MSocSc Health, Wellbeing and Society
| Duration: 1 Year/ 2 Years |
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| Schedule: Full Time & Part Time | |
| Starting: September 2012 | |
| Contact Name: Linda Vines |
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| Contact Number: +353 (0)1 716 8674 | |
| Fees: Fee Information |
Gemma Moore
Gemma is currently a PhD student in the School of Sociology examining bioethical developments in Ireland with particular reference to Stem Cell Research Policy. She graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a joint honours B.A. in Sociology and Economics and then spent some years working. She undertook this Master’s programme in 2008/2009 and on completion was awarded the Clancy Medal as the outstanding student of the year. For her master’s thesis she decided to focus on bioethical developments in Ireland and this became the nucleus of her PhD work which is concerned with the development of bioethical policy in different cultural environments. The project explores how bio-ethical controversies develop and their impact upon scientific regulation and governance. As Gemma remarks, Ireland, with its Catholic traditions and neo-liberal economic policies, presents an interesting case study in this area. Gemma has received a number of awards for her work. She was awarded a bursary to study in the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto and more recently received an award from the Lord Edward Fitzgerald Memorial Fund to allow her to spend time in the Innogen Centre at the University of Edinburgh.
Caroline Peppard - Health Services Executive
Caroline completed this Masters in 2008 and represents one group of people who take the programme – those in established careers who want to develop their conceptual and research skills. For her minor dissertation she undertook a study of the activities and attitudes of older people in rural areas – a topic which linked with her work in the HSE.
"I am Senior Health Promotion Officer for Physical Activity and Older People, HSE Dublin Mid-Leinster area. My work is mainly strategic, both within the HSE and with external agencies to advocate for and influence policy and strategy relating to the promotion of health and wellbeing. There is a strong focus on the social determinants of health in my work and how inequalities in health are socially produced. It was in this area that the Masters was most useful to me giving me theoretical frameworks to better understand inequality and so to challenge practice which contributes to this. The exposure to research methods was also particularly useful . I am also very interested in social models of ageing and how the health service currently focuses on ageing as a medical problem. I have used many of my readings/research from the masters to challenge practice of care for older people and to advocate for the promotion of positive ageing."
- Caroline Peppard, May, 2012