Outreach activities at Midlands Science Sleep- something we all need! But how much do we actually know about it? As part of the 2016 Science Week, Dr. Ann-Marie Creaven was invited to speak at a Midlands Science event titled “While you were sleeping: The science of sleep.” Ann-Marie joined Dr. Craig Slattery, lecturer in pharmacology at UCD, and Dr. Silke Ryan, consultant in sleep medicine at St. Vincent’s Hospital, to provide a psychologists’ perspective on sleep and sleep d

Dr. Stephen Gallagher has published a paper titled; “Unemployment as a chronic stressor: A systematic review of cortisol studies” with Rachel Sumner. The paper was published in the Psychology and Health journal and supported by funding from the Irish Research Council.. Sumner, R.C., & Gallagher, S. (2016). Unemployment as a chronic stressor: A systematic review of cortisol studies, Psychology & Health, 1-23. DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2016.1247841 As most of you reading will know,