NIPHRN Events
Webinar
25 March 2026, 1:00 to 2.00 pm
EDI in Public Involvement: Simple Steps for More Inclusive Research
Speaker
Dr Cassandra Dinius, Patient and Public Involvement Liaison Officer, Rare Disease Clinical Trials Network & Health Research Charities Ireland.
Unsure where to begin with EDI in PPI? This session introduces a practical, co‑created guide designed to help anyone involved in research make involvement more inclusive.
Created with lived‑experience partners, families, charities and researchers, it provides simple, actionable steps for all research areas.
Dr. Cassandra (Cassy) Dinius is on a mission to bridge the gap between scientific discovery and the community.
She holds the first Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) role of its kind in Ireland, a joint appointment between the Rare Disease Clinical Trial Network and Health Research Charities Ireland (the national umbrella for health research charities).In this position, alongside patient and public partners, she has built the network's co-creation framework from the ground up.
She liaises between various research teams and a network of over 45 different patient organisations to keep studies relevant, accessible, and impactful.
A cognitive neuroscientist by training, Cassandra draws on her decade of experience in brain health and community intervention to support inclusive research that is driven by the people it serves.
This event will be held online via Teams
NIPHRN Past Events
“Acceptable and scalable support for weight management after pregnancy - lessons for intervention and evaluation design”
Wednesday 11th December 2024, 1.00 to 2.00 pm
Professor Michelle McKinley, Centre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast
"Alcohol Related Brain Injury/Damage: Prevalence, Effects, and Treatment"
Friday 29th November, 11.00 am to 12.00 pm- online
Diane Watson , BSc OT, Outreach Clinical Lead, Naomi Brown, OT, Leonard Cheshire ARBD service, Northern Ireland.
NIPHRN Annual Event: “Improving public health: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Real-World Impact”
NIPHRN annual event was held on 23rd May 2024 at the Mallusk Enterprise Park, 2 Mallusk Drive, Newtownabbey, BT36 4GN
Keynote presentation: "But did it work?" How do we identify effectiveness in public health evaluation?
Prof Andy Jones (C3 Collaborating for Health)
and Dr Emma Coombes (NIHR PHIRST LiLaC)
“Women in Health Research”
NIPHRN held a joint event with the Ideas fund on 12th March 2024, to coincide with the international Women's day.
Chair: Professor Anne Campbell, Queen’s University.
Seminar comprised of 3 presentations on different topics:
Tracking the mental health of children and adolescents in Ireland"
Dr Niamh Dooley, King’s College London & Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
"Keeping Girls in Sport: Fix the System Not the Girl"
Dr Aoife Lane, Head of Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Lead of SHE Affiliation: Research Group, Technological University of the Shannon
“Covid-19-related occupational moral injury and reactive embitterment” Dr Chloe Brennan, Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool
NIPHRN Autumn Webinar series: “Pharmacy and Public Health - various approaches and viewpoints”
Webinar 3: ‘Public health interventions through community pharmacy: the “Living Well” service’, Katie Blair, Pharmacy Adviser for Strategic Planning and Performance Group of the Department of Health, 13th December 2023
Webinar 2: ‘What to measure: the importance of core outcome sets in trials focusing on improving the use of medicines’, Professor Carmel Hughes, Queen’s University Belfast, 23rd November 2023
Webinar 1: ‘Community led approaches to health: The importance of trust, relationships and partnerships to engage communities, shape research and policy and improve health outcomes’, Helen McNamee, Research & Policy Manager & Kathy Martin, Strategic Impact Manager, Community Development and Health Network (CDHN), 15th November 2023
CO-PRODUCTION WITH PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA: A NEW WAY OF WORKING- National PPI-Ignite Festival
Joint event with QUB-PPI- Online, 25th October 2023, Prof Christine Brown Wilson and group, School of Nursing and midwifery, QUB, Prof Condell and Group, UU.
Workshop on “Mental health and the Arts”
Wednesday 14th June 2023, 2 to 4pm, UU Belfast Campus, Prof Carol Mutch, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Prof Gerry Leavey (UU), Prof Helen Noble (QUB), Dr Paul Murphy (QUB) and Gary Gates (Arts Care), followed by discussions to explore opportunities for new collaborations.
"Recovery, Resilience and Growth for Health and Social Care Research in Northern Ireland”
10th May, 2023, Prof Mike Clarke, Queen’s University Belfast, Director of the Northern Ireland Methodology Hub and Northern Ireland Clinical Trials Unit.
NIPHRN Annual Event, “Breaking Down the Barriers to Public Health Research”
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