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Heart valve design wins HRB prize at BT Young Scientist
Congratulations to Thomas Hayes a sixth year student from Yeats College Galway who won this year's HRB special prize at the BT Young Scientist...
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Launch of 2018 Public Health Programme call coming soon
The 2018 Public Health Programme call for applications for project actions, with four topic priorities will launch shortly.
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Health Research in Action
As the year comes to a close, we would encourage you to read about some of the positive outcomes health research is having for people's health and our...
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Latest drug-related deaths figures
Almost two people died each day in Ireland during 2015 as a result of poisoning, trauma or medical causes linked to drug use according to the latest...
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Information day for Horizon 2020 - health, demographic change and wellbeing
8 December 2017, Brussels. Video recordings and PowerPoint slides available
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Dr Dermot Walsh Memorial Award
Eilis Walsh, wife of the late Dr Dermot Walsh (HRB), presents the inaugural award to Maureen Buckley.
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World antibiotic resistance day - 18 November
The Health Research Board has invested €740,000 in two Irish research projects that look at how antibiotic resistance might be influenced by the food...
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Innovative thinkers sought for HRB Board vacancies
Interested in serving on the HRB Board? We currently have three vacancies. The details about the vacancies, eligibility and how to apply are available...
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New resource for neurodegenerative disease researchers
The EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND), has just opened a searchable online database of neurodegenerative disease cohort...
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A new degree of openness for HRB-funded publications
Dr Mairead O'Driscoll, Interim Chief Executive at the Health Research Board comments on the HRB Open Access initiative.
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€5.5 million for Irish biomedical research
Three new projects will investigate more effective MRSA treatment options, sequence the genome of ‘Atlantic-edge’ populations and explore how the...
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Launch of Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-2021
Presentations from the Irish launch in University College Dublin (UCD) can be found at the url below.
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€2 billion EU funding pot available for health research
The Health Research Board and other Irish funding agencies launched the final three-year Work Programme of Horizon 2020 today, Wednesday 18th October...
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Blood transfusions in critically ill patients – ‘freshest’ blood not necessarily the best
A new clinical trial called TRANSFUSE, has found the age of transfused blood cells did not impact patient survival rates among critically ill adults....
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Ireland’s Preliminary Views on the 9th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
Ireland has set out its preliminary position on Framework Programme 9 (FP9), the successor to Horizon 2020.
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How tuberculosis hijacks the immune system
HRB-funded researchers at Trinity College Dublin and St James’s Hospital, working in a team with the University of Cambridge and University of...
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€8.3 million to support up and coming health researchers
The new HRB Emerging Investigator Awards will enable researchers at the mid stage of their career to shift gear to become independent investigators....
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HRB publish latest data from Irish psychiatric hospitals and units
Young people, single people and depression continue to dominate admissions for psychiatric care.
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Research central to implementation of new National Drugs Strategy
Research and evidence will form a key part of Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery. A health-led approach to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-25.
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Setting national biobanking standards
The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) have opened a public consultation process on a new ISO standard for biobanking.
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Independent advisors call for increased EU investment in research and innovation for the sake of Europe's future
Europe must capitalise better on the knowledge it produces, and turn its innovation potential into economic growth.
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Disability Services - new HRB reports examine current service use and future demand
The Health Research Board (HRB) has published the National Intellectual Disability Database (NIDD) and The National Physical and Sensory Disability...
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Funding to involve public in the research process from the start
The Health Research Board and Irish Research Council have announced a new €1.75 million initiative to help researchers involve the public at the very...
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Newborn baby girls’ outcomes better than boys’ due to genetic advantage
Newborn infant girls have better outcomes than their male counterparts due to an innate genetic advantage in responding to acute infections, according...
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Kids do their own randomised controlled trials – what did they find?
Cloughan’s Hill National School Tuam Co. Galway claims first place in the HRB-TMRN START competition which is designed to increase young children’s...
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