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Format
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JPEG
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Title
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Sean Lavelle & Experimental Medicine
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Depiction
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Picture 1: A man within a rock enclosure
Picture 2: Thirty one people comprising twenty seven men and four women with rock / stone type terrain and some trees in the background
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Description
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John (Sean) M. Lavelle was appointed Professor at University College Galway in 1959 (University Calendar, 2005-06). A new Department of Experimental Medicine and Practical Pharmacology was established in 1960, with Sean Lavelle as Professor. It was considered innovative at the time especially in the application of computers in clinical problem solving and research methods (Murray, 1999, p.153). Research work, especially into computer-aided diagnostic programmes was conducted with clinical departments in local hospitals and / or clinical centres throughout Europe (Murray, 1999, p.156). An example of such collaboration was the EURICTERUS Project Management Group which focussed on clinical presentation of jaundice in Europe, with Sean Lavelle & his research group being the University of Galway partner.
That particular Project was part of the European Commission 4th Medical Research and Development Coordination Programme. The Project was operational between 1st Jan 1988 and 31 Jan 1992. Local Project personnel were Joan Kavanagh, Research Assistant, and Ben Kanagaratnam, Computer Programmes. A trip to the Burren National Park was organised during a Project Meeting at University College Galway in Apr. 1991. Group participants included: Local participants Sean Lavelle & Joan Kavanagh; as well as R. Cozzolongo, Ospedale Specializ in Gastroenterologia, Castellana Grotte, Italy.
The first picture shows Sean Lavelle within the confines of the Poulnabrone dolmen in the Burren National Park.
The second picture shows the Burren Trip Group with Sean Lavelle at the extreme left in the front row and Joan Kavanagh (in pink outfit) also in the front row.
Sean retired in 1993 and he passed away on 2 Jan. 2016.
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References
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Personal communication: Joan Kavanagh, via a Meeting on 24 June 2024.
James P. Murray, 'Medicine' in Tadhg Foley (ed.), From Queen’s College to National University (Dublin, 1999), p. 153, p.156.
General Calendar, University of Galway, 2005-06.
S. M. Lavelle, J. M. Kavanagh, Clinical Presentation of jaundice in Europe, The Project Management Group, Euricterus Project, 1995, University College Galway, Ireland, pp 1 – 80, Clodóirí Lurgan Teo, Indreabhán, Gaillimh, Éire
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Bibliographic Citation
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J. Kavanagh, S.G. Jennings, ‘Sean Lavelle & Experimental Medicine’ Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14988, Archival Record Id VHRS
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Period
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1990s
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Category
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colour
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portrait
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group
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off-campus
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outdoors
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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University of Galway Library
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Rights
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This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA
see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
