CLuB welcomes Voice-Ireland Participants to Trinity College Dublin

In August 2026 VOICE-Ireland took place for the first time in Ireland. This is an immersive scientific training residency for cancer Patient Advocates, and as part of it, participants visited Trinity College Dublin where they learnt more about CLuB’s work on liquid biopsies and extracellular vesicles with respect to cancer diagnosis. There were demonstrations of the equipment used for this so that the participants would get a greater understanding of blood and tissue biobanking, and how to find cancer cells in blood. A short video here gives you a taste of their experience with CLuB.

Thanks to everyone who worked to make this a success: Prof. Lorraine O'Driscoll, Dr Sharon O’Toole, Dr Kathy Gately, Dr Christina Cahill, Ms Faye Lewis, Dr Brian David Henderson, Prof. John O'Leary, Ms Sinead Hurley, Ms Lauren McMahon, Ms Hannah O'Toole and Ms Marika Kanjuga at Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, TCD; Ms Chantal Halley and Ms Anisa Shah from AICRI; patient advocates Mrs Jacqueline Daly, Ms Debbie Keatley, Mr Aidan McCormick, Mrs Krista Costello and Ms Roberta Horgan, and to all the VOICE-Ireland participants.

Also thank you to the Higher Education Authority for funding the work of CLuB and making our involvement with this possible.