The UCD School of Medicine and College of Health and Agricultural Sciences (CHAS) hosted the 2022 Universitas 21 Health Sciences Group Summer School for two weeks from 4 – 15 July in Dublin Ireland.
They welcomed 31 students from nine Universitas 21 Health Sciences Group partner institutions for the first in-person international event that the UCD School of Medicine has hosted since the start of the pandemic. The theme of the Summer School was appropriately titled: ‘One Health | How can a One Health approach improve our pandemic preparedness?’ and saw the students bring their diverse backgrounds together to come up with pandemic preparedness plans for a range of country types.
With Dr Gerald Barry from the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine and UCD One Health champion alongside Dr Patrick Felle Associate Dean of Medicine for International as academic coordinators, the participants were introduced to an astounding range of speakers who collectively discussed the Irish response to COVID 19.
Students very fortunate to hear from speakers who had direct involvement in the Irish response to the pandemic and experts who are still actively contributing to the monitoring of the current endemic stage.
UCD would like to thank all the speakers for sharing their experiences with the benefit of hindsight of two incredibly challenging years.
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