#SundayWiMIN26 Week 23: Dr Aghogho Okpara, founder of Achieve with Aghogho (AWA) which helps students unlock their potential. Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list 2026 (Social Impact). Medical doctor, professional speaker, digital creator. 2025 TikTok Awards nominee www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin26

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 21: Dr Louise Fitzgerald, Dublin-based GP and Occupational Health and Menopause Lead. Founder of “Menopause and the City,” Smart D8 pilot project for improving menopause awareness. Co-host Lady Bites Podcast, amplifying discussions on women’s health. www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin26

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 20: Dr Ursula O’Neill (d. 2010), GP, musician, GAA medic, patient advocate and fundraiser. Obituary from @irishmedicaltimes.bsky.social www.imt.ie/features-opi... www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin26

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 19: Professor Ellen Moorhouse (1928-2004), the first female Clinical Sciences professor at RCSI when she was appointed to the College’s new Department of Clinical Microbiology in 1967. Portrait by Vera Klute, commissioned by @rcsi.bsky.social in 2017. issuu.com/rcsi/docs/20...

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 16: Ms Éilís Fitzgerald, Consultant plastic, reconstructive, & aesthetic surgeon at Beacon Hospital and Clinical Director at Surgical Institute Dublin. Honorary Irish rep, BAAPS Council since 2023. National Clinical Lead, Irish Breast Implant Register www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin26

🗞️ Highlighting supports for pregnancy loss in the workplace at WiMIN 2026 🔗 www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @womenmedireland.bsky.social @sarahfitzwimin.bsky.social #WiMIN26 #PLRG_PLACESproject #PLRG_WorkplaceToolkit #PLRG_WordsAtWork

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 15: Professor Catherine Calderwood, recently elected as next president @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social. Consultant Obstetrician in Edinburgh and Prof @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. Scotland’s Chief Medical Officer 2015-20. Chair RCOG patient safety committee. www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin

The Medical Women’s Federation is delighted to announce that Prof Catherine Calderwood has been elected as its next President. She will formally take up the role of President-Elect at the AGM in May 2026 and will begin her Presidency in Spring 2027 medicalwomensfederation.org.uk/news/mwf-ann...

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 14: Dr Áine Harley, Chair of West Belfast Federation and GP Partner. Fellow @rcgp.bsky.social, GP trainer and undergraduate tutor @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. Clinical Lead for IRISi pilot programme. www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin26

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 13: Dr Clare Cromwell, GP and Menopause Specialist. Co-Founder and Co-Chairperson of Menopause Society of Ireland. Leads a dedicated menopause service in the Mater Private Hospital Cork. www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin26

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 12: Dr Andrée Rochfort, GP and Director of Quality Improvement at Irish College of GPs. Senior Lecturer, Assistant Clinical Professor @ucdmedicine.bsky.social. Chair @woncaeurope.org SIG for Doctor Health & Wellbeing, EQuiP President 2022-2025. www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin26

Chaired the opening session at #WiMIN26 today @womenmedireland.bsky.social . Not “there yet” but better conversations. Less about naming problems more about understanding how things actually work. A rural GP later reminded me of my dad. A quiet reminder of what this is all really about. People

That's a wrap on #WiMIN26 by our wonderful chairperson Dr Kate McCann!

Dr Marion Broderick is presented with the #WiMIN26 hammer!

Glass ceiling smashing... @sarahfitzwimin.bsky.social will present the #WiMIN26 hammer to Dr Marion Broderick for delivering the annual Dr Sarah Fitzgibbon lecture.

The annual Dr Sarah Fitzgibbon lecture is delivered by Dr Marion Broderick. #WiMIN26

@sarahfitzwimin.bsky.social chairing the afternoon session. Standing ovation for new #WiMIN chairperson Dr Kate McCann #WiMIN26

Celtic wisdom in Galway. #WiMIN26

The hardest working board in town #WiMIN26

Burnout to bliss with Dr Lorraine Brennan #WiMIN26

55% don't know what their pension is worth. Do you have financial confidence? #pensiongap #paygap #WiMIN26

Mnásome female medics on stamps at #WiMIN26

Call for new members #WiMIN26 come join our board!

More information, including links to our FREE workplace resources, here: www.ucc.ie/en/pregnancy... @keelinodonoghue.bsky.social @infantcentreucc.bsky.social @womenmedireland.bsky.social #WIMIN26 #PLRG_PLACESproject #PLRG_WorkplaceToolkit #PLRG_WordsAtWork

Pregnancy loss Ireland pushing for further statutory supports for pregnancy loss before 23/24 weeks. Currently under recognised in the workplace. More supports needed. #WiMIN26

Session two kicking off #WiMIN26 'Failure to progress' Implications of medical terminology on women patients and medics. Chair: Ms. Ailin Rogers

Many thanks to our fabulous sponsors: @drorlaconlon @ificinfo.bsky.social Mobile Diagnostics House of Kerry MPS Medcafé

Our own Prof @ainemcarroll.bsky.social summarising the leadership lessons from this morning's medical entrepreneurship panel. #WiMIN26 #womeninmedicine

A fantastic first session here at #wimin26 Are we there yet? Progress for female medics but lots more to do!

