Frank Doyle
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, Health Psychologist, RCSI
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Frank Doyle
RCSI School of Population Health
5 days ago
Congrats to Dr Gintare Valentelyte for winning the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland Award 2004 in the Public Health Medicine/ Epidemiology category. Dr Valentelyte is a postdoctoral researcher in Converge,
@rcsipophealth.bsky.social
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Frank Doyle
RCSI COMPASS Project
5 days ago
📣 We are seeking to recruit new PPI representatives for the COMPASS project! If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please contact, Cheyenne Downey (
[email protected]
) 📧
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
@cheyennedowney.bsky.social
@rehamalasheen.bsky.social
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Frank Doyle
RCSI School of Population Health
5 days ago
Gintare won the award for the research paper 'Socioeconomic Variation in Tobacco Smoking Among the Adult Population in Ireland'
doi.org/10.1093/ntr/...
, co-authored with Prof. Frank Doyle
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
, Prof. Jan Sorensen, Aisling Sheridan & Dr Paul Kavanagh.
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Frank Doyle
RCSI COMPASS Project
11 days ago
Happy Halloween! We hope all our followers, community members and stakeholders have a safe and fun Halloween! 🎃 Head on over to our LinkedIn (
www.linkedin.com/company/rcsi...
) & Instagram (
lnkd.in/e5b-9bri
) accounts to see some SPOOKtacular updates from team COMPASS! 👻
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Frank Doyle
RCSI COMPASS Project
17 days ago
📣 New social media account alert📱 Team COMPASS are now on Instagram (@rcsicompassproject). Head on over and give us a follow! ➡️
lnkd.in/e5b-9bri
#Instagram
#smokingcessation
#financial
#incentives
#RCSI
#Ireland
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@rehamalasheen.bsky.social
@cheyennedowney.bsky.social
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Frank Doyle
RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
18 days ago
Congratulations to Professor Leonie Young, RCSI Department of Surgery and Scientific Director of the Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre, who won the Women in STEM Award for Science at the Women in STEM Awards 2025. Learn more ➡️
www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...
#RCSIDiscover
#BPWomeninSTEMAwards25
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Professor Leonie Young wins Women in STEM Award for Science
Professor Leonie Young, RCSI Department of Surgery, has been named winner of the Women in STEM Award for Science at the annual Business Post Women in STEM Awards.
https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-and-events/news/news-article/2025/10/leonie-young-wins-women-in-stem-award-for-science
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Frank Doyle
Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
20 days ago
Colossal piece of work on terminology in
#EvidenceSynthesis
We identified 1010 unique terms to describe a type of evidence synthesis; of these, 742 terms were only mentioned once
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Over 1000 terms have been used to describe evidence synthesis: a scoping review
Objective To inform the development of an evidence synthesis taxonomy, we aimed to identify and examine all classification systems, typologies or taxonomies that have been proposed for evidence synthe...
https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2025/10/16/bmjebm-2024-113391.abstract
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New psychometrics paper
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Do complex psychometric analyses really matter? Comparing multiple approaches using individual participant data from antidepressant trials | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Do complex psychometric analyses really matter? Comparing multiple approaches using individual participant data from antidepressant trials - Volume 55
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/do-complex-psychometric-analyses-really-matter-comparing-multiple-approaches-using-individual-participant-data-from-antidepressant-trials/F4ACBFDE23D52A000FC3B68C83916BD8
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Frank Doyle
RCSI School of Population Health
about 2 months ago
About 18% of people in Ireland still smoke, writes Dr Gintare Valentelyte in
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
. She details research looking at the long-term effects of smoking, showing how it harms our health & probably the economy.
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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How long-term effects of smoking include harm to Irish economy
Despite efforts to reduce smoking, about 18% of people in Ireland still smoke, a number which has not fallen since 2020
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0924/1535065-how-long-term-effects-of-smoking-include-harm-to-irish-economy/
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Frank Doyle
RCSI School of Population Health
about 2 months ago
Dr Mengyang Zhang
@mengyangz.bsky.social
is a postdoctoral researcher in
@rcsipsychology.bsky.social
, working on the VAPE-INTERVENE project. As part of Postdoc Appreciation Week, we asked Mengyang to provide some information on her research.
