VP Research, Innovation & Impact. Professor of International Health. Health inequalities and human rights law expert. Tweets are my own. RT not endorsement.
Waterford, Ireland
Joined April 2022
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Delighted to be back in Ireland 🇮🇪 and working in such an exciting stage of SETU’s growth and with such welcoming colleagues. @SETU_Research
🔔 | SETU is proud to announce Professor @mcvanhout as our Vice President of Research, Innovation and Impact.
Prof. Van Hout boasts an extensive academic background and a track record in global health research and knowledge transfer.
Read more 👇
setu.ie/news/setu-appoints-n…
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
There is a strong evidence of the links and connections between TB, diabetes, #mentalhealth and nutrition, and thus opening avenues to explore joint priorities on NCDs and TB. Stop TB Partnership is in New York for the Interactive @UN multistakeholder hearing on the NCDs.
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
“The situation of prisoners belonging to the lowest caste could be considered to constitute a continuing violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights”
🔗Read the #CPT new standard on this issue rm.coe.int/1680b57a6a
#CPT #InformalPrisonerHierarchy
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
🚨75% increase in women’s imprisonment since 2000.
Many are criminalised for #poverty, #gender discrimination and survival-related offences.📢Join us at #CSW2025 on 17 March for the launch of our new report with @womenbeywalls. 🔗 Register now: t.ly/Mox0-
#IWD2025
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
“Imagine living with a stranger and a shared toilet in a space the size of a parking bay” - voices from academia add to a chorus of concern about the ongoing overcrowding crisis in #Ireland’s prisons …
irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/…
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
An unvaccinated child has died of measles in the United States — the first person in a decade to be killed by the virus there.
This disease is completely preventable by vaccination. The U.S. had in fact previously considered measles eliminated in 2000.
Read the article in full here - apnews.com/article/measles-o…
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
UK Health Security Agency is hiring a Director, Global Health Protection (London, England, United Kingdom)
➡️publichealthjobs.co.uk/job/1…
#publichealth
#publichealthjobs #jobs
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
Dire warning: 6.3 million people can die from AIDS if US cuts funding trib.al/cXakgUZ
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
Minister for @DeptofFHed, James Lawless @lawlessj, has today announced a €2.5 million investment to fund 28 fellowships through the Research Ireland Industry Research, Development, and Innovation Fellowship (IRDIF) Programme. Read: researchireland.ie/news/mini…
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Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
Deadline fast approaching ! 📮 Make sure to submit by Friday at midnight !
Women In Research Ireland are excited to host a research showcase in celebration of International Women's Day! The event will take place in Dublin and will include short presentations from women about their topic of research. Short abstracts may be submitted via forms.gle/5r1gs5MoQtKwCUhp9 before the 7th of February 2025.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
📢Check out the new Policy Brief on Artificial Intelligence!
Great to have this latest resource from @MSCANetwork ⬇️
📢New Policy Brief on Artificial Intelligence!
We explore the opportunities and challenges AI presents within #HorizonEurope and #MSCA, and offer recommendations to ensure AI research is conducted responsibly, ethically, and in line with the EU’s values.
msca-net.eu/2025/01/31/eleme…
New journal paper! Great to see the publication and all credit to @cathymonty_psy and her team. Influenza vaccine uptake in socially deprived areas: A multilevel retr... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
The #CoE #antitorture Committee (#CPT) visited #Greece 🇬🇷 from 20 to 31 January 2025. Focus: Treatment and conditions of detention of persons deprived of their liberty in Greek prisons and by the Hellenic Police. bit.ly/4grbJ4M @CoEHumanRights @GRinStrasbourg
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
KQ 2040 Vision: Our Blueprint for Growth
This is our story and it's only the beginning. Discover how we will be delivering our Vision for Knowledge Quarter Liverpool and our partners.
Watch the full video at the link
kq2040.com/
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
Today we launch KQ Vision 2040: Our Blueprint for Growth.
Our new KQ 2040 vision shapes the role of our innovation district in driving growth. Our three core principles; to Convene and Collaborate, Amplify and Attract, Invent and Innovate.
Kq2040.com
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
In 1847 as the Irish famine raged, a prison was opened on a small Irish island
Within 5 years it was the largest prison in the world
Within 20, it had redefined modern approaches to prisoner reform
This is the story of Spike Island (1)
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
ANNOUNCING:
SETU RESEARCH WEEK 2025
To find out more, and to register for the individual events, please visit: bit.ly/4hetup8
#SETU #SETUResearch #ResearchWeek2025
@mcvanhout @geraldine_canny @brianogilvie @Jamesfosullivan @eadaoin_butler @SETUIreland
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
AIDS claims a life every minute. Despite huge progress made in the HIV response, human rights violations are still preventing the world from ending AIDS. To protect everyone’s health, we need to protect everyone’s rights.
@UNAIDS
forbes.com/sites/jenniferlot…
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
Update 5pm and all counties on Republic of Ireland are now in Red warning for part of Friday.
Professor Marie Claire Van Hout retweeted
NEWS | Nearly £10m is set to be invested in the University of Liverpool’s new Civic HealthTech Innovation Zone (CHI-Zone) that would drive investment and job creation, while tackling health inequalities in the @LpoolCityRegion
Read more ⬇️
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/01…
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