The UCD CRC was established in 2006 to deliver high quality, world class, patient-centred research. Together with our hospital partners and the UCD School of Medicine, we have built a skilled and committed research team who help investigators to design and conduct clinical trials to the highest standards. To date, we have secured funding, published widely and joined prestigious research networks. Our research has been incorporated into national and international clinical guidelines and has been translated into clinical practice to improve outcomes. In this application, we seek funding to grow our centre so that more patients have the opportunity to take part in high quality clinical trials. Our objectives are:
Increase access for patients and clinicians to trials by doubling the number of trials by 2025. Grow the UCD research network by including new hospitals and general practice sites.
Set-up early phase clinical trials (trials which carefully test whether a new treatment is safe and potentially effective)
Improve how clinical trials are designed and run.
Integrate clinical trials further into our hospitals.
Continue to build our education programmes to train future researchers and clinicians. Share knowledge so that healthcare professionals can use research results in their clinical practice. Make sure that patients’ voices are at the centre of how we design and carry out clinical trials.
We will achieve these objectives by gaining additional funding, including the funding sought in this application. We will also seek funding from industry and the university system. This funding will allow us to grow our research team and our research network. It will also allow us to modernise our systems so that the funding is used to the best possible effect. This will mean we will be able to support more investigators to carry out high-quality research, which will benefit more patients.
