SASHlab updates
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


Slán, Farewell, Adieu!
Over the past 7 months, one of the Co-op students in third year Psychology BSc has been working in the psychology department with Dr. Ann-Marie Creaven and Dr. Stephen Gallagher in SASHLab. Sarah Minogue began her placement in June 2016 and is finishing up in December 2016. While she was working here, she was involved in many different tasks with SASHLab and had opportunities to be involved in research. While updating the SASHLab twitter account and writing blogs throughout t

#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 on Tour!
As part of our commitment to reinforce and grow our research networks throughout the country, Rachel was invited to University College Cork by Dr Samantha Dockray to act as a discussant for their monthly Lightning Talk. The topic was "Biomarkers in Psychophysiology research: Potential and pitfalls", with two presentations from PhD candidates Karen O'Leary and Gillian Murphy. Rachel discussed the many methodological issues and considerations essential for research in the areas
SASH Lab starts its Think Tank sessions
The department of Psychology at UL has a strong collaborative environment between researchers, encouraging us all to support each other in our research efforts. The department has an existing Think Tank for the Centre for Social Issues Research (CSI-R) that meets every week to discuss papers, methodological issues, and novel research in the area of social issues and social psychology. In the spirit of this, SASH Lab has started up its own Think Tank to discuss similar topics