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Congratulations to Dr Stephen Power, Radiology SPR Cork, on winning the Southern Radiology Society SPR research medal last night. Pictured with Stephen are Professor Peter McCarthy, guest speaker, NUIG, and Dr Adrian Brady, MUH, the evening's Chairperson.

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The UCC Medical Graduates Association's most recent newsletter is out now - very proud of all UCC graduates and staff in Ireland and abroad 😀 http://www.ucc.ie/en/media/academic/schoolofmedicine/docs/UCCMGAeNewsletter_April2017.pdf

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Pictured (l-r): Professor Louis Cullen (Gold Medallist 2016 in the Humanities), Professor Emeritus of History at Trinity College Dublin; Professor Fergus Shanahan (Gold Medallist 2016 in the Life Sciences), Chairman of the Department of Medicine and director of the APC Microbiome Institute at University College Cork

Professor Fergus Shanahan, director of the APC Microbiome Institute at UCC, has been awarded the 2016 Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal. The medals, which are sponsored by the Higher Education Authority, are awarded to individuals who have made a demonstrable and internationally recognised, outstanding scholarly contribution in their fields. Speaking at the ceremony, President of the Royal Irish Academy, Professor Mary E. Daly, said the Academy Gold Medals recognised two of Ireland’s foremost contributors to the world of learning: Professor Fergus Shanahan (Gold Medallist 2016 in the Life Sciences) and Professor Louis Cullen (Gold Medallist 2016 in the Humanities), Professor Emeritus of History at Trinity College Dublin. Professor Cullen has been at the forefront of Irish historical studies for more than fifty years. His work on Franco-Irish history won him the admiration of leading French Annales historians and was rewarded in 2004 with an honorary doctorate by the Paris-Sorbonne University. Fergus Shanahan is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine and director of the APC Microbiome Institute at UCC. His interests are in mucosal immunology, gut microbiota, inflammatory bowel disease, and most areas that affect the human experience. More than anyone, Professor Shanahan put Ireland on the world stage in what has become one of the fastest developing areas of biology on a par with the human genome. In 2013, Science Foundation Ireland named him as its Researcher of the Year. Over the past four decades, Professor Shanahan has published pivotal contributions to basic science, translational medical science, and the medical humanities. His output includes over 500 peer-reviewed articles in addition to books, reviews and editorials. He took part in Dublin Talks in 2012, speaking about microbes and the human body. International recognition has included multiple invited lectureships including the prestigious Grossman lectureship/medal from the American Gastroenterological Association and the McKenna prize, the highest award from the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. He has previously been named Science Foundation Ireland's Researcher of the Year (2013) and in the Irish Life Science 50, a list of the top Irish and Irish Americans in the life science industry. Supported by the Higher Education Authority, the Royal Irish Academy Gold Medals were established in 2005 to acclaim Ireland’s foremost thinkers in the humanities, social sciences, physical & mathematical sciences, life sciences, engineering sciences and the environment & geosciences. They are awarded to two outstanding academics each year and are recognised as a truly national expression of celebration for scholarly achievement. Fergus Shanahan, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine and director of the APC Microbiome Institute at UCC. Each medal is a testament to a lifetime of passionate commitment to the highest standards in scholarship and they are a well-deserved recognition of academic excellence. The medals identify and recognise inspirational figures in order to celebrate the achievements of higher education in Ireland and to inspire future generations. Both medallists thanked the Academy and the Higher Education Authority for the recognition of their work. Guests at the ceremony included the Japanese and Canadian Ambassadors to Ireland, members of the Irish higher education system, funding agencies, members of the Royal Irish Academy and friends and family of the medallists. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Dr. Nigel Cowan pictured delivering his invited lecture at the Southern Radiology Society's annual Invited Meeting January 27th. It was very well received by the members.

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Following on from the recent extensive coverage of the Mesentery in the scientific and news media, congratulations to Dr. Cathy Dewhurst and Dr. Marie Staunton of UCC Radiology and the Mercy University Hospital who co-authored the following paper in European Radiology: An appraisal of the computed axial tomographic appearance of the human mesentery based on mesenteric contiguity from the duodenojejunal flexure to the mesorectal level. Coffey JC, Culligan K, Walsh LG, Sehgal R, Dunne C, McGrath D, Walsh D, Moore M, Staunton M, Scanlon T, Dewhurst C, Kenny B, O'Riordan C, O'Brien JM, Quondamatteo F, Dockery P. Eur Radiol. 2016 Mar;26(3):714-21. doi: 10.1007/s00330-015-3883-0. PMID:26186959 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00330-015-3883-0

The mesentery: structure, function, and role in disease

Congratulations to Prof. J. Calvin Coffey and Dr. Peter O'Leary on their landmark Lancet paper reclassifying the mesentery as an organ! Fantastic work from fellow UCC alumni leading to Gray's Anatomy being updated to recognise this. Well done!

Publications, Department of Radiology, University College Cork, 2016.

Southern Radiology Society. Members. Meeting tomorrow Tuesday 18th October 2016 at 6pm. Dr.Steven Dolan will present Cases/TNM Topics. Lecture presented by Dr. Marie Staunton, "Evidence based guidelines for pancreatic cancer"

Yoga!

Epic idea from UCC Surgeon Noonan Society, UCC Medical Society and UCC Surgical Society! And such a beautiful setting :-) Well done guys!

Southern Radiology Society -Members. Academic meetings begin this week Tuesday 18th Oct at 6pm. Dr. David Ryan will present Cases/TNM. Lecture presented by Dr. Kevin O'Regan, "CT Evaluation of renal masses"