#NPAW2025
#LovePostdocs
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Deadline 17th September so get your application in for this exciting role!
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Frank Doyle
RCSI COMPASS Project
2 months ago
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Frank Doyle
Melissa Sharp-Crowe, MPH, PhD²
2 months ago
A great resource for
#EarlyCareerResearchers
in Ireland
#ECRChat
Navigating
#OpenResearch
- A guide for early career researchers
zenodo.org/records/1702...
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Navigating Open Research - A guide for early career researchers
Access to comprehensive information about Open Research (OR) practices is often fragmented, inconsistent or misaligned across disciplines or national contexts. In 2024, the CONUL Research Group laun...
https://zenodo.org/records/17021307
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Frank Doyle
RCSI School of Population Health
2 months ago
Depression is common among ppl living w/ cancer. Despite decades of research, we still don’t know which treatments for depression work best.
@mariapertl.bsky.social
,
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
et al expand on their recent review to address this.
healthscape-population-health.blogspot.com/2025/09/70-t...
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70 trials, few answers: the case for better research on interventions for depression among patients with cancer
Analysis, insights and commentary on population health issues from the RCSI School of Population Health.
https://healthscape-population-health.blogspot.com/2025/09/70-trials-few-answers-case-for-better.html
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Frank Doyle
RCSI School of Population Health
2 months ago
We're recruiting for a postdoc, suitable for psychologist, health services researcher, health economist or related discipline. The researcher will be employed on @researchireland.ie-funded project to evaluate treatments for depression & their costs
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
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Come and work with us in
@rcsipsychology.bsky.social
@rcsipophealth.bsky.social
@fionaboland.bsky.social
on a 2 year postdoctoral position on evidence synthesis and economics
my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
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https://my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal_rcsip/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=046712
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Frank Doyle
3 months ago
Delighted this paper is published! It reports the effects of our task shifted multi-component mental health intervention (incorporating peer support, psycho-education, mindfulness and behavioural activation) on psychological distress among persons with disabilities
@rcsipophealth.bsky.social
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The effects of a task shifted multi-component mental health intervention to support prosthetic and orthotic service users in Cambodia: a non-randomised controlled study - International Journal of Ment...
Background Mental health disorders are major public health challenges, particularly in low- and middle-income countries such as Cambodia, where chronic shortages in mental health services and human re...
https://ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13033-025-00681-x
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This likely underestimates the impact given that we did not model all smoking-related diseases!
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3 months ago
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Frank Doyle
39th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society
3 months ago
Attending the 39th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society in the Netherlands?✈️ All additional travel information, local tips, and useful contacts are available at: 🔗
2025.ehps.net/travelling-w...
We look forward to seeing you soon!
#EHPS2025
#EHPS25
#UMCG
#Groningen
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Frank Doyle
RCSI School of Population Health
3 months ago
Issues w/ research integrity have been identified in a systematic review of interventions for depression among patients w/ cancer. The research was led by Dr
@mariapertl.bsky.social
, Prof
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
et al & funded by Irish Cancer Soc & National Cancer Control Prog
doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
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Frank Doyle
RCSI School of Population Health
3 months ago
Tackling smoking remains one of the most important and complex challenges facing public health in Ireland. Prof
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
& Dr Paul Kavanagh describe the work they are doing to reduce the harm caused by tobacco use in Ireland.
@compassproject.bsky.social
www.rcsi.com/impact/detai...
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RCSI and HSE research building a path to a tobacco-free Ireland
Global leaders in tobacco control recently convened in Dublin for the World Conference on Tobacco Control. More ...
https://www.rcsi.com/impact/details/2025/07/research-building-a-path-to-a-tobacco-free-ireland
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Frank Doyle
RCSI Institute of Global Surgery
4 months ago
The
@surg-water.bsky.social
project is all about innovation for sustainability. The team were in Almería working on their new prototype, the Fish-Tank reactor, which will be simpler, easier to clean & more cost-effective.
surgwater.ie
@rcsi.bsky.social
@researchireland.ie
@rcsipophealth.bsky.social
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But not sure why that thumbnail automatically appeared!
