UCD |
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Chairperson: |
Tommie Gorman,
RTE Journalist |
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Venue: |
Clarion Hotel, Sligo |
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Cost: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No
registration required. |
Click
here to download programme
Men's International Health Week
2009
Two nights open to the public on a
broad range of topics relevant to men's health
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Date: |
June 16th & June 17th 2009, 7.00 pm |
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Topic: |
Men's Health - a variety of health topics |
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Speakers: |
Dr.
Geraldine McCarthy, Consultant Old Age Psychiatry; Dr. John Doherty,
Consultant Geriatrician; Ms Eimear Donlon, Lecturer, IT Sligo; Dr. Paul Money,
General Practitioner, Sligo; Prof. Wallace Dinsmore, Royal Victoria
Hospital, Belfast; Ms Selene Farrell, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Dermatology
Dept, SGH |
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Venue: |
ETC Building, Sligo General
Hospital. Access the Hospital via Connaughton Road, turn left. Venue is
modular building on your left. |
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Cost: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No registration required |
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Sponsors: |
Sanofi-Aventis, Pfizer, AIB,
HSE Health Promotion Unit |
Click here to download programme poster
Genetics in the 21st century
Fact & Fiction
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Date: |
May
27th 2009, 8 pm |
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Topic: |
Genetics in the 21st century: Fact & Fiction |
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Speaker: |
Dr. Marie Greally,
Consultant in Clinical Genetics,
Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin |
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Venue: |
Clarion Hotel, Sligo |
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Cost: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No
registration required. |
OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS 2008
Keeping your Brain Fit
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Date: |
November 19th 2008, 8 pm |
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Topic: |
Keeping Your Brain Fit
How to keep the brain healther
as we age |
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Speaker: |
Prof. Brian Lawlor,
Conolly Norman Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at
Trinity College Dublin and Consultant Psychiatrist at St. James's Hospital.
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Venue: |
Canis
Major, Clarion Hotel, Sligo |
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Cost: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No
registration required. |
Men's Health Week 2008
Two nights open to the public on a
broad range of topics relevant to men's health.
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Date: |
June 10th & June 11th 2008, 7.00 pm |
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Topic: |
Men's Health - a variety of health topics |
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Speakers: |
Prof. W Dinsmore, Ms A Collery,
Ms Lisa Deneher, Mr. P Morrison, Dr. D Murray, Dr. O Mulligan |
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Venue: |
Level 6 Sligo General Hospital, Sligo |
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Cost: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No
registration required. |
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Sponsors: |
AIB, Pfizer Healthcare Ireland, Health Promotion Unit HSE W |
CPR Saves Lives
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Date: |
May 7th 2008 at 8 pm |
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Topic: |
CPR - Saves Lives |
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Speaker: |
Mr. Fergal Hickey, Consultant in Emergency Medicine, SGH
Ms. Deirdre Staunton,
Resuscitation Officer, SGH |
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Venue: |
Multipurpose Building, IT Sligo, Sligo (beside sports pitch) |
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Cost: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No
registration required. |
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Sponsors: |
IT
Sligo |
Human Enhancement:
Making Better People or Making People Better?
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Date: |
February 25th 2008 at 8 pm |
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Topic: |
Human Enhancement: "Making Better People or Making People Better?" |
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Speaker: |
Dr. Siobhan O'Sullivan, Director, Irish Council for Bioethics |
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Venue: |
The Clarion Hotel, Sligo |
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Cost: |
Free |
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Registration: |
No
registration required. |
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