Health Research Board

01/03/2012

A team of Trinity College Dublin researchers has developed a fully automated system that eradicates bacterial contamination in hospital water tanks, distribution systems and taps. Findings from the April edition of Journal of Hospital Infection are now available online.

07/02/2012

Strong Irish support for EU-wide research strategy to tackle Alzheimer’s and other Neurodegenerative diseases.

07/02/2012

Dr Fiona McGillicuddy from the Conway Institute at University College Dublin wins the first successful award under the SFI-HRB Wellcome Trust Biomedical Partnership, a Research Career Development Fellowship of approx €750,000 over five years. She will investigate the links between obesity, 'good cholesterol', diet and coronary artery disease. See http://www.hrb.ie/about/news/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=195&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=19&cHash=59deaa436a11a8896e85823603ba3fe2

25/01/2012

Details of Watts Medal and Poster 2012 competition winners and their research are available on the HRB website at http://www.hrb.ie/about/news/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=194&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=19&cHash=730dcc5e15dc0ce2f246bfed6321050c

'The quality of the work on display both in the poster competition and the Watts Medal presentations was truly astounding. The students have shown ingenuity, commitment and drive to have accomplished so much in the eight weeks that their HRB Summer Scholarships lasted. They have been able to tac...

25/01/2012

Congrats to Eoin Farrell from St Eunan's College, Co Donegal who won the Health Research Board Special Award for his project "Paediatric resuscitation: How reliable are existing weight estimation methods in Ireland?" at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2012. Enda Connolly, CEO of the HRB presented the award.

25/01/2012

22/12/2011

The HRB invities Expressions of Interest to a new programme grant scheme aimed at generating relevant and timely evidence for health policy and/or practice in Ireland. A Collaborative Applied Research Grant in Population Health and Health Services Research could provide a research team with up to 5 years funding of €1.25 million.

Collaborative Applied Research Grants in Population Health and Health Services Research Call for Expressions of Interest 2012

22/12/2011

HRB-funded clinician awarded €6 million from the EU to lead clinical trial in Alzheimer’s disease

Professor Brian Lawlor, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, St Jamess Hospital and Trinity College Dublin has been awarded 6 million from the EU 7th Framework Programme (FP7) to coordinate an international team researching the prevention and treatment of Alzheimers disease.

22/12/2011

Summer Student Scholarships 2012

The Health Research Board invites applications for summer scholarships from undergraduate students in health-related disciplines to support their participation in research during Summer 2012. The purpose of the student scholarships is to encourage an interest in research and to give the student an ...

22/12/2011

National Cancer Institute Summer Curriculum in Cancer Prevention

The Ireland-Northern Ireland-National Cancer Institute Cancer Consortium aims to provide world-class cancer care to people on the island of Ireland and, to this end, participates in a range of educational programmes. As part of the 2011 Consortium activities, the Health Research Board, in associatio...

22/12/2011

Clinical research trials to deliver better care to cancer patients

The Health Research Board funded Clinical Research Facility Galway (CRFG) has just started clinical trials of new medications to treat Myelofibrosis - a life threatening cancer of the bone marrow.

22/12/2011

Born with no eyes - 'guilty' gene identified

HRB-funded researchers at University College Dublin have identified the genetic impairment which causes a child to be born with no eyes.