UCD Covid-19 Response

UCD Covid-19 Response

The UCD Community is rising to the challenge posed by the global pandemic

Updates and Activities View All

Clinical Research

Treatment trials and mechanistic studies with hospital partners

Testing

Testing for SARS Cov 2 at the National Virus Reference Laboratory

Innovation

Pioneering soft x-ray microscope in leading virology and disease labs

Business Impact

UCD College of Business ‘Business Impact’ podcast

Contact Tracing

UCD Covid-19 Contact Tracing Centre and training facility

Humanities Institute Webinar

Covid-19 Reframing Ageing: Looking at blind spots and biases in public discourse and policy

Recruiting and Training

Recruiting and training volunteers for SARS CoV 2 testing

Gene Sequencing

Sequencing the Covid-19 virus genome

Environmental Monitoring

SARS-CoV-2 in sewage and bodies of water

PPE

I-Form 3D printing PPE for healthcare settings

Testing

Creating secure supply of critical reagents for Covid-19 testing

Precision Surgery

UCD Centre for Precision Surgery Covid-19 projects with the Mater Hospital

Pathogen Host Research

Screening for antiviral compounds active against SARS-CoV-2

Covid-19: The North Dublin Cohort Study

Cupid Covid-19: Paediatric A&E attendance during Covid-19

Covid-19 and intellectual and developmental disabilities

UCD Geary Institute papers and online Crisis Policy Response events

Modelling

Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group to NPHET

Behavioural Economics

Advising on NPHET Behavioural Change Group

Advising NPHET Expert Panel on Nursing Homes

PPE

UCD Centre for Emergency Medical Science fills in PPE knowledge gap

Vaccine Innovation

UCD Spin-out APC partners with Australian vaccine developer Vaxine

Innovation

NovaUCD start-ups on new online platform to help firms collaborate on Coronavirus

Critical Care Training

UCD offers free online critical care courses for ICU nurses of Covid-19 patients

Nutritional Epidemiology

Role of adequate selenium status in disease course of Covid-19

Covid-19 NERF Licence

CeADAR tech available for free licence to support Covid-19 R&D activities

Top UCD virology experts advising businesses on Covid-19 health and safety

Science Communication

Debunking scientific misinformation during a pandemic

Leaving Cert Supports

UCD Maths Support Centre puts 143 tutorial videos for Leaving Cert online free

UCD engineer leads Irish efforts in global race to build ventilators

Innovation

Output Sports tech helps athletes and coaches optimise remote training

Study

UCD launches national food survey in response to Covid-19 crisis

Expert Commentary

UCD Institute for Discovery weekly webinar series with academic leaders

INNOVATION

THEYA Healthcare launches washable bamboo fibre face masks

In the News

UCD's Coronavirus (Covid-19) Special Arrangements:

Find answers to FAQs for students and staff relating to support, travel, accommodation, research, teaching and learning.

Find out more at UCD.ie's dedicated Covid-19 site

Donate to the UCD Covid-19 Response

Expert Commentary

Articles and publications containing insight and analysis from UCD academics and research staff

Resources

Information on Covid-19 funding calls, related research, publications, data and other resources

Centres of Research

UCD is committing its key research units and programmes in the fight against Covid-19

Webinars and Conferences View All

UCD Foundation: Special Briefing

Prof Paddy Mallon and Dr Cillian de Gascun discuss ‘Ireland’s Roadmap to Recovery’ with UCD VPRII Prof Orla Feely.

Perspectives from Social Science

The macroeconomy of Ireland after the Covid-19 crisis, chaired by Professor Stephen Kinsella from University of Limerick

UCD Festival: Q&A with Dr Tony Holohan

UCD Research and Innovation presents Kids' Covid-19 Q&A with Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan, hosted by journalist Dr Claire O’Connell

UCD Alumni: In Conversation

Sir Ciarán Devane, HSE Chairman and Chief Executive of the British Council discusses ‘Leadership in a Time of Crisis' with UCD VPRII Prof Orla Feely

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