National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre (NPEC)
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WE'RE HIRING! 📢
Research Support Officer - Clinical (1 year, full-time) Applications must be submitted online via UCC portal ore.ucc.ie by Friday 28th of November 2025.
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Edel Manning, Project Manager, NPEC.
+353 (0) 21 420 5053
Email: e.manning@ucc.ie
Research Support Officer - Clinical (1 year, full-time) Applications must be submitted online via UCC portal ore.ucc.ie by Friday 28th of November 2025.
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Edel Manning, Project Manager, NPEC.
+353 (0) 21 420 5053
Email: e.manning@ucc.ie
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
WE'RE HIRING! 📢
Research Support Officer - Clinical (1 year, full-time) Applications must be submitted online via UCC portal ore.ucc.ie by Friday 28th of November 2025.
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Edel Manning, Project Manager, NPEC.
+353 (0) 21 420 5053
Email: e.manning@ucc.ie
Research Support Officer - Clinical (1 year, full-time) Applications must be submitted online via UCC portal ore.ucc.ie by Friday 28th of November 2025.
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Edel Manning, Project Manager, NPEC.
+353 (0) 21 420 5053
Email: e.manning@ucc.ie
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article in the EJOG. The study, led by Dr Charles Leahy, in collaboration with NPEC reflects a comprehensive analysis of national Caesarean Section trends and highlights key areas for targeted intervention.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ltnZ14VD5...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ltnZ14VD5...
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article in the EJOG. The study, led by Dr Charles Leahy, in collaboration with NPEC reflects a comprehensive analysis of national Caesarean Section trends and highlights key areas for targeted intervention.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ltnZ14VD5...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ltnZ14VD5...
We acknowledge the families and babies represented in our work and are committed to learn from each case to guide improvements in care.
On Baby Loss Awareness Week, Services of Remembrance will be held across the country, offering families and staff a time to come together, reflect, and remember.🕯️
On Baby Loss Awareness Week, Services of Remembrance will be held across the country, offering families and staff a time to come together, reflect, and remember.🕯️
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We acknowledge the families and babies represented in our work and are committed to learn from each case to guide improvements in care.
On Baby Loss Awareness Week, Services of Remembrance will be held across the country, offering families and staff a time to come together, reflect, and remember.🕯️
On Baby Loss Awareness Week, Services of Remembrance will be held across the country, offering families and staff a time to come together, reflect, and remember.🕯️
This week marked #WorldPatientSafetyDay 2025 🌍 and we join @who.int in highlighting risks and solutions in neonatal and child health.
At NPEC, we’re committed to building safer systems, supporting well-informed families, and learning from every case. #PatientSafetyFromTheStart
At NPEC, we’re committed to building safer systems, supporting well-informed families, and learning from every case. #PatientSafetyFromTheStart
September 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This week marked #WorldPatientSafetyDay 2025 🌍 and we join @who.int in highlighting risks and solutions in neonatal and child health.
At NPEC, we’re committed to building safer systems, supporting well-informed families, and learning from every case. #PatientSafetyFromTheStart
At NPEC, we’re committed to building safer systems, supporting well-informed families, and learning from every case. #PatientSafetyFromTheStart
This week we launched the latest Perinatal Mortality Clinical Audit in Ireland Annual Report 2023.
Access the online full report on our website:
www.ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
Access the online full report on our website:
www.ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
September 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This week we launched the latest Perinatal Mortality Clinical Audit in Ireland Annual Report 2023.
Access the online full report on our website:
www.ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
Access the online full report on our website:
www.ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
🎉 Congratulations to Imelda Fitzgerald who shared the process to develop a care pathway in maternity services at the South West Nursing & Midwifery Conference and won 🥇 for best poster presentation! A great collaboration with UCC Medicine and Health. 👏
#NPEC #Maternitycare #SWNMConf2025
#NPEC #Maternitycare #SWNMConf2025
September 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🎉 Congratulations to Imelda Fitzgerald who shared the process to develop a care pathway in maternity services at the South West Nursing & Midwifery Conference and won 🥇 for best poster presentation! A great collaboration with UCC Medicine and Health. 👏
#NPEC #Maternitycare #SWNMConf2025
#NPEC #Maternitycare #SWNMConf2025
Proud moment for the NPEC this week! Dr. Orla Sheehan and Ms. Jessica Keane represented our team at the College of Medicine & Health Research Conference 2025 in UCC. 👏
Sharing research, shaping healthcare, making a difference!
Sharing research, shaping healthcare, making a difference!
September 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Proud moment for the NPEC this week! Dr. Orla Sheehan and Ms. Jessica Keane represented our team at the College of Medicine & Health Research Conference 2025 in UCC. 👏
Sharing research, shaping healthcare, making a difference!
Sharing research, shaping healthcare, making a difference!
📢 Have you used maternity services in Ireland in the last 5 years — or supported someone who has?
