UCD Student Medical Journal

A huge thank you to our launch night sponsors!!

UCD Student Medical Journal celebrated the launch of our 12th edition this week 🔬💙

✨Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year’s edition, peer reviewers, professors and sponsors as well as our amazing committee who brought this all to life ✨

We had amazing presentations on the day:
1. Helena Paran: UCD Winner of the Intercollegiate Surgical Case Competition
2. Gillian Reid-Schachter Winner of the Cover Image Competition
3. Gabriella Nayeon Kim: UCD Winner of the James B. Coakley Medal for Dissection 2025

Thank you to for their support. Thank you also to .pizza for fuelling us 🍕

🔬💙 We are also excited to announce that the launch of the 12th edition of the SMJ will take place on Wednesday, 29th April at 7:00pm (venue TBC)🔬💙

📸✨ IMAGE COMPETITION LAUNCH ✨📸

The UCD Student Medical Journal is excited to announce our annual Image Competition!
🖼️ The winning image will feature as the cover of this year’s Student Medical Journal
🏆 Prize: €150 airline voucher of the winner’s choice
🗓️ Deadline: 20th March 2026 @ 5:00 PM
📧 Submit to: [email protected]

Get snapping and send in your best shot! 📷✨

Call for submissions to UCD SMJ’s 12th Edition!

Submissions are now OPEN, with the deadline on the 27th of February 2026, 23:59 sharp!

All applications are welcome, whether they be medical research, case reports, literature reviews, or something else exciting!

Please forward any submissions/questions to [email protected]!

We are calling for submissions for SMJs 12th edition essay competition! Submissions due January 31st 11:59 pm.

The annual UCD SMJ essay competition is now accepting submissions! Link in bio.

The UCD SMJ essay competition is now accepting submissions! Link in bio.

📨UCD SMJ Peer review applications are now open📨
🔗link in bio to sign up don’t miss out

Meet the 2025/2026 SMJ committee! :)