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MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS - European Industrial Doctorate (ITN)
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Academic Writing for a PhD: it's a marathon, not a sprint!
A love of research, a passion for learning, a drive for self-development or career development – these are all common motivations for...
Louise Brennan
Oct 25, 20193 min read
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Communicating academic research & opportunity generation
Even doing an industrial PhD, which involves spending time outside academia, a PhD is mainly a research-based educational program, and it...
Gabriel Signorelli
Jul 22, 20193 min read
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Physiotherapy after Breast Cancer Surgery: How can we help you?
This week marks the start of the third year of my PhD, and I’m feeling in a reflective mood…deadlines, presentations, secondments come...
Louise Brennan
Jan 15, 20193 min read
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Oh, how time flies when you’re having fun!
I have recently returned to Dublin from Seville after 6 months on secondment at Oncoavanze, a private clinical facility which provides...
Dominic O'Connor
Aug 13, 20183 min read
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In the trenches with a PhD
In a nutshell, the life of a PhD researcher involves around: 1) learning your area, 2) learning how to carry out research 3) presenting...
Dominic O'Connor
May 29, 20182 min read
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Steps and tools to reach a well-researched early prototype of a patient-centred mobile health app
At Salumedia I’ve had the opportunity to enter in the world of digital health and, among many things, understand and participate in the...
Francisco Guerra
May 14, 20183 min read
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Catch up about CATCH
Nyhavn, the most famous canal in Copenhagen (Denmark) Many people in my professional and personal environment ask me with a real...
Mercè Bonjorn Dalmau
Apr 2, 20184 min read
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The Mobile Researcher - From merging disciplines to crossing professional sectors and geographical
It has now been a year since I packed up my car and moved to Dublin to start a PhD with CATCH. However this was only the start of the...
Gillian O'Neill
Mar 6, 20183 min read
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Geriatric oncology – are we overlooking the underlying complications of ageing?
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide, only second to cardiovascular disease. It is a disease, which can affect anyone; it...
Dominic O'Connor
Feb 11, 20183 min read
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"What's the craic?" - Moving to Dublin
On my previous blog post I wrote about the start of my secondment at Oncoavanze – the oncologic clinic in Seville. I was there for 2...
Francisco Guerra
Jan 29, 20183 min read
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PhD Secondment to Seville: Studies in Salumedia, Sunshine and Spain
What is an Irish physiotherapist doing working in an eHealth technology company in Spain? Yep, here I am, starting the second year of my...
Louise Brennan
Jan 16, 20183 min read
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Public Dissemination of Science - why is it so important?
As researchers, we are judged on our ability to publish high quality research in peer reviewed academic journals. For the researcher,...
Dominic O'Connor
Nov 28, 20173 min read
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Designing for Wellbeing in Cancer: Combining the Fields of Health Psychology and Human-Computer Inte
Supporting Wellbeing in Cancer Wellbeing is a multidimensional construct which goes beyond measuring the absence of dysfunction, but...
Gillian O'Neill
Aug 9, 20174 min read
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“I’ll tell me Ma when I go home” – sharing insights from the CATCH Orientation Conference 2017
CATCH’s first conference was held in Ireland last week at University College Dublin, and while the weather may not have always been on...
Gillian O'Neill
Jun 15, 20173 min read
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eHealth research on cancer brings together academics and health professionals in Dublin
The University College Dublin will host the CATCH Orientation Conference from 6th to 9th June 2017, presenting their research on...
Päivi Salminen
May 31, 20173 min read
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A Roller Coaster Opportunity
----- Roller coasters are designed to give you a thrill, to make you feel that you’re in danger. It’s normal to be nervous, but you will...
Francisco Guerra
Apr 3, 20174 min read
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Becoming a CATCH Early Stage Researcher: Why an Industrial PhD?
After my master's degree I received a job offer out of academia and pulled away from scientific research. Over the years, while the...
Gabriel Signorelli
Mar 20, 20173 min read
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Early Reflections on my Secondment to UCD
Moving to Ireland and starting a PhD in January 2017 has signalled the beginning of a new phase in my career. This started with a...
Louise Brennan
Mar 15, 20172 min read
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