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Taoiseach to open new research centres that benefit frontline care
The HRB Clinical Research Facility and the Lamb Institute for Translational Research will provide Irish researchers with state of the art facilities to conduct national and international research.
Dr Graham Love, Chief Executive of the Health Research Board says,
'The HRB Clinical Research Facility is not just a building - it is a game changer. Turning health research discoveries into real benefits for people’s health and patient care doesn’t happen by itself.
This HRB facility will enable the best researchers and health professionals to carry out studies that will change people’s lives for the better. The HRB CRF will provide a safe place for patients to take part in clinical trials and access the latest treatments. It will be a centre of learning for young researchers and health professionals – so we are investing in our future. And it will also create opportunities for partnership between the health system, academia and industry that we know will support health system innovation and economic development'.
Professor Martin O'Donnell, the Director of the HRB Clinical Research Facility talks about the facility in a video which is available on the HRB u-tube channel at:
Professor Tim O'Brien also talks about work that will take place at the facilities to benefit patient care at:
More details are available from the press release on the NUI Galway website. A copy of that release can also be downloaded below.
The opening can be viewed live online at the following web address