Key facts about the HRB
Find out about our organisation at a glance
Name: Health Research Board
Affiliation: State Agency under the Department of Health
Budget: €45 million annually, and we manage an investment portfolio of approximately €200 million.
Purpose: Support and fund health research and provide evidence to inform policy and practice.
Main business areas:
- Funding research proposals and managing grants
- Conducting evidence reviews to underpin decision making in health
- Managing data collections in the areas of alcohol and drug treatment and deaths, disability and psychiatric admissions and discharges.
Staff: 75
Chief Executive: Dr Mairéad O'Driscoll
Chair: Awaiting appointment (December 2020)
Vision: Better health through excellent research, data and evidence
Mission: To support research that improves people’s health, promotes evidence-informed care and creates solutions to societal challenges
We want the research that we fund and the work that we do to: -
- deliver real benefits for people's health
- transform the way healthcare is delivered
- provide information and evidence that informs decisions about health care
- advance health research and data infrastructure
- promote excellent training in health research
- generate economic returns through healthcare innovation and economic development.