MyHealth RCSI

This episode explores 'Debunking the Myths: Talking to Teenagers About Sexual Health' – The RCSI led programme providing science based information on sexual and reproductive health to teenagers and their parents.

In this episode, the panel will discuss how to find clear and reliable information about sexual and reproductive health that will help both teenagers and parents with this sometimes challenging journey.

Chair:

Dr Trudy Meehan, Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI

Speakers:

Professor Fergal D. Malone – Professor and Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, RCSI and Consultant Obstetrician, Rotunda Hospital Dublin

Dr Zara Molphy – Head of Research Programmes, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, RCSI

Dr Ronan Daly – Clinical Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, RCSI

Additional recommended resources and links can be found on the RCSI website www.rcsi.com/myhealthlectures

In this episode, our panel will continue a conversation started last year, with updates from new evidence and will provide practical ideas and resources to help navigate the menopause transition and post menopause phase of life, including how to manage this transition at work.

In February 2022, RCSI aired a MyHealth episode on the menopause called ‘Living Well through Perimenopause and Menopause’.

During the episode, our expert panel discussed empowering women to a better menopause experience through increased awareness of their multidisciplinary, evidence-based healthcare and self-care options.

In a new second part of this series, we will put a focus on the experience of older women, the longer-term effects of using HRT and equity of access to healthcare, via questions previously submitted from the audience.

Additional recommended resources and links can be found on the RCSI website www.rcsi.com/myhealthlectures

In this episode, the panel will discuss the science behind obesity, as well as explore some of the common misconceptions around obesity and stigma, how we think and talk about obesity, and best practices in obesity care delivery.

Chair:

Dr Oran Kennedy, Lecturer at the Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Speakers:

Dr Grace O’Malley, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiotherapy, RCSI & and Clinical Lead in the Child & Adolescence Obesity Service at CHI

Dr Elaine Byrne, Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Deirdre Murphy, volunteer at the Irish Coalition for People Living with Obesity 

Additional recommended resources and links can be found on the RCSI website www.rcsi.com/myhealthlectures 

This episode of the RCSI MyHealth Series is on the topic of ‘Positive ageing – retiring well’. As part of this discussion, the panel will explore the process of retirement from a psychological aspect and lifestyle medicine perspective, as well as sharing practical tools and strategies to prepare for a successful retirement.   

Speakers:  

Dr Trudy Meehan, Lecturer at the RCSI Centre for Positive Psychology and Health 

Professor Robert Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Medicine, RCSI, and Medical Director Lifestyle Health & WellBeing Consultant Cardiology & Lifestyle Medicine, Beacon Hospital, Dublin 

Additional recommended resources and links can be found on the RCSI website www.rcsi.com/myhealthlectures 

In this MyHealth Series episode, our panel discuss the importance of prioritising young people’s

mental health, identifying early warning signs and sharing supports and things we can do to

help protect young people’s mental health.

This episode is chaired by Professor Ciaran O’Boyle, Director of the RCSI Centre for Positive

Psychology and Health.

Panelists include:

Professor Patrick McGorry AO, Executive Director, Orygen; Professor of Youth Mental Health,

Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Professor Mary Cannon, Department of Psychiatry, RCSI University of Medicine and Health

Sciences, Lisa McCarthy, Third Year Medical Student, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Dr Helen Coughlan, Department of Psychiatry, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Additional useful resources shared during this episode can be found on the RCSI website

www.rcsi.com/myhealthlectures

The theme of learning to live well continues in this next instalment of MyHealth.

In part 2, our panel show how the remaining three pillars of lifestyle medicine; diet and nutrition, stress reduction and mental health, and harmful substance reduction can help us to make positive changes in our lives to improve our physical and

emotional health.

This episode is chaired by Professor Ciaran O’Boyle, Director of the RCSI Centre for Positive Psychology and Health.

Panelists include:

Louise Tully, Researcher at RCSI and Registered Nutritionist with the Association for Nutrition (UKVRN)

Dr Pádraic Dunne, Immunologist, practicing psychotherapist and meditation teacher at the RCSI

Centre for Positive Psychology and Health

Professor Mary Cannon, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Youth Mental Health,

Department of Psychiatry, RCSI

Additional useful resources shared during this episode can be found on the RCSI website

www.rcsi.com/myhealthlectures

Recorded November 2021

Learning to live well is the theme of the next two episodes in the MyHealth series. In part 1, a panel of RCSI experts review the lifestyle medicine pillars of physical activity and exercise, healthy relationships and sleep to explore the strategies and tools we can use to improve our physical and emotional health.

This episode is chaired by Professor Ciaran O’Boyle, Director of the RCSI Centre for Positive Psychology and Health.

Panelists include:

Dr Annie Curtis, Senior Lecturer in the RCSI School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences

Dr Helen French, Senior Lecturer at the RCSI School of Physiotherapy

Dr Trudy Meehan, Lecturer at the RCSI Centre for Positive Psychology and Health

Additional useful resources shared during this episode can be found on the RCSI website

www.rcsi.com/myhealthlectures

Recorded October 2021

In May 2021, public discourse gathered pace on how perimenopause and menopause was

experienced by women in Ireland and their experiences in healthcare.

In this RCSI MyHealth Series episode, our expert panel will focus on moving the conversation

forward to empower women to a better menopause experience through increased awareness

of their person-centred, multidisciplinary, evidence-based healthcare options.

This episode is chaired by Professor Tracy Robson, Professor and Head of School of Pharmacy

and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Panelists include:

Dr Caoimhe Hartley, GP at Menopause Health and GP Tutor at RCSI University of Medicine and

Health Sciences

Dr Lisa Mellon, Lecturer, Division of Population Health Sciences, Department of Psychology,

RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Maeve Whelan, RCSI Alumnus and Practice Associate and Founder at Milltown Physiotherapy

Additional useful resources shared during this episode can be found on the RCSI website

www.rcsi.com/myhealthlectures

Recorded February 2021

In this RCSI MyHealth Series episode, our panel of experts provide a broad overview of

cancer and address some of those most commonly asked questions about symptoms, risk

factors and prevention measures, treatments and preparing for treatment, and the latest in

cancer research.

This episode is chaired by Professor Leonie Young, Scientific Director at Beaumont RCSI Cancer

Centre and Professor at the Department of Surgery, RCSI University of Medicine and Health

Sciences.

Panelists include:

Professor Patrick Morris, Clinical Director Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre, Consultant Medical

Oncologist, Clinical Lead in Medical Oncology Medical Director, Cancer Clinical Trials and

Research Unit, RCSI Hospital Group

Dr Maeve Mullooly, Senior Research Fellow and Health Research Board Emerging Investigator

at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

It was recorded in March 2022.

RCSI MyHealth is a suite of initiatives that provides a trusted and accessible source of information on health and well-being. The series covers health and well-being topics of broad interest to patients, their families and the wider public. 

Access to accurate health information is an important resource to empower people with the tools to maintain good health and well-being. The lecture series is open to those who want to learn more about common illnesses and health-related topics directly from healthcare experts. 

The series aims to demystify common health concerns by drawing expertise and insight from our team of researchers and international health experts at the cutting-edge of medical and healthcare developments.

If you want to learn more about common illnesses and health-related topics directly from healthcare experts, subscribe to the RCSI MyHealth podcast today.

For more information on previous MyHealth lecture series events, please visit www.rcsi.com/myhealthlectures