Dr Tadhg Kennedy, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Bernal Institute – winner of the Early Career Researcher – Consolidator Award 2023. Since 2016 Tadhg has established a well-funded

Improving musculoskeletal and general health in chronic conditions and injured populations

Jan 31st, 2024 38m 47s

Up to 45% of us will get knee osteoarthritis in our lifetime, yet it is often not prioritised, people with joint disease are being under-served in terms of delivery of evidence-based rehabilitation in the form of exercise and education, particu

Developing collaborative innovative healthcare models and improving outcomes for older adults

Dec 7th, 2023 50m 46s

The Ageing Research Centre members are winners of the UL Presidents Research Excellence and Impact Outstanding Research Collaboration Award for 2023. The Ageing Research Centre (ARC) comprises an interdisciplinary group of academic researchers

Music and Movement for Health and Wellbeing of Older Adults

Sep 22nd, 2023 32m 37s

Arts-based health programmes that combine arts with science can enhance the physical and psychosocial health and wellbeing of older people. This podcast discusses the benefits of music and dance for older adults and in particular their experien

Creating bespoke breast prostheses for women post-mastectomy

Aug 14th, 2023 27m 59s

This project creating bespoke breast prostheses for women post-mastectomy, using state of the art digital manufacturing aims to roll out this year and to be available nationally in all symptomatic breast clinics. Research Team Dr Lorraine Walsh

The Mathematical and Statistical Modelling Collaboration Guiding Ireland’s Covid-19 Response

Feb 15th, 2023 36m 10s

March 2020 changed the lives of everyone around the around. We were all worried about the spread of COVID-19, fascinated with R number and hoping lockdowns would not last long.Working in the background was the UL team from MASCI (Mathematics Ap

Advanced materials to purify the worlds air and water

Dec 14th, 2022 8m 35s

Researchers at University of Limerick are designing advanced materials which can purify the air and our water. Meet Dr Soumya Mukherjee, President’s Research Excellence and Impact award winner who has established his own research group, “NanoSo

Music therapy to support women’s perinatal wellbeing during pregnancy: Using music to nurture?

Dec 14th, 2022 25m 55s

University Maternity Hospital Limerick is the first in Ireland to offer music therapy within its maternity care services. Meet the team behind this innovative approach to supporting wellbeing during pregnancy, Dr Mas Mahady, Consultant Psychiat

Tackling the global energy storage challenge, one ion at a time

Dec 14th, 2022 18m 43s

Global energy crisis has never been more critical in the race to deploy more electric vehicles, better utilise wind, solar and alternative energy solutions, many challenges emerge. Among them is the need for faster, smaller, and environmentally

Covid-19 heroes, how the pandemic affected key frontline workers

Dec 14th, 2022 33m 3s

The term heroes have been widely used to describe those working in the frontline during the global Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Elaine Kinsella, President’s Research Excellence and Impact Award winner at University of Limerick and Dr Rachel Sumner, Ca

“Nothing about us, Without us” President’s Research Excellence and Impact Award 2022 Winners

Feb 10th, 2022 47m 47s

How do social and cultural changes occur, and how can policy be influenced to encourage these changes, particularly in terms of aiding people who are marginalized and stigmatized in our society? The award-winning research team from the Universi

Back pain: Treating the human - not the scan

Jun 8th, 2021 34m 18s

The personal, societal and economic costs of low back pain are enormous, and the likelihood of being disabled by back pain has worsened in recent decades. Prof Helena Lenihan, Chair of the UL Research Impact Committee is joined by Dr Kieran O’S

Tackling multi-drug resistant infections through research collaboration

Dec 10th, 2020 52m 35s

A 10 year partnership between UL and HSE has benefited patients dealing with multidrug-resistant infections, patients with cystic fibrosis and those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Winner of the 2020 Outstanding Research Coll

Zero Hours and Low Hours Work in Ireland

Nov 27th, 2020 12m 19s

Zero hours work is work with no guaranteed hours. Researchers at the Kemmy Business School, have been examining the prevalence and impact of zero hours work and low hours work amongst Irish employees. Dr Lorraine Ryan, lecturer in Employment Re

Technology in Education: Why content is key

May 7th, 2020 21m 15s

Dr Ann Marcus-Quinn, a lecturer in Technical Communication and Instructional Design at the University of Limerick asks whether the move from book to tablet is the right one for the education system. She discusses how digital teaching and learni

Engineering Physical Activity in Breast Cancer

Oct 18th, 2019 10m 57s

Dr Michelle Norris shares how her project, ‘BREASTech’, is working to better understand how software and technology can impact the physical activity levels of breast cancer patients and survivors. She also discusses how her training as an ALEC

Importance and challenges of getting the right wheelchair

Oct 3rd, 2019 39m 6s

Dermot Hayes, disability community activist from Ennis in conversation with Dr Rosie Gowran, School of Allied Health, UL and Leigh Gath, disability rights campaigner on the importance and challenges of getting the right wheelchair nationally an

Personalised medicine and the pharmacy of the future

Jul 19th, 2019 5m 22s

Oisín Kavanagh is a pharmacist and PhD researcher with the Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre (SSPC), the SFI Pharmaceutical Research Centre, at the University of Limerick. He discusses how advances in the distribution and producti

Research Soapbox

Jul 18th, 2019 57m 35s

The Research Soapbox event highlighted how research can make a real difference. The lunchtime showcase event took place in the Fab Lab in Limerick’s city centre and involved researchers from PhD to Professor with voices from the University of L

Using psychology and the power of collective identities to combat adversity

Jul 8th, 2019 11m 22s

Psychology has traditionally focused on biological, genetic or personality factors to explain why some people cope better or worse than others in adverse situations. However such a focus can lead to a therapeutic dead end as it is very difficul

Creating a Positive Energy City Centre in Limerick

Jul 3rd, 2019 28m 9s

In 1900, only 14% percent of the world’s population lived in a city. Today, for the first time in history, more than half the planet’s population reside in urban areas. These urban centres are now racing to become the smart cities of the future

Music Festivals, Inclusion and Public Spaces

Apr 26th, 2019 17m 45s

Ethnomusicologist, Irish traditional musician and lecturer at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Dr Aileen Dillane talks about her research project FestiVersities: European Music Festivals, Public Spaces, and Cu

Cracking the code for personalised medicine

Mar 4th, 2019 9m

Personalised medicine is the next great global challenge for the pharmaceutical industry. The vision of the pharmacy of the future is one which employs disruptive technologies to enable on-demand manufacture of drugs designed to individual need

Why involve the public and patients in research?

Feb 19th, 2019 15m 32s

Anne MacFarlane, Professor of Primary Healthcare Research at the Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick and member of UL’s Health Research Institute talks about her research in the area of Public and Patient Involvement in Resear

A Europe-wide approach to combatting tax fraud and evasion

Feb 4th, 2019 11m 47s

Tax fraud and tax evasion affects us all. Within the European Union, huge sums of revenue for public investment are being lost due to tax evasion and avoidance with estimates in the region of 1 trillion euros. Prof Sheila Killian of the Kemmy B