Summer Scholarships
Evidence Synthesis Ireland hosts Summer Scholarships to encourage an interest in research and allow the student to become familiar with evidence synthesis methods.
The purpose of the summer scholarships is to build evidence synthesis knowledge, awareness and experience among undergraduate students by working on a relevant project related to evidence synthesis design, conduct, reporting or knowledge translation including methodology questions.
These Scholarships are open to undergraduate students based in the University of Galway, UCD, DCU, UL and QUB. There are a limited number of scholarships, and 2024 scholarships have been filled. To express interest, email esi @ universityofgalway.ie before March 31st 2025.
Previous summer scholarships:
| 2019 | Type | Location | Supervisor | Title |
| Éle Quinn | Scoping review | University of Galway | Sinéad Hynes | A Scoping Review of Occupational therapy for Multiple Sclerosis |
| Cristian Deliv | Knowledge translation | University of Galway | Elaine Toomey/El Putnam. | Developing a digital animation or video–based knowledge translation resource to explain evidence synthesis |
| 2020 | ||||
| Nikolett Warner | Scoping review | University of Galway | Chris Noone | Investigating and evaluating the evidence on psychological predictors of physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic – A scoping review |
| Amy Lawlor | Quality assessement | University of Galway | Paddy Gillespie | An exploratory analysis of the reporting of health economic data in published systematic reviews. |
| Johanna Pope | Co-fund with HRB TMRN | UCC | Karen Matvienko Sikar | Womens views of maternity care during COVID-19 |
| 2021 | ||||
| Aoife Troy | Scoping review | UL | Pauline Meskell | Deprescribing interventions in palliative care: A scoping review |
| Ciara Walsh | Scoping review | UL | Pauline Meskell | Deprescribing interventions in palliative care: A scoping review |
| Sana Praveen | Capacity Building Evaluation | ESI | Tom Conway | Evidence synthesis capacity-building on the island of Ireland – an evaluation of Evidence Synthesis Ireland initiatives |
| Sheffinea Koshy | Systematic Review | QUB | Gianni Virgilli | A Systematic Review on Outcomes Reporting in Surgical Interventions and Microinvasive Glaucoma Surgery |
| 2023 | ||||
| Evan Forde | Knowledge translation | ESI | Declan Devane | Health Info Summaries: Robot Writers vs Human Experts |
| Niamh O’Connell | SWAR | University of Galway | Elaine Toomey | SWAR – Stakeholder consultation exercises within Scoping Reviews |
| 2024 | ||||
| Caitriona Duffy | QES | University of Galway | Linda Biesty | Women’s experiences of participating in interventions delivered to prevent or reduce stress among parents in the period from conception to two years postpartum: a qualitative evidence synthesis (QES). |
| Cian O’Donoghue | QES | University of Galway | Catherine Houghton | Barriers and facilitators to healthcare workers’ adherence with infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines for respiratory infectious diseases: a qualitative evidence synthesis |
| Heb Abushama | Scoping Review | UCD | Valerie Smith | Network Meta-Analyses for health conditions in pregnancy and postpartum: A Scoping Review |
| Aoife Smith | Scoping Review | UCD | Valerie Smith | Quality assessment tools used in qualitative evidence syntheses of maternity care research: A scoping review |
| Caitríona Brody | Scoping Review | UL | Claire O’Donnell | An Exploration of Patients’ Experiences of Palliative Care Support Following Discharge from Hospital to the Community Setting |
| Fiona O Callaghan | Scoping Review | UL | Breda Moloney | An Exploration of Patients’ Experiences of Palliative Care Support Following Discharge from Hospital to the Community Setting |
| Thunn Lin | Systematic Review + Infographic | QUB | Bronwen Connolly | Systematic Review of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Paediatric Delirium in Critically Ill Children and design of an infographic |