UCD Covid-19 Response

UCD Covid-19 Response

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

All Updates and Activities

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

Clinical Research

Tocilizumab therapy in critically unwell Covid‐19 patients

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

Patient Study

Covid-19: The North Dublin Cohort Study

Paediatrics

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

Disability

Covid-19 and intellectual and developmental disabilities

Public Policy

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

Nursing Homes

Advising NPHET Expert Panel on Nursing Homes

Humanities Institute Webinar

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

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

Consultancy

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

Ventilators

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

Contact Tracing

UCD Covid-19 Contact Tracing Centre and training facility

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