The aim of the UCD CHilD Research Centre is to create a space for collaborations across the Bio – Psycho – Social Sciences to respond to important challenges and create insights into how early life biological, psychological and social mechanisms impact lifecourse health and wellbeing. The Centre brings together UCD-based researchers who utilize a range of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methodological approaches in researching all aspects of children’s lives from the early years through to adulthood. Our goal is to produce research which can be used by policy makers and practitioners to enhance child well-being. Our annual conference is an opportunity for members to present and discuss their research with an interdisciplinary audience. The theme of this year’s conference is to present the diversity of research being conducted in UCD on children and families

Schedule

10.00 – 10.10: Opening Comments

Orla Doyle, Director of the UCD CHilD Research Centre

10.10 – 11.10 Session 1 (moderator – Orla Doyle)

- Slawa Rokicki (UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy) "The Great Recession, Household Income, and Children’s Test Scores

- Valerie O’Brien (UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science). Adoption Trends in Ireland - How to Ensure a Child Centred Approach.

- Aisling Geraghty (UCD Perinatal Research Centre, School of Medicine and Medical Science) Successful Strategies to Improve Follow-up for Longitudinal Child Cohort Studies - Findings from the ROLO Kids Study

11.10 -11.30 Coffee break

11.30 – 12.30 Session 2 (moderator – Eilis Hennessey)

- Michael Rush (UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work & Social Justice). Fatherhood, Gender Egalitarianism and Parental Leave.

- Claire Magner (UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems). The PIPPIN Project; Paediatric Intensive care Public Patient INvolvement, Where we started…

- Dr Aideen McParland (UCD School of Psychology). Using Eye-tracking Technology to Investigate and Improve Gaze Behaviour of Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

12.30 – 12.45 Thesis in 3

- Niamh Buckle (PhD student, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems) Defining Youth: A Scoping Review To Map How Children and Young People Are Defined Globally.

- Mckenzie Dow (PhD student, UCD School of Public Health and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital). Childhood Obesity and Psychological Health in the Context of Disadvantage: A Narrative Literature Review

- Cara Yelverton (PhD student, UCD Perinatal Research Centre, School of Medicine) The Relationship between Child Eating Behaviour, Maternal Eating Behaviour and Child Weight Status at 5 years of age: Findings from the ROLO Study.

12.45 – 1.30 Lunch

1.30 – 2.50 Session 3 (moderator – Dympna Devine)

- Karen Smith & Muireann Ni Raghallaigh (UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice) Carrying out Child-Centred Research with Refugee Children and Young People: Ethical and Methodological Challenges

- Suja Somanadhan (UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems) Translating Genetic Rare Diseases into Practice using an Integrated Family System Based Research Approaches.

- Deirdre McGillocuddy & Seaneen Sloan (UCD School of Education) First National Longitudinal Cohort Study of Primary Schooling – Children’s School Lives (CSL).

- Carolina Bassul (UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science) Environmental Influences on The Health of Pre-Schoolers: The School, The Home and The Neighbourhood Environment: Preliminary Results

2.50 – 3.10 Coffee Break

3.10– 4.10 Session 4 (moderator – Aifric O’Sullivan)

- Sharleen O’Reilly, (UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science) What Works to Prevent Diabetes Postpartum in Women with Gestational Diabetes?

- Professor Anne Fogarty (UCD School of English Drama Film) The Shape of a Miserable Child": Representations of Sexual Abuse in Contemporary Irish Fiction

- Professor Lizbeth Goodman (Chair of Creative Technology Innovation/Professor of Inclusive Design for Education & Director, SMARTlab and the Inclusive Design Research Centre of Ireland, Academic Chair, Marie Curie ASSISTID Programme, College of Engineering, UCD) Creative Human and Technological Solutions for Inclusion of Children with Neurodiversity in Co-designed Educational and Social Programmes (virtual and augmented reality, games, telepresence robotics, 3d printing and inclusive making, et al.)

4.10 – 5.00 Keynote & Closing

- Professor Mauricio Avendano (Professor of Public Policy and Global, Health Kings College London) The Impact of the Recession on Children and Families.

5.00 Wine reception

For further information on the Centre please see: http://child.ucd.ie/

If you are interested in getting involved in the Centre please contact:
child@ucd.ie