All welcome.

Guest Speakers include:

Dr .Pat o neill-sports injury pioneer - on injury management.

Edweina O' Malley--on research into the cruciate injury.

Dr Brendan Egan- on nutrition management for athletes

Colin Regan, from Croke Park on drug and substance abuse.

 UCD gaa club is proudly sponsored by AIB the campus bank.

Edwenia O'Malley, a PhD candidate in University College Dublin, is currently undertaking research into the incidence of sports injuries in Gaelic football and Hurling. To date, she has assisted in investigating types of injuries common to the games, and is currently evaluating new injury prevention methods aiming to enhance player welfare in the future.  She presently works as a chartered physiotherapist and certified strength and conditioning specialist at Sports Med Ireland, a leading sports therapy facility, where she is responsible for the rehabilitation and training of clients ranging from Olympic athletes to weekend warriors.

Dr. Brendan Egan is a Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Science in the School of Public Health, Physiotherapy, and Population Science at UCD, covering modules in sports nutrition, exercise prescription and molecular exercise physiology. His current research interests investigate nutrition strategies to enhance sports performance, and the molecular regulation of skeletal muscle function and adaptation in exercise, health and disease. He is a current Sligo footballer and former Sigerson Cup winner with DCU in 2006.

 

Dr Pat o Neill  is graduate of UCD and is a leading light in sports medicine in ireland. He was a pioneer in the development of sports medicine in this country.He is chairperson of the UCD Graduates football scholarship programme He has given most generously and pro bono of his time and energy to helping students(old and young) of ucd.He holds a unique place in gaa lore in that  not alone  has he  won all ireland football medals as a player and manager  and as a player at dublin, provincial and all ireland level. he  has also has won sigerson cups in  ucd during his long sojourn as a student.

 

Colin Regan is national co ordinator of the gaa  programe  on drug and acholohol  abuse  and is responsible for policy formulation and implementation.  he is a former distinguished footballer with leitrim and connacht. Colin is a noted journalist with many published articles  and is holds a masters in sports management from ucd.

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