We invite you to take part in an anonymous survey on public and patient involvement in maternity clinical audits.
Survey: redcap.link/NPECPPI
We invite you to take part in an anonymous survey on public and patient involvement in maternity clinical audits.
Survey: redcap.link/NPECPPI
August 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
📢 Have you used maternity services in Ireland in the last 5 years — or supported someone who has?
We invite you to take part in an anonymous survey on public and patient involvement in maternity clinical audits.
Survey: redcap.link/NPECPPI
We invite you to take part in an anonymous survey on public and patient involvement in maternity clinical audits.
Survey: redcap.link/NPECPPI
Key findings from the latest report on Major Obstetric Haemorrhage in Ireland for the years 2021/2022 are now available: ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
#SeveralMaternalMorbidity #MajorObstetricHaemorrhage #behindthenumbers #maternalhealth
#SeveralMaternalMorbidity #MajorObstetricHaemorrhage #behindthenumbers #maternalhealth
July 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Key findings from the latest report on Major Obstetric Haemorrhage in Ireland for the years 2021/2022 are now available: ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
#SeveralMaternalMorbidity #MajorObstetricHaemorrhage #behindthenumbers #maternalhealth
#SeveralMaternalMorbidity #MajorObstetricHaemorrhage #behindthenumbers #maternalhealth
Today we are launching the Major Obstetric Haemorrhage Clinical Audit in Ireland report for the years 2021 and 2022.
Full report is now available on our website: ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
#SMM #MajorObstetricHaemorrhage #behindthenumbers #maternalhealth
Full report is now available on our website: ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
#SMM #MajorObstetricHaemorrhage #behindthenumbers #maternalhealth
July 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Today we are launching the Major Obstetric Haemorrhage Clinical Audit in Ireland report for the years 2021 and 2022.
Full report is now available on our website: ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
#SMM #MajorObstetricHaemorrhage #behindthenumbers #maternalhealth
Full report is now available on our website: ucc.ie/en/npec/clin...
#SMM #MajorObstetricHaemorrhage #behindthenumbers #maternalhealth
Dr. Tamara Escanuela Sanchez speaking about the PARTICIPATE Project, national initiative led by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre.
Learn more about this project: www.ucc.ie/en/npec/get-...
#NPEC #Researchday25
Learn more about this project: www.ucc.ie/en/npec/get-...
#NPEC #Researchday25
June 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Dr. Tamara Escanuela Sanchez speaking about the PARTICIPATE Project, national initiative led by the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre.
Learn more about this project: www.ucc.ie/en/npec/get-...
#NPEC #Researchday25
Learn more about this project: www.ucc.ie/en/npec/get-...
#NPEC #Researchday25
Dr. Orla Power presenting on the audit of manual removal of placental practices in the CUMH.
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
June 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Dr. Orla Power presenting on the audit of manual removal of placental practices in the CUMH.
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
Ms. Aine Cait Ni Cheallachain is giving a talk about the Knowledge and awareness of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and endometriosis among university students
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
June 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Ms. Aine Cait Ni Cheallachain is giving a talk about the Knowledge and awareness of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and endometriosis among university students
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
Ms. Sinead Marie Treacy who is currently in Malawi, Africa undertaking a 4 week medical placement presenting on new mothers' experiences and opinions of breastfeeding supports provided by hospital staff at CUMH.
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
June 16, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Ms. Sinead Marie Treacy who is currently in Malawi, Africa undertaking a 4 week medical placement presenting on new mothers' experiences and opinions of breastfeeding supports provided by hospital staff at CUMH.
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
#NPEC #ResearchDay25
Ms. Kayleigh Lacerda presenting now on the service User experiences in an early pregnancy unit in a tertiary Maternity Hospital in Ireland.
#NPEC #ResearchDay
#NPEC #ResearchDay
June 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Ms. Kayleigh Lacerda presenting now on the service User experiences in an early pregnancy unit in a tertiary Maternity Hospital in Ireland.
#NPEC #ResearchDay
#NPEC #ResearchDay
Kicking off our Research Day 2025 with Dr. Jill Mitchell presenting on the development of an Early Prediction Model for Mortality in Infants Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal Encephalopathy
#NPEC #ResearchDay2025
#NPEC #ResearchDay2025
June 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Kicking off our Research Day 2025 with Dr. Jill Mitchell presenting on the development of an Early Prediction Model for Mortality in Infants Undergoing Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal Encephalopathy
#NPEC #ResearchDay2025
#NPEC #ResearchDay2025
#CAAW25 focuses on AI in clinical audit, we’re highlighting Prof. Richard Greene’s role on the oversight panel of Ireland’s Citizens’ Jury on AI in healthcare.
Read the full article here: www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
Read the full article here: www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
June 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#CAAW25 focuses on AI in clinical audit, we’re highlighting Prof. Richard Greene’s role on the oversight panel of Ireland’s Citizens’ Jury on AI in healthcare.
