UCD Impact Case Study Competition - Previous Winners

 

  • 2023 Winner

    Professor Jonathan Drennan

    UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems

    Right nurse, right place, right time: promoting safe staffing in the healthcare system

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2023 ENGAGED RESEARCH IMPACT PRIZE:

 

 2023 RUNNERS-UP:

  • 2022 Winner

    Professor Eilis Hennessy, Aine French, Dr Daráine Murphy

    UCD School of Psychology

    Helping parents support youth mental health

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  • “The competition encouraged my research team to look across our projects at the different and complementary ways that we have sought to understand the support needs of parents and to ensure impact for them and their families. We are delighted to have our research impact recognised by this competition.”
    – Professor Eilis Hennessy

 

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  • 2021 Winner

    Irish Critical Care-Clinical Trials Network

    UCD School of Medicine

    Improving outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19

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  • "Our national and international collaborations, established before the COVID-19 pandemic, allowed us to respond in a timely manner and give life-saving information at the bedside, guiding clinical practice in Ireland and beyond."
    – Professor Alistair Nichol

 

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  • 2020 Winner

    Associate Professor Catherine Cox

    UCD School of History

    ‘Out of sight, out of mind’: changing public perceptions of the mental health crisis in Irish prisons

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  • "We communicated with large audiences about an important but neglected issue, mental health in the criminal justice system ... importantly for me, a historian, we put the history of these issues in conversation with our present."
    – Associate Professor Catherine Cox

 

2020 RUNNERS-UP:

  • 2019 Winner

    Associate Professor Emilie Pine

    UCD School of English, Drama and Film

    Communicating the legacy of child abuse and helping victims heal

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  • "I’m delighted with this recognition of the collaborative work of colleagues across the university and survivors of institutional abuse. This really shows the academic and real-world value of Humanities research."
    – Associate Professor Emilie Pine

 

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  • 2018 Winner

    Associate Professor Crystal Fulton

    School of Information & Communication Studies

    Playing Social Roulette: The impact of gambling on individuals and society in Ireland

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  • "I am honoured to have received the UCD Research Impact Case Study Award. Research that supports people builds a highly rewarding experience for both communities and researchers. This award means a lot to me, because it recognises the impact my research has had on our daily lives through regulation and policy development. I am grateful to my participants for sharing their experiences, as well as my funders for enabling this work, and UCD for recognising the social impact of this work through this award."
    – Associate Professor Crystal Fulton

 

2018 RUNNERS - UP:

  • 2017 Winner

    Professor Michelle Norris

    UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice

    Funding Social Housing for Low-Income Households After Ireland's Economic Crisis

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