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MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS - European Industrial Doctorate (ITN)
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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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My Research in Photos CATCH
#catchitn #research #ESR #PhD #EU #H2020 #cancer #technology
Francisco Guerra
Jun 10, 20191 min read
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An account of the Joint BPOS & NCRI Psychosocial Oncology and Survivorship Clinical Studies Grou
In March, I attended the joint British Psychosocial Oncology Society and National Cancer Research Institute’s Psychosocial Oncology and...
Gillian O'Neill
Apr 2, 20194 min read
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Research on Physical Activity Apps Designed for Breast Cancer Survivors
In my last blog post I’ve briefly explained the research topics related to my PhD project and how I aim to design of a physical activity...
Francisco Guerra
Feb 23, 20194 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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Two sides of my research: AI and Interviewing Patients. What I learned while running a qualitative s
Last week of November I finished an 11-months study. It was a qualitative study based mostly on semi-structured interviews. For everyone...
Ornela Bardhi
Dec 11, 20185 min read
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Coping with Cancer through Blogging: How can sharing your personal narrative online help?
They say a problem shared is a problem halved. If you have ever felt that weight leave your shoulders after talking through a problem...
Gillian O'Neill
Nov 6, 20184 min read
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Personalization in Physical Activity Coaching Apps: An Overview of my Research
In this blog post I will generally describe the main concepts related to my PhD work. European Project CATCH My project is part of the...
Francisco Guerra
Oct 2, 20184 min read
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Yoga and Breast Cancer: the Science behind the Sweat
I recently started practising yoga regularly again, and I'm loving it. Over the course of the summer, I’ve found it increasingly easier...
Louise Brennan
Aug 21, 20183 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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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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Health & Medical Scientific Ethics
Prior to any research with humans and especially with patients, research methods should be taken to a committee that will judge whether...
Gabriel Signorelli
Feb 28, 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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Chapter 2 - My PhD secondment in Ireland: the start of another adventure
I have relocated a lot, but none of my previous relocation has been as challenging as my relocation here in Dublin. I’ll come there in a...
Ornela Bardhi
Jan 25, 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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Why should researchers use Social Media?
When one does an academic, scientific or research work, what they are primarily seeking is to learn, deepen and focus on a specific...
Mercè Bonjorn Dalmau
Dec 13, 20173 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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Working FOR & WITH patients: thoughts about the upcoming secondment @Oncoavanze
A year has flown by since the beginning of my industrial doctorate in the European project CATCH. A time spent at Salumedia, a digital...
Francisco Guerra
Nov 15, 20173 min read
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Nordic Walking for Breast Cancer
When I first came to work with physical activity in the CATCH project I came across the Nordic Walking (NW) program of Oncoavanze Clinic,...
Gabriel Signorelli
Oct 31, 20172 min read
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