Professor Colum Dunne, GEMS Director of Research and Director of 4i, was invited to deliver two keynote presentations at the COST Action conference in Pori Finland (6th & 7th June) targeting “Anti-Microbial Coatings in Healthcare: from Innovation to the Market”.
A new journal, ‘Mesentery and Peritoneum’ has been established by the GEMS Professorial Surgical team through AME Publishing Group. AME own more than 20 journals covering Medicine and is based in Hong Kong, China. The Editorial Board comprises some of the most renowned surgeons worldwide. The Editor-in Chief is GEMS Professor of Surgery and 4i Deputy Director J Calvin Coffey. The Journal will be inviting submissions shortly:
GEMS Professor of Primary Healthcare Research and 4i Principle Investigator, Anne Mac Farlane, led a successful bid to receive a €350k ‘PPI Ignite’ award under a new scheme offered by the Health Research Board and Irish Research Council to help researchers involve the public at the very start of the health research process. The bid was co-designed with representatives of the Limerick City Community Development Project, University Hospital Limerick Patient Liaison Group, HSE Community Care and Care Alliance
