SASHLab on Tour!
Several of our SASHLab members presented at the Psychology Health and Medicine Conference on the 22nd of March. Stephen Gallagher talked about social identity, online social support and psychological well-being in those living with breast cancer. Aisling Costello presented on emotional intelligence, dysfunctional emotion regulation and cardiovascular recovery from stress.Tracey Keogh discussed a cross-sectional analysis of cardiovascular reactivity and hemodynamic profile in
Scicomm - why bother?
This month we have a special guest post from Daragh Bradshaw, Irish Research Council PhD student within the Centre for Social Issues Research and the Department of Psychology at UL. Here, Daragh shares some of his scicomm experiences over the last year or so. In June I presented at Research Fest, a science communication (scicomm) event where PhD students showcase their work in a three minute presentation to an uninitiated audience. Four years of work in three minutes. while
LONELINESS AND ACUTE STRESS REACTIVITY
A review paper on loneliness by Eoin Brown, Dr. Stephen Gallagher and Dr. Ann-Marie Creaven features in the latest issue of Psychophysiology (May 2018). This paper was supported by funding from the Irish Research Council. Brown, E. G., Gallagher, S., & Creaven, A.M. (2018). Loneliness and acute stress reactivity: A systematic review of psychophysiological studies. Psychophysiology, 55(5) https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13031 Loneliness has a negative impact on health, but exactl
Conference Catch-ups
Division of Psychology, Psychology Health and Medicine Conference 2017 March was a busy month for SASH Lab members, with several of us presenting at the Division of Health Psychology, Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference hosted at RSCI on Friday 3rd March. Ann-Marie, Stephen, and Grace along with Dr. Samantha Dockray and Owen Jump from UCC’s BEATS lab convened a symposium titled “Social relationships and health- A bio-behavioural perspective”. Our symposium included re
#HOTOFFTHEPRESS #LOVEIRISHRESEARCH
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,
SASHLab Good News!
SASHLab members met up with collaborators from NUI Galway, Mary Immaculate College and Shaanxi Normal University, China to discuss stress reactivity, ongoing projects and to develop further collaborations. As part of this event, a group of PhD students gave presentations on their thesis research starting with new SASHLab member Grace McMahon, UL, Siobhán Griffin (MIC), SASHLab member Eoin Brown (UL), Amanda Sesker (NUI Galway), and last but not least Páraic Ó Súilleabháin (NU
SASHLab Updates!
With the semester well underway it’s time for an update on SASHLab’s activities! First, we would like to congratulate our Assistant Dean of Research Dr. Stephen Gallagher who was recently this year’s recipient of the University of Limerick Award for Excellence in Service to Community. This award is presented to a UL member of staff annually in recognition of excellence in the area of voluntary work within the campus community and beyond. Congratulations, Stephen! SASHLab woul
SASHLab on Tour!
STAR Conference During the summer SASHLab members Dr. Ann-Marie Creaven, Stephen Gallagher attended the 37th STAR (Stress and Anxiety Research Society) conference, which was held in Zagreb, Croatia between July 6th and 8th 2016. The STAR conference was hosted by the Psychology Department in the University of Zagreb. Both Ann-Marie and Stephen, with help and funding from the Health Research Board, organised and presented at a symposium: Psychosomatic Influences on Health. Pres
SASHLab on Tour!
Psychology, Health and Medicine UCC At the end of May this year, SASHLab attended the 13th Annual Psychology, Health and Medicine Conference, which took place on 27 May 2016, at the School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork. For those who aren’t aware, the conference aims to promote health psychology and while also allowing researchers to share and discuss findings from high quality research on psychology and health. Previously SASHLab’s own Stephen Gallagher had
The Better Together Project has launched!
Researchers from SASHLab, its sister research group the Centre for Social Issues Research (CSI-R) at UL, and its collaborators have launched the Better Together Project - a multidisciplinary research collective that focuses on health and well-being. As well as publishing cutting-edge new research, the researchers have also made vlogs of their work. There is a video from our very own Dr Stephen Gallagher, and our lab collaborators from UL. You can watch them by clicking the li
