Our bi-annual conference that brings together our principal investigators and key players in Ireland’s health research ecosystem.
This event at the Sheraton Hotel Athlone will explore the theme “Looking around corners – What’s next for health and social care research in Ireland.”
We want to discuss:
- What are the current as well as future challenges and opportunities at both the micro and macro level for health research.
- National and international developments in our education, and research and innovation systems, and how we systematically translate new findings into policy and practice in our healthcare systems.
- What cross-cutting lessons can we learn from fields such as implementation science, personalised medicine, cancer care, genomics and big data, the shift to community and social care.
- What will national and global health and social care research look like in the future?
And how all these factors could shape, enable or influence our future ambitions and investments in health research and the health research ecosystem.
The event will explore all the above in three themed sessions.
- Theme 1: Setting the scene. What is happening from a regional, national, EU and international perspective and what changes are taking place in our health system, our education system, and the overall funding environment.
- Theme 2: A Deeper dive. A look at emerging trends and/or blockages through the lens of implementation science and data collaboration with a selection of case studies from cross-cutting HRB funded projects.
- Theme 3: The path ahead. What is next for health and social care research? From global to local, the HRB is in listening mode and wants your input.
Delegate registration here – by invitation only
Day One
10.30 am: Arrival and onsite registration
11.00 am: Meet the HRB teams
12.00 pm: Lunch
1.00 pm: Opening and welcome – Dr Mairéad O’Driscoll
Theme one: Setting the scene
Chair: To be announced
1.15 pm: Ester M.M. Cardinaal, PhD LLM, Researcher IQ Healthcare Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen
1.45 pm: Keynote speaker 2 TBC
2.15 pm: Professor Helen Whelton, Head of College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Chief Academic Officer HSE South South West Hospital Group
2.45 pm: Discussion session
15.15 pm: Coffee break
Theme two: A Deeper dive. A look at emerging trends and blockages
Chair: TBC
3.45 pm: Dr David Chambers, Deputy Director for Implementation Science in the Office of the Director in the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
4.15 pm: Four presentations, 10-minutes each from HRB Principal Investigators on emerging trends and challenges, viewed through the lens of:
4.15 pm: Innovations in Genomics and federated data infrastructures, Dr Laura Whelan, RCSI
4.25 pm: Trends shaping the future of health research and innovation – Dr Sonya Deschênes PhD, Lecturer/Assistant Professor & Ad Astra Fellow University College Dublin
4.35 pm: AI and machine learning, Conor Judge, University of Galway
4.45 pm: Global health security and resilient public health systems, TBC
5.00 pm: Facilitated discussion
5.30 pm: HRB Impact Award presentation
6.15 pm: Break
7.30 pm: Conference dinner
Day two
7.00 am: Stretch and start
8.00 am: Breakfast
Theme three: The path ahead (what next for health and social care research)
Chair: TBC
9.00 am: Opening keynote: Dr Kumanan Rasanathan, Executive Director of the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, WHO.
General topic of anticipating global challenges and the contribution of health research to achieving improved health and Sustainable Development Goals.
9.45 am: Introduction to round table discussion and explain the task ahead for the morning.
10.00 am: Have your say: Moderator Dr Claire O’Connell
11.30 am Coffee break & brunch
12.00 pm: Open mic
12.30 pm: HRB round up
1.00 pm: Close