Read the full article here: www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
Read the full article here: www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
Delighted to join NWIHP today for the launch of new National Clinical Guidelines in obstetrics, gynaecology & midwifery. These guidelines support safer, more consistent care across areas like IVF, miscarriage, fetal growth, and assisted birth.
June 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Delighted to join NWIHP today for the launch of new National Clinical Guidelines in obstetrics, gynaecology & midwifery. These guidelines support safer, more consistent care across areas like IVF, miscarriage, fetal growth, and assisted birth.
At NPEC, we know the past of clinical audit shapes its future.
To mark #CAAW25 watch “Clinical Audit: A Brief History” by Dr Laura Cronin — exploring how clinical audit began
🎥 youtu.be/5-KCsvv6kR4
#ClinicalAuditAwarenessWeek
To mark #CAAW25 watch “Clinical Audit: A Brief History” by Dr Laura Cronin — exploring how clinical audit began
🎥 youtu.be/5-KCsvv6kR4
#ClinicalAuditAwarenessWeek
June 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
At NPEC, we know the past of clinical audit shapes its future.
To mark #CAAW25 watch “Clinical Audit: A Brief History” by Dr Laura Cronin — exploring how clinical audit began
🎥 youtu.be/5-KCsvv6kR4
#ClinicalAuditAwarenessWeek
To mark #CAAW25 watch “Clinical Audit: A Brief History” by Dr Laura Cronin — exploring how clinical audit began
🎥 youtu.be/5-KCsvv6kR4
#ClinicalAuditAwarenessWeek
WE'RE HIRING! 📢
We are currently recruiting for a Research Assistant (1 year, full-time)
Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (ore.ucc.ie) before the 6th of June.
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Dr. Joye McKernan at joye.mckernan@ucc.ie
We are currently recruiting for a Research Assistant (1 year, full-time)
Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (ore.ucc.ie) before the 6th of June.
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Dr. Joye McKernan at joye.mckernan@ucc.ie
May 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
WE'RE HIRING! 📢
We are currently recruiting for a Research Assistant (1 year, full-time)
Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (ore.ucc.ie) before the 6th of June.
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Dr. Joye McKernan at joye.mckernan@ucc.ie
We are currently recruiting for a Research Assistant (1 year, full-time)
Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (ore.ucc.ie) before the 6th of June.
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Dr. Joye McKernan at joye.mckernan@ucc.ie
Prof. Richard Greene, Director at NPEC, is cycling from Cork to the Eiffel Tower 🇮🇪➡️🇫🇷 for a very meaningful cause: the creation of a comfort suite for women and families following bereavement.
Please support if you can
👉 idonate.ie/fundraiser/R...
Go Richard! 🙌 #CorkToParis
Please support if you can
👉 idonate.ie/fundraiser/R...
Go Richard! 🙌 #CorkToParis
May 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Prof. Richard Greene, Director at NPEC, is cycling from Cork to the Eiffel Tower 🇮🇪➡️🇫🇷 for a very meaningful cause: the creation of a comfort suite for women and families following bereavement.
Please support if you can
👉 idonate.ie/fundraiser/R...
Go Richard! 🙌 #CorkToParis
Please support if you can
👉 idonate.ie/fundraiser/R...
Go Richard! 🙌 #CorkToParis
🌟Great to celebrate #InternationalDayoftheMidwife yesterday at the National Midwifery Conference 2025 in Portlaoise #MidwifeConf25
May 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🌟Great to celebrate #InternationalDayoftheMidwife yesterday at the National Midwifery Conference 2025 in Portlaoise #MidwifeConf25
Have you taken part in a maternity or neonatal clinical trial—or worked on one as a healthcare professional?
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin would love to hear about your experience.
📩 For more information, please contact: kahannon@tcd.ie
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin would love to hear about your experience.
📩 For more information, please contact: kahannon@tcd.ie
May 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Have you taken part in a maternity or neonatal clinical trial—or worked on one as a healthcare professional?
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin would love to hear about your experience.
📩 For more information, please contact: kahannon@tcd.ie
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin would love to hear about your experience.
📩 For more information, please contact: kahannon@tcd.ie
Huge congratulations to Dr. @Orla_Lola, Dr. O'Byrne
and Jessica Keane MSc (Medicine and Health) on their graduations! 🎉🥳 The NPEC office was full of celebration last Friday! 😊🎓
and Jessica Keane MSc (Medicine and Health) on their graduations! 🎉🥳 The NPEC office was full of celebration last Friday! 😊🎓
April 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Huge congratulations to Dr. @Orla_Lola, Dr. O'Byrne
and Jessica Keane MSc (Medicine and Health) on their graduations! 🎉🥳 The NPEC office was full of celebration last Friday! 😊🎓
and Jessica Keane MSc (Medicine and Health) on their graduations! 🎉🥳 The NPEC office was full of celebration last Friday! 😊🎓