Celebrating International Women’s Day with a focus on women’s health and wellbeing

To celebrate and support the importance of International Women’s Day 2024, the UCD School of Medicine EDI Committee, led by Associate Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Marie-Louise Ryan, organised a series of events on Thursday 7 March at the Kevin Barry Gallery and Conway Institute lecture theatre.

This year’s theme is inspiring inclusion, and the day was a great success with excellent attendance and engagement from staff and students across the College of Health and Agricultural Sciences.

There were educational and inspiring presentations from five speakers who focused on women’s health awareness:

Radiography and Diagnostic Imaging – Medical imaging in Women’s Health:

Ann Fleming, UCD Assistant Professor and Lecturer – Gynaecology ultrasound
Éilish McDermott, UCD Assistant Professor and Lecturer – DXA scanning
Geraldine Redmond, UCD Assistant Professor and Lecturer – Breast imaging

Tackling the myths and misconceptions of menopause:

Catriona Keye, Advanced Practice Nurse, Scholarstown Family Practice
Dr. Deidre Lundy, Specialist in Women’s Health and Menopause, National Maternity Hospital

Dr Deirdre Lundy was recently named in the Top 100 for Ireland’s Most Influential Women.

Guests also enjoyed networking opportunities over tea/coffee, cake and lunch.

Thank you to all the speakers and guests for their time, enthusiasm and support.

Wishing all a happy International Women’s Day and highlighting the important role we all play in inspiring inclusion.

UCD provides many EDI support services. Below are the services focused on menopause support:

  • There’s a new eLearning course Menopause in the Workplace developed by The Menopause Hub was launched in February and is available for all employees on Brightspace. The training raises awareness about the menopause and its impact, supports available and other important information for employees, managers and HR teams.
  • There will be a series of menopause networking sessions over tea/coffee commencing on 14 March. You can network, get practical tips from guest specialists, share stories or just listen. All genders are welcome. For the first session, registered Dietitian and Nutritionist Gillian McConnel will talk about the importance of nutrition, tackle myths, share tips and recipes and answer questions. Register on the EDI website.

There is a dedicated UCD Menopause page for the policy, guidelines and resources.

Second image from top (L-R): Marie-Louise Ryan, Éilish McDermott, Dr Deirdre Lundy, Catriona Keye, Geraldine Redmond, Ann Fleming.