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On Thursday 5th September Healthcare activist Ms Missie Collins received UCD Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science for her valued contributions to the UCD led All-island Traveller Health Study and decades-long track record of advocacy for the Traveller community

Missie Collins is an Irish Traveller and has been a Pavee Point Primary Healthcare for Travellers worker for more than 30 years.To mark the occasion, Prof Cecily Kelleher, College Principal UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences, recorded a fireside chat with Missie to discuss her life and activism.
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Lifeways Event

Lifeways Event took place on Friday 3rd February to celebrate twenty years of the project.

UCD College of Health and Agricultural Sciences

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