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Great paper from Margaret Brennan and Tobacco Free Ireland Programme on increasing nicotine product use in younger people in Ireland
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Evolution of nicotine product use in Ireland 2015–2023, and associations with quit intentions and attempts: an analysis of nationally representative repeated cross-sectional surveys
Nicotine product use (NPU; including combustible tobacco products and/or e-cigarettes) is changing rapidly worldwide. Aiming to inform an agile policy…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666776225001449
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Frank Doyle
RCSI COMPASS Project
5 months ago
A massive well done to Lead Principal Investigator of the COMPASS project, Professor
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
, who presented at the World Conference on Tobacco Control Today in Dublin!👏 Prof. Doyle showcased findings from our co-design workshops held with community members and healthcare professionals.
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Frank Doyle
RCSI COMPASS Project
5 months ago
On June 24th, Lead PI of the COMPASS project, Professor Frank Doyle will present a full oral presentation at the World Conference on Tobacco Control, entitled: “Mixed methods evaluation of a community co-designed financial incentive intervention for Smoking Cessation in Ireland.” 🇮🇪
#WCTC2025
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Frank Doyle
SPHeRE PhD Programme
5 months ago
LAST FEW DAYS to register for the SPHeRE Network Online Symposium titled 'Combining behavioural science theory and community participation to inform financial incentives in smoking cessation services' with Prof Frank Doyle
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
on 18th June, 1-2 pm.
www.sphereprogramme.ie/5915-2/
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Frank Doyle
RCSI School of Population Health
5 months ago
Prof
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
will deliver the
@sphereprogramme.bsky.social
Network online symposium on combining behavioural science theory & community participation to inform financial incentives in smoking cessation services. 📆 1-2pm, 18 June Register:
www.sphereprogramme.ie/5915-2/
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Fabulous setting for our latest ESCAPE annual meeting!
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Frank Doyle
SPHeRE PhD Programme
5 months ago
Last 2 weeks to register for the next SPHeRE Network Online Symposium titled 'Combining behavioural science theory and community participation to inform financial incentives in smoking cessation services' with Prof Frank Doyle
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
on 18th June, 1-2 pm.
sphereprogramme.ie/5915-2/
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Frank Doyle
Cheyenne Downey
6 months ago
It was a pleasure to attend the PHM Conference at Queen's University Belfast Yesterday. I presented a 5 minute lighting talk and poster presentation. A huge thank you to
@lisamellonpsych.bsky.social
,
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
and Aisling Walsh for guiding the research and for their continuous support.
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Frank Doyle
RCSI COMPASS Project
6 months ago
A huge congratulations to Reham Lasheen from team COMPASS, who was awarded the Patient’s Choice Poster Prize at the Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference hosted by Queen’s University Belfast on the 27th May 2025 👏🎉
@rehamalasheen.bsky.social
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
@rcsipophealth.bsky.social
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Frank Doyle
SPHeRE PhD Programme
6 months ago
Register now for the next SPHeRE Network Online Symposium titled 'Combining behavioural science theory and community participation to inform financial incentives in smoking cessation services' with Prof Frank Doyle
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
, on 18th June, 1-2 pm.
sphereprogramme.ie/5915-2/
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Looking forward to sharing the methods and preliminary results of our
@compassproject.bsky.social
, thanks to support from HRB and
@hsehealthwellbeing.bsky.social
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Thanks to Dr David Byrne and all collaborators
@rcsipophealth.bsky.social
@rcsipsychology.bsky.social
@rcsi.bsky.social
and funding from
@researchireland.ie
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Proud of this new paper exploring whether complex psychometric analyses matter. In short 1) I may have been wasting my career on IRT 2) factor analysis models increase trial effects by approximately 10%, 3) weighted scores don’t matter compared to the items retained
www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...
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Applying advanced psychometric approaches yields differential randomized trial effect sizes: secondary analysis of individual participant data from antidepressant studies using the Hamilton rating sca...
