Catherine Comiskey

📈 Ketamine use is on the rise in Ireland. Professor @ComiskeyCath, Professor in Healthcare Statistics at the School of Nursing & Midwifery, @tcddublin recently spoke to @thetimes about the use of ketamine by young people in Ireland and emphasised the need for investment in prevention. thetimes.com/world/ireland-…

@PopulationHBRG @ComiskeyCath @HSETandT @hpscireland @HSEDubMidlands @LayaHealthcare @HealthFdn #healthcaredata #epidemiology

Applications are closing soon for our Postgraduate Certificate in Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis for Healthcare. Study part-time and learn the principles and methods of healthcare specific analyses and epidemiology, and develop skills used in healthcare research.

Call for Abstracts for Oral & Poster Presentations for @HSESouthWest Nursing & Midwifery Regional Conference @CUH_Cork @mercy_nursing @SIVUH @uhknursing @HospitalMallow @BGHsswhg @CorkKerryCH @IrelandSouthWID @marymountcork @BridAOSullivan @NurMidONMSD Submit via the link below👇

Really interesting day @AlcoholForum #preventionfestival with lots of experts including @tombarbor exciting evaluation work ahead with @tcddublin @TCPHI_TCD

We are proud to partner with @QUBelfast, @UniStrathclyde, @univofstandrews and the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations on the major €6.8 million SUMIT project (Substance Use and Mental Health Interventions using Digital Technology) supported by #PEACEPLUS, which is managed by @SEUPB. The project will be led by @QUBCommunities1 and aims to transform support for people living with substance use and mental health challenges across Northern Ireland and Ireland using digital interventions. @TCD_SNM will lead the research and evaluation of the project over four years, with a budget of approximately €1 million. Team members include Prof @ComiskeyCath, Dr Sonam Banka- Cullen, Prof Mary Hughes, Dr @pkelly76 and Dr @PhilipJame80375.

[New to the library] School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin - Mothers in addiction recovery rising: the will and the way. drugsandalcohol.ie/43360/

"Even when you've lost everything, even when you don't believe in yourself yet, it [recovery] can still be done." Last week saw the launch of a powerful new report 'Mothers in Addiction Recovery Rising: The Will and the Way' which was co-authored with mothers in addiction recovery and centred on their past and current lived experiences. Find out more and read the report ➡️ tcd.ie/nursing-midwif…

Listen in to UISCE peers and other stakeholders explore #irelandsfirstsaferinjectionfacility on @VirginMediaIE tonight @9pm Listen to all the different views, and listen how this place saves lives, provides dignity and respect and can be an antidote to stigma. #savelives #peerledresponses #safercommunities

'The Bureau' by Eoin McNamee. Out now.

Thrilled to announce that my PhD literature review has finally been published! Exciting milestone on this journey! journals.lww.com/jan/fulltext/2…

Glad to have had the opportunity to present my PhD findings at #TheConf2025—at @TCD_SNM ’s annual conference. Raising awareness of VT is the crucial first step. @PopulationHBRG @ComiskeyCath #vicarioustrauma

📢Highlighted Side Events at the 68th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs We’re excited to be actively engaged in several side events at the 68th CND in Vienna next week, organising, cosponsoring, and speaking at various sessions. Full details: buff.ly/D4FUD2l

Pleasure today to address #THEconf2025 @TCD_SNM with my @HSELive colleagues @GSGerShaw @eile27 Wonderful audience exploring innovative and adaptive response in crisis applied to normal times. This and all our nursing schools is where we and @roinnslainte with @CarrollJennifer are focused on increasing supply and training options for future health workforce. Thank you @tcddublin for invite.

[New to the library] The prevalence, risk and protective factors and service needs in relation to the co-morbidity of substance use and neurodiversity drugsandalcohol.ie/42763/

🚩Gender-based violence 🚩Pay gap 🚩Lack of representation & more. It's time we recognize the red flags of gender inequality around us. This #IWD2025, we call on every government to stand up for an equal world #ForAllWomenAndGirls. 🔗unwo.men/rLnh50V7Vcg

Join us for The Trinity Health & Education International Research Conference, Wednesday 5 & 6 March 2025 #THEconf2025 Connect with the experts, researchers & healthcare professionals leading the response to some of the challenges facing healthcare today: tcd.ie/nursing-midwif…

🚨We're happy to share our first three-year work programme, since becoming the EUDA on 2 July 2024. 🛡️Europe is facing serious drug challenges, and our mission is to boost the EU's readiness to tackle them. 📖More: euda.europa.eu/publications/w… #ActingToday #AnticipatingTomorrow

People like might like to listen to some of our findings on neurodiversity and substance use in this clip. @TCD_SNM @TCPHI_TCD rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Study: One-in-five drug, alcohol users have ADHD symptoms rte.ie/news/ireland/2… via @rte. Delighted to the coverage of this research @TCD_SNM @TCPHI_TCD