Only one more sleep until #WiMIN26 Excited to catch up with all of the medical women arriving in gorgeous Galway this weekend! Thanks to Med Cafe for hosting the online live stream so that our conference is once again hybrid. #sustainableconferences

We just have a few registration places left, so don't delay, register now! Unfortunately our childcare facility is now full. And don't forget, you can always attend online if you are unable to make it to Galway in person on Saturday. Register at www.wimin.ie!

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 11: Dr Lorraine Brennan, Consultant Occupational Health Physician, Beaumont Hospital who has worked with diverse industries. Her expertise includes workplace drug and alcohol rehabilitation and work-related psychological health. Trained Breathwork Teacher since 2024. www.wimin.ie

Just one week to go to #WiMINConference26 in Galway! Check out the full programme and more information about how you can register to attend (in person or online) by going to our website www.wimin.ie

Thanks to the generosity of our members and supporters, we are able to offer a number of free conferences spaces to students and reduced registration rates for those who are working less than full time. Help us to help others by sponsoring a space! www.wimin.ie/shop/p/spons...

Join us for our free webinar from two fantastic solicitors from the Irish Human Rights Equality Commission to learn about your rights, staff or student, to protection against bullying, harassment and sexual harassment in healthcare and academia in Ireland. Register: tcd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Our Chair, Dr Kate McCann, was delighted to attend the launch today of An Post's collection of stamps celebrating Irish women doctors. It is wonderful to see this acknowledgment of four great #SundayWiMIN - Dr Emily Winifred Dickson, Dr Kathleen Lynn, Prof Janice Walshe and Dr Rhona Mahony!

Three weeks until our Galway conference! Come and join us for our thought-provoking conference on Saturday March 21st, and then hop in the sea on Sunday morning to really get the blood flowing! Register now at www.wimin.ie!

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 8: Prof. Geraldine McGinty, our keynote speaker at #WiMINConference26, March 21st*. Internationally recognized expert in imaging economics. 2018 Chair of ACR's Board of Chancellors. Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs @weillcornell.bsky.social. *Register now: www.wimin.ie

Just 4 weeks to go until our Annual WiMIN Conference in Galway! Topics will include: 💡Innovations and advances 🚫 Ongoing challenges 💶 Finances and pay gap 🎶 Medical humanities 🔥 Avoiding burnout and much more.... We have some fantastic speakers lined up - read more and register now at www.wimin.ie!

Insight: Portraits of Women in Surgery hunterianmuseum.org/exhibitions/...

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 7: Dr Marion Broderick, sole GP for the three Aran Islands for 22 years, then Inishmore only for a further 20 years. West Coast Search and Rescue Action Committee in the 80s, which campaigned for search & rescue/MediVac services on the West coast. www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin26

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 6: Dr Áine Daly, HST in Radiology at University Hospital Limerick. Master’s biomedical engineering @uniofgalway.bsky.social, BioInnovate Fellowship 2022/2023, Clinical Research Fellow with start-up Luminate Medical, combatting chemo side effects. www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin26

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 5: Celebrating St Brigid on her Feast Day which coincides with Imbolc, the pagan celebration of the goddess Brigid. She was referred to as a physician by Cormac mac Cuilennáin (831-908AD), so we celebrate Ireland’s first female doctor! Image courtesy of @ciaraioch.bsky.social

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 4: Dr Bridget Maher (d.2017), GP in Castletownroche. Senior Lecturer in Medical Education @ucc.ie, editor Irish Doctor and Modern Medicine Ireland. Co-edited "Teaching Clinical Skills for the OSCE", developed apps to improve hospital discharge letters. www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin26

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 3: Dr Caroline Bee Leng Low, recipient of 2024 @rcsi.bsky.social Positive Global Impact Award in acknowledgment of her work with “Kidz Horizon Appeal” in Singapore. Fellow of American Board of Anti-Aging and Rejuvenation Medicine and Australasian Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 2: Prof Una Martin, emeritus professor of clinical pharmacology, formerly deputy pro-vice chancellor for equalities @unibirmingham.bsky.social. Fellow of British Pharmacological Society. Lead of Hypertension Service at University Hospitals Birmingham. www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin26

To celebrate Nollaig na mBan, why not treat yourself to a guaranteed great day out at our 2026 WiMIN Conference in Galway on Saturday March 21st! Registration is now open - early bird pricing available until January 21st. www.wimin.ie/shop

#SundayWiMIN26 Week 1: Dr Julia Cock (1860-1914), one of first female licentiates @rcpi.bsky.social. Also received license of Midwifery from Rotunda Hospital. Dean of London School of Medicine for Women from 1903. President Assn of Registered Medical Women 1895. ➡️ www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin26

#SundayWiMIN25 Week 52: Dr Anna Beug, GP in Dublin’s south inner city. Clinical Senior lecturer and GP trainer @tcddublin.bsky.social, A/Prog Dir North Dublin GP training scheme. Trained facilitator 'Conversations Inviting Change', interim chair www.anph.org. ➡️ www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin25

#SundayWiMIN25 Week 50: Dr Aoibhinn Walsh, Consultant Paediatrician at Childrens Health Ireland. Leader of pioneering community outreach service for children in highest levels of social adversity. Central role in medical management of children evacuated from Gaza. ➡️www.wimin.ie/sundaywimin25