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New academic training scheme for doctors opens for applications
The Wellcome – HRB Irish Clinical Academic Training Programme was launched by Minister Harris last month. Molecular Medicine Ireland (MMI) is now...
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Ketamine to be trialled to prevent recurrent depression
The HRB and the Medical Research Charities Group are funding a team from Trinity College Dublin, that will investigate whether the children’s...
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HRB Health Innovation Award winners
The multi-disciplinary Auditory Implant Clinic at Mater Hospital has won the HRB-sponsored Health Innovation category at this year's Irish Medical and...
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Youth colouring book takes a 'journey through the brain'
Dr Graham Love, Chief Executive at the Health Research Board (HRB) said, 'This colouring book 'journey through the brain' shows that research and...
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Intellectual Disability Services - latest figures on current use and future demand
The Health Research Board (HRB) today published the Annual Report of the National Intellectual Disability Database Committee 2015. The report, based...
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Expanding Ireland’s involvement in clinical trials
More Irish people will have access to multi-centre clinical trials as a result of HRB Clinical Research Coordination Ireland (HRB -CRCI) which is...
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Mild oxygen deficits to the brain at birth impact long term IQ and rate of disability
A new HRB-funded study, shows that a mild blood or oxygen deficit at birth, which leads to a condition called Hypoxic Ischaematic Encephalopathy (HIE)...
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New programme to advance clinical research capability among doctors
The scheme, which will be known as Wellcome – HRB Irish Clinical Academic Training Programme, will support the intake of eight postgraduate trainee...
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Register for the Launch of HRB CRCI
There’s a great line up in place for the official launch of HRB Clinical Research Co-ordination Ireland on 29 September in the Gibson Hotel.
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Immune system plays major role in regulation of body weight
New research involving a team of Irish, American and Canadian researchers reveals that the immune system could be responsible for as much as 40% of...
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Got a great healthcare innovation?
Submit an entry for the HRB Healthcare Innovation Award at the Irish Medical and Surgical Trade Association (IMSTA) Med Tech Awards 2016.
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Screening tool proven to reduce adverse drug reactions among elderly patients
A HRB-funded study has shown how a simple intervention can substantially reduce adverse drug reactions, improve patient outcomes and make significant...
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Dialysis patients who smoke die earlier
They also are less likely to get a transplant according to new research conducted at University Limerick which is co-funded by the Health Research...
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How can recruitment to clinical trials be improved?
Now is your chance to have your say and see if your ideas will be listed in the 'Top-ten' most important unanswered questions about how people join...
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HRB publish latest data from Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2015
Figures show young people between 20-24 years of age had the highest rate of all admissions at 577.7 per 100,000 population. The 18-19 year olds had...
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Improving hand hygiene in intensive care units
With healthcare-associated infections affecting, on average, 5% of hospitalised patients in Ireland [i], a new HRB-funded project at NUI Galway is to...
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HRB Annual Report 2015 published
€41.5 million in funding, 125 major awards made, 3,000 patients on clinical trials, along with major contributions to health policy - just some of the...
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Minister McGrath welcomes latest HRB evidence review
The review examines approaches taken to individualised budgeting for social care services for people with a disability and the related outcomes and...
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HRB publishes new report on alcohol consumption, harm and cost
The report reveals new data about impact of alcohol on the health system. It examines national findings on patterns and effects of alcohol consumption...
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Public and patient involvement in health research
HRB publishes proposals and invites comments on its approach to develop and strengthen Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) in research in Ireland.
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Supporting health research careers - HRB publishes research career framework action plan
The HRB Strategy 2016-2020 Research. Evidence. Action commits the HRB to support exceptional researchers and leaders in health research. The practical...
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Open science - exploring research data
A workshop will be held on Tuesday 28 June 2016 at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, to explore how Open Science will impact on research data...
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Antibiotic resistance – What do we do when the bugs outsmart the drugs?
The Health Research Board is hosting a public conversation about the threat that antibiotic resistance poses to public health on a global scale. It...
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HRB research and World Multiple Sclerosis Day
Patients on the Step it Up exercise and education programme say 'You just feel ten times better. Mood swings have definitely decreased...I know in...
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Major health benefits to be gained by sharing and linking data safely
The Health Research Board (HRB) published a new report today outlining the infrastructure and services needed in Ireland to allow us to safely access,...
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