Faculty of Occupational Medicine Holds Annual Spring Conference

On 21 April 2023, the Faculty of Occupational Medicine welcomed attendees to No. 6 Kildare Street for its annual Spring Conference. 

The event, which could also be attended virtually, featured lectures around the theme of ‘Focusing on the Future.’ 

Speakers delved into a variety of different topics under this theme, including legal and HR issues, and advances in the areas of obesity, gender, lifestyle medicine and viral infections.   

Prof Martie Van-Tongeren, Dr Sheelagh O’Brien, Dean of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Ms Marie Daly and Dr Tommy Smyth.   

The programme included: 

• Employment, Protect disclosures and Data Protection Law Updates - Ms. Marie Daly  

• Employers and Occupational Health: A HR Perspective- Mr. Tom Smyth 

• Emerging Infectious Disease- Dr. Paul McKeown  

• The Health and Occupational Research network (THOR) in Ireland and the UK- Professor Martie Van–Tongeren   

• Lifestyle Medicine- Professor Robert Kelly   

• Gender: A Series of Firsts- Professor Donal O’Shea   

• Obesity: “It affects my entire life"- Dr. Michael Crotty 

The event closed with a lively panel discussion with all of our speakers, who took questions from attendees on the day.