As multiple sophisticated techniques are used to evaluate psychometric scales, in theory reducing error and enhancing the measurement of patient-reported outcomes, we aimed to determine whether applyi...
https://www.jclinepi.com/article/S0895-4356(25)00095-2/fulltext
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Frank Doyle
RCSI School of Population Health
7 months ago
We've an exciting, funded PhD scholarship opportunity in the health economics of Alzheimer’s disease & dementia. PI: Dr
@jonathanbriody.bsky.social
@researchireland.bsky.social
@sphereprogramme.bsky.social
Further info & to apply:
www.sphereprogramme.ie/research-ire...
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Frank Doyle
Rory O’Connor
7 months ago
Please share! 🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors & interventions Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett & myself Closing: 11th June 2025, autumn 2025 start. Open to UK students only.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Frank Doyle
EHPS Open Science SIG
7 months ago
📢 Deadline Extended! Applications are still open for the EHPS OS SIG Student Award – and the deadline has been extended to May 2, 2025! Don’t miss your chance to win a €500 bursary for your work in open science practices! ✨ Apply here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Frank Doyle
RCSI COMPASS Project
7 months ago
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
@cheyennedowney.bsky.social
@rehamalasheen.bsky.social
@rcsipophealth.bsky.social
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Frank Doyle
Falko Sniehotta 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇬🇧🇵🇹
7 months ago
We are recruiting for postdoc positions in the Department of Public Health, Social & Preventive Medicine at Heidelberg University, Mannheim Medical Faculty,
www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/cpd/public-h...
bewerberportal.umm.de/Vacancies/46..
. I'm happy to answer any questions.
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Frank Doyle
Sarah Jackson
8 months ago
🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨 You now have 2 extra weeks to submit your abstract! The new deadline is Sunday, 13 April at 23:59 CET. Don’t miss this chance—get your submissions in! 🔗srnt-e.org
#SRNTE2025
#CallForAbstracts
#DeadlineExtension
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Frank Doyle
Gerry Molloy
8 months ago
So fortunate to spend a fantastic week in Clyde, New Zealand with many of the greatest health psychologists I have ever met.
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Frank Doyle
Louise Brent
8 months ago
This is a great project to work on with our colleagues in the National Ambulance Service
@noca-irl.bsky.social
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Frank Doyle
RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
8 months ago
As part of our
#RCSIMyHealth
series we are hosting a discussion on ‘Cannabis and young minds: What parents and families should know.’ This free in-person event will explore how cannabis affects brain development and mental health in young people. More➡️https://tinyurl.com/5dsywhum
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Delighted to present our HRB-funded project, using collective intelligence to try permanently join ambulance and trauma data
@sphereprogramme.bsky.social
@louisebrent28.bsky.social
#sphere25
8 months ago
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Frank Doyle
Darla Kendzor (she/her/hers)
10 months ago
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Incentivizing Tobacco Helpline Engagement in Persistent Poverty Counties: A Randomized Trial
Persistent poverty counties (PPCs) are U.S. counties where ≥20% of residents have lived in poverty for ≥30 years. Cancer mortality rates in PPCs are e…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0749379724003660
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Frank Doyle
RCSI Health Psychology
9 months ago
New systematic review of trauma triage tools from the TRAUMA study shows heterogeneity in thresholds - is it time for an agreed taxonomy?
@fdoyle4.bsky.social
@rcsipophealth.bsky.social
@rcsipsychology.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Substantial heterogeneity in trauma triage tool characteristic operationalization for identification of major trauma: a hybrid systematic review - European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
Purpose Trauma Triage Tools (TTTs) support pre-hospital staff to identify major trauma patients based on prehospital characteristics and bring them to appropriate trauma centres. However, while triagi...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00068-024-02694-6
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Frank Doyle
RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
9 months ago
RCSI is delighted to be part of the
#Mac4Me
European doctoral network, advancing vital research into cancer metastasis. Through our involvement led by Dr Olga Piskareva, we look forward to contributing our expertise and collaborating with our partners to drive meaningful progress.
#RCSIdiscover
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Frank Doyle
Dr Pippa Lally
9 months ago
Come and work with us... the School of Psychology is advertising for psychology lecturers and one is specifically for Health Psychology.
jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Lecturer in Health Psychology
Exciting Opportunity in Health Psychology in the School of Psychology, University of Surrey!Join a Top-20 UK University with Ground-breaking Research.We're seeking outstanding Lecturers (and, in excep...
https://jobs.surrey.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=007925
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