Research Impact
Music for parental and infant wellbeing: From pregnancy to early parenthood
Associate Professor Triona Mc Caffrey, joint winner of the Presidents Research Excellence and Impact Early Career Researcher – Starting Award 2025. In this episode we hear from Triona Mc Caffrey, Associate Professor of music therapy, at the Irish world academy of music and dance, a member of the Participatory Health research Unit, and the Health Research Institute here at the University of Limerick. We discuss Triona’s research primarily focused on music, and music therapy for mental wellbeing, with a specific focus on adult and perinatal mental health. Triona has spearheaded interdisciplinary research across Music Therapy, midwifery, psychiatry, and obstetrics with a strong emphasis on Public and Patient Involvement (PPI).
Transforming care for musculoskeletal pain: Impact through Partnership
Professor Karen McCreesh, President's Research Excellence and Impact, Early Career Researcher Consolidator Award Winner 2025. In this episode, we hear from Professor Karen McCreesh, Professor of Physiotherapy at the School of Allied Health, a Member of the Ageing Research Centre and the Health Research Institute at the University of Limerick. Karen discusses her research, which is driven by the goal of transforming care for people with musculoskeletal pain, particularly shoulder pain and chronic pain, by advancing effective, non-surgical treatment options.
Catalysing the Future: How Catalysis Drives the Green Transition
Associate Professor, Bar Mosevitzky Lis, President's Research Excellence and Impact Early Career Researcher – Starting Award Winner 2025. In this episode Associate Professor Bar Mosevitzky Lis Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering and a member of the Bernal Institute, discusses his research which is driven by examining catalysts, using in situ techniques, capturing catalysts in action which is essential in uncovering true performance drivers and guiding rational design.
Mind the Gap: Bridging the Policy-Practice Divide Through Interdisciplinary Hate Crime Research
The European Centre for the Study of Hate, winners of the President's Research and Excellence 2025 Outstanding Collaboration Award, is an interdisciplinary research hub committed to deepening our understanding of hate in all its manifestations. In this episode, Professor Jennifer Schweppe, School of Law and the Director of the European Centre for the Study of Hate, and Professor Amanda Haynes, Department of Sociology who co-founded the Centre, discuss leading a pioneering interdisciplinary collaboration, combining legal and sociological research to address hate crime in Ireland and beyond.
Music Therapy hitting the right note in improving health and wellbeing
