As Valentine’s Day is approaching, it’s important to remember that avoiding or stopping smoking is necessary for good heart health! 🫀 @fdoyle4.bsky.social @rehamalasheen.bsky.social @cheyennedowney.bsky.social #stopsmoking #research #quit #ireland #financial #incentives

Last chance to get your abstracts in and enjoy a great day with excellent keynote speakers, Professors @ronamoss-morris.bsky.social and @gerrymolloy.bsky.social

Only two days left to submit your abstract to the #PHM2026 conference taking place in the @rcsipophealth.bsky.social in April 2026. We’d love to see you there!

What do people in Ireland think about using vouchers to support quitting smoking or vaping? We’re running a short online survey to understand public views on adding financial incentives to QUIT service. 🕒 Takes about 10-min 🔒 Anonymous, no right or wrong answers 👉 www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/vapequit/

The @vape-research.bsky.social want to identify preferences for financial rewards to help people quit smoking and vaping. Complete the survey here to have your voice heard: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/vapequit/ 💻 #vaping #cessation #nicotine #ireland #research @fdoyle4.bsky.social

Last week, we said Slán/Dag to Linda van der Spek, who supported us these past few months 👋 Together, we produced/drafted a commentary, highlighting similarities & differences in smoking cessation policies/services in Ireland & the Netherlands 🇮🇪🇳🇱 Go raibh míle maith agat / Dank je wel, Linda! 👏

Registration & call for abstracts for 22nd Psychology, Health & Medicine Annual Conference are now open. Theme 👉 Health Psychology in a Changing World: Navigating Complexity, Driving Impact 🗓️ 24 April, @rcsi.bsky.social www.rcsi.com/phm @bpsofficial.bsky.social @hrbireland.bsky.social

New year, New profile pic! 😎📸 @fdoyle4.bsky.social @rehamalasheen.bsky.social @cheyennedowney.bsky.social @rcsipophealth.bsky.social

📣Minister for Mental Health Mary Butler has announced €3M for #mentalhealthresearch. HRB will award €1M to @maynoothuniversity.ie to establish a Collaborative Research Network in #MentalHealth & €2M to support 10 new mental health research projects. Read more: www.hrb.ie/hrb/minister...

Happy New Year from the COMPASS project! 🎉🥂 We can’t wait for what 2026 has in store for us! 🙌 @fdoyle4.bsky.social @cheyennedowney.bsky.social @rehamalasheen.bsky.social #Newyear #smokingcessation #research #Ireland #financialincentives #quitsmoking #RCSI

The 22nd Psychology, Health & Medicine Annual Conference will take place at @rcsi.bsky.social on 24 April 2026. The theme of the conference is 'Health Psychology in a Changing World: Navigating Complexity, Driving Impact'. The call for abstracts is now open. Visit: www.rcsi.com/phm

We are delighted to have visiting researcher from Erasmus MC, Linda van der Spek join team COMPASS for the next number of weeks! 🇮🇪🇳🇱 We very much hope you enjoy all that Dublin and RCSI has to offer, Linda (including our RCSI School of Population Health staff Christmas party this evening!🤭)

A research project led by Prof @fdoyle4.bsky.social & Dr Fiona Boland to generate robust, locally relevant evidence on the effectiveness & cost-efficiency of treatments for depression has been funded through the @researchireland.ie COALESCE grant programme. www.rcsi.com/dublin/news-...

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.

📣 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

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.

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! 👻 @fdoyle4.bsky.social

📣 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 @fdoyle4.bsky.social @rehamalasheen.bsky.social @cheyennedowney.bsky.social

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

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 ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...

New psychometrics paper www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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...

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 @fdoyle4.bsky.social

Deadline 17th September so get your application in for this exciting role!

A great resource for #EarlyCareerResearchers in Ireland #ECRChat Navigating #OpenResearch - A guide for early career researchers zenodo.org/records/1702...

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...

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... @fdoyle4.bsky.social

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...

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

This likely underestimates the impact given that we did not model all smoking-related diseases!

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

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...

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...

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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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...

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.

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

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/

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/

Fabulous setting for our latest ESCAPE annual meeting!

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/

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.

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

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/

Looking forward to sharing the methods and preliminary results of our @compassproject.bsky.social , thanks to support from HRB and @hsehealthwellbeing.bsky.social

Thanks to Dr David Byrne and all collaborators @rcsipophealth.bsky.social @rcsipsychology.bsky.social @rcsi.bsky.social and funding from @researchireland.ie

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...

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...