The Picture of Health 2011 presents a snap shot of some of the HRB-funded research projects that ended in 2010. A total of 105 HRB grants were completed that year, resulting in:

• 105 new international collaborations.
• 669 patients enrolled on cancer clinical trials across 14 hospitals.
• 18 new products and interventions in development.
• 38 PhD students trained across many health disciplines.
• 59 influences on policy and practice.
• Leverage of over ?11m in additional research funding.

Our funded research programmes saw the active involvement of dentists, doctors, midwives, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers, statisticians, and others in Irish health research, alongside the more traditional academic researchers, with the ultimate aim of delivering new and improved health products, services, policies and practices over the coming years.

A Picture of Health 2011 is available to download directly at the end of this page.  Some sample stories are shown below with further information also available from the press release which will be issued circa 1000hrs.