Faculty of Occupational Medicine Holds Jack Eustace Lecture 2023
The Faculty of Occupational Medicine was honoured to host the annual Jack Eustace Lecture on 15 November 2023, welcoming Dr Oghenovo Oghuvbu, Chief Medical Officer, An Garda Síochána as the keynote.
Titled "Transforming Occupational Health & Wellbeing - the An Garda Síochána Experience" Dr Oghuvbu shared invaluable insights gleaned from his extensive experience.
Dr Diarmuid O’Shea, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dr Oghenovo Oghuvbu, and Dr Sheelagh O’Brien, Dean of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine.
Dr Oghuvbu is a graduate of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos in Nigeria. He joined An Garda Síochána in 2010 as a Specialist Occupational Physician, and in 2017 was appointed Chief Medical Officer with responsibility for the Garda Occupational Health and Wellbeing (GOHW) Directorate.
He is currently a member of the Board of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and serves as a member of the Advocacy Committee of the Board. He is a member of the current HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) Emergency Management of Injuries and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Guidelines Development Group.
The Jack Eustace Lecture is named after Dr Jack Eustace, a pioneer of occupational medicine in Ireland, and one of the founding members in 1972 of a group of Irish 'company doctors' with a dedicated interest in occupational medicine known as the Eustaceans.
The lecture, named in his honour, has become a cherished tradition with hosting duties rotating each year between the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and four other societies, including the Irish Society of Occupational Medicine, the Occupational Hygiene Society of Ireland, the Occupational Health Nurses Association of Ireland, and the Irish Society of Toxicology.
The Faculty of Occupational Medicine is proud to carry on this tradition and to honour the memory of Dr Jack Eustace by continuing to advance the field of occupational medicine through research, education, and advocacy.