Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine Section, 2022 Jacqueline Horgan Bronze Medal Meeting, Thursday 24th November 2022

24/11/2022 in MS Teams

Dear Members,

We held a very successful Jacqueline Horgan Bronze Medal Meeting, RAMI Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine Section, this year.  The event was held on Thursday 24th November 2022.

Congratulations to the medal winner Dr Louise Marron with the following submission:

A National Survey of Parents’ Views on Childhood Vaccinations in Ireland During the COVID-19 Pandemic

L Marron1,2, A Ferenczi2,3,4, KM O’Brien2, S Cotter2, L Jessop1, Y Morrissey1, C Migone1

National Immunisation Office1, Unit 8-9 Manor Street Business Park, Manor Street, Dublin 7, Ireland; Health Protection Surveillance Centre2, 25-27 Middle Gardiner Street, Dublin 1, Ireland; Epidemiology and Surveillance Centre3, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET)4, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden

 

The Keynote Address, ‘8 billion and counting’ was delivered by Dr. Declan McKeown,  Consultant in Public Health Medicine and Epidemiologist with the HSE’s Health Intelligence Unit.

 Programme click HERE.

Regards,

Dr. Patrick O’Sullivan,

President of the Section of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine

General Secretary/Treasurer, Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland