UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Annual Report 2020

Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, UCC

Dr Mohamad Saab speaks about early detection of testicular and prostate

Successful tender application to explore strategies to refer high-risk individuals with lung cancer ‘alarm’ symptoms A tender application titled: “Barriers, facilitators, and strategies to recognise and refer high-risk individuals with lung cancer ‘alarm’ symptoms: A qualitative study with primary healthcare professionals” received funding from the HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme to the value of ¤25,000. This 6-month research project is part of a wider project to develop a nation-wide intervention to ‘push’ patients to seek help for symptoms indicative of lung cancer and enable healthcare professionals to ‘pull’ at-risk individuals to their services. The project is led by Dr Mohamad Saab and Professor Josephine Hegarty in collaboration with a team of experts from the School of Nursing and Midwifery, the School of Pharmacy, and Cork University Hospital. The Team: Dr Mohamad Saab (Primary Investigator), Dr Laura Sahm, Professor Patricia Leahy-Warren, Dr Serena FitzGerald, Dr Brendan Noonan, Dr Caroline Kilty, Noreen Lyons, and Professor Josephine Hegarty (Co-Primary Investigator).

cancers during a Movember event

This year for Movember, the UCC Pharmacy Society ran a series of Zoom events to raise awareness about the signs and symptoms of testicular and prostate cancers. Being the top two cancers in men, the aim of these events was to make sure that people know how to catch these cancers early. Dr Saab was invited to speak at the opening of these virtual events hosted by the UCC Pharmacy Society and UCC Aussie Rules Club which have raised over ¤4,000 combined for the Movember charity.

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