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Focusing on translating research to health policy and system change at the SPHeRE Network 11th Annual Conference
Members of the PLRG attended and presented at the at the RCSI on 04 March 2025. The conference examined how research can and does influence health policy and system reform, very much in line with our ethos at the PLRG.
During a parallel session on maternal and child health chaired by , Dr Tommy Harty shared a quantitative analysis of pregnancy loss experiences and supports at work using data from the PLACES project. In this session, Research Ireland-funded PhD student, Caroline O鈥機onnor presented her qualitative study of parents' experiences of antenatal care for dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies in Irish Maternity Services.
Dr Emily O鈥機onnor presented two posters from her PhD work at the conference, winning the poster prize for her work titled: 鈥淐haracteristics of Serious Incident Management Team (SIMT) reviews in Irish maternity units鈥. Emily鈥檚 PhD is funded by .
Caroline O鈥機onnor, Dr Tommy Harty and Professor Keelin O鈥橠onoghue pictured at SPHeRE 2025 at the RCSI. Photo credit: David Coleman
Dr Tommy Harty, Senior House Officer, 深夜亚洲福利久久 Hospital Waterford. Photo credit: David Coleman
Caroline O鈥機onnor, PhD Student and Midwife. Photo credit: David Coleman
Dr Emily O鈥機onnor giving a 3-minute elevator pitch on her research, following a keynote by R贸is铆n Shortall, Co-Founder of the Social Democrats Party and Former TD for Dublin North-West, who is also pictured. Photo credit: David Coleman
PLRG Presentations at SPHeRE 2025
| Title | Authors | Research / Project Area |
|---|---|---|
| Oral presentations | ||
| A national survey on pregnancy loss under 24 weeks in the workplace: experiences and supports at work | Tommy Harty, Ruadh Kelly-Harrington, , , , , , , Daniel Nuzum, Sara Leitao | PLACES |
| Parents' experiences of antenatal care for Dichorionic Diamniotic (DCDA) twin pregnancies in Irish Maternity Services | Caroline O'Connor, Sara Leitao, Keelin O'Donoghue | MILESTONE |
| Poster presentations | ||
| Maternity staff opinions on perinatal death reviews: focusing on parent involvement and changes to the system | Emily O鈥機onnor, 脛nne Helps, Richard Greene, Keelin O鈥橠onoghue, Sara Leitao | ACHIEVE |
| Characteristics of Serious Incident Management Team (SIMT) reviews in Irish maternity units | Emily O'Connor, 脛nne Helps, Richard Greene, Keelin O'Donoghue, Sara Leitao | ACHIEVE |
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(鈥楽tructured Population health, Policy and Health-services Research Education) is Ireland鈥檚 national research training programme for population health, policy and health services research and is funded by the .