Do you live with arthritis? Interested in trying a new health coaching intervention to help maintain your physical activity long-term. Sessions will be held in Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow Mar-Jun'25 Arthritis Ireland RCSI School of Physiotherapy Suzanne McDonough Aoife Stephenson Shane Keogh

Our research seminar takes place today at 3pm! x.com/UCD_CAR/status…

Stacey Grealis, our Patient Insight Partner, at the 12th annual social work and social care research conference at Queens University Belfast. Stacey presented on the PPI work we do at CAR.

We are now on bluesky! Follow us at bsky.app/profile/ucd-ca… We will continue to use this account for a short period before switching exclusively to bluesky

Stacey Grealis and Dr. Keith Smart presenting a poster at the Rare Disease Clinical Trial Network Conference (Rare Disease Clinical Trial Network, Ireland) last week. The poster focused on the organisation and running of our annual conference held last November, which focused on rare rheumatological conditions.

Our Research seminar Series returns this Friday. This months' seminar features Katie McCausland. The title of her talk is: A Scoping Review – The Role of Occupational Therapy for Adults with Symptomatic Joint Hypermobility. eventbrite.ie/e/may-research…

Our Research Seminar takes place today at 3pm! x.com/UCD_CAR/status…

Our Next Research Seminar takes place next week, June 20th at 3pm. This month's seminar features Prof. Ann Morgan, Professor of Rheumatology at University of Leeds. The title of her talk is "Unravelling the Pathogenesis of Giant Cell Arteritis" eventbrite.ie/e/june-researc…

Patient Partner Stacey Grealis representing CAR at the EULAR meeting in Barcelona last week

Our online seminar takes place today at 3pm! x.com/UCD_CAR/status…

All at CAR are sadden to hear of the death of our patient partner Jacqui Browne. Our thoughts are with her friends and family. irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/0…

Our next research seminar of the year takes place next week, Friday 19th September at 3pm. Dr Christina MT Madsen presents "WORK-ON – vocational rehabilitation for people with inflammatory arthritis" See below for registration eventbrite.ie/e/september-re…

Great to attend the Irish Society for Rheumatology's Autumn meeting in Cork last week, 2 great days of presentations. Congratulations to Kevin from CAR for winning best premier poster presentation!

Stacey chaired a workshop at PPI National Festival in RCSI.

Stacey contributing to Rare Diseases Network: rarediseaseresearch.ie

Thanks to UCD PPI Ignite for highlighting PPI involvement in our research in display in UCD library.

If you are living with Osteoarthritis and would like to improve the management of OA in primary care, please contact Prof. Helen French in RCSI

Congratulations to Oliver Fitzgerald on an important study: nature.com/articles/s4146…