HRB Success Stories
Achievements to celebrate in the work we do and fund.
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HRB announces winner of Impact Award 2021
The Health Research Board (HRB) has announced Gerry McElvaney, Professor of Medicine at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, as the winner...
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Irish health researchers exceed European funding targets
Irish health researchers have secured nearly €85 million from the current EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020, exceeding...
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Six Irish research projects secure EU funding to tackle COVID-19 in a second rapid response call
The European Commission has allocating a further €128 million to projects for innovative and rapid health-related approaches to respond to COVID-19...
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Hearing voices for longer – a way to spot psychosis risk early?
Dr Ian Kelleher has just received a HRB Emerging Clinician Scientist Award to search for signs in childhood that point to an increased risk of...
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Irish Clinical trials funded in Horizon 2020
To date Irish researchers have secured more than €15 million for clinical trials from Horizon 2020. A range of health challenges are being tackled...
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Five artificial intelligence (AI) projects funded through Horizon 2020
In this article we look at five AI projects with Irish coordinators and partners that address topics including -E-smart home assistants, care for...
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The power of pictures for mental health
A picture paints a thousand words, and Professor Agnes Higgins knows. She led a HRB Knowledge Exchange and Dissemination Scheme (KEDS) project to...
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Horizon 2020 funding for palliative care research projects
Horizon 2020 Irish success: A look back at three Irish teams that secured €1.36 million funding from the European Commission.
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COVID-19: TILDA project to survey and protect older people in Ireland
Lead Researchers: Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Dr Mark Ward, Dr Nollaig Bourke.
Funded by: Irish Research Council and Health Research Board.
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Getting a measure of silent infection: a key to COVID-19 recovery planning
Lead researcher: Professor Catherine Comiskey.
Funded by: Health Research Board and Irish Research Council.
Funding amount: €96,340.
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How to support mental health among frontline healthcare workers in a pandemic
Lead researcher: Professor Brian McGuire.
Funded by: Irish Research Council and Health Research Board.
Funding amount: €187,254.
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Why don’t we keep our distance? Evidence for more effective communication in the pandemic
Lead researcher: Dr Gerard Molloy, NUI Galway.
Funded by: Health Research Board and Irish Research Council.
Funding amount: €148,745.
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Rapid resources to support healthcare professionals answering Ireland’s Call for COVID-19
Lead Researcher: Professor Alice Coffey, University of Limerick.
Funded by: Irish Research Council and Health Research Board.
Funding amount:...
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Improving healthcare delivery for COVID-19 patients in Dublin’s north inner city
Lead Researchers: Dr John Lambert, Professor Walter Cullen.
Funded by: Health Research Board and Irish Research Council.
Funding amount: €199,098.
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Mental health is focus of Irish Horizon 2020 success story
A new project to improve workplace mental health in the construction, health and ICT sectors is being headed up by HRB Research Leader, Professor Ella...
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The science of implementing health evidence
For some health conditions, we know the best thing to do for the best outcome. But how do you encourage and support people to adopt best practice? Dr...
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Building better bones with biology
Dr Arlyng Gonzalez Vazquez is using tissue engineering to encourage bone and cartilage to repair, and her HRB-funded research at the Royal College of...
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The age-old issue of drug and alcohol use
Dr Anne Marie Carew gathers and analyses drug and alcohol treatment data in Ireland for the HRB, and her recent PhD shone a light on the issue of drug...
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SPHeRE scholar takes a personal approach to public health
As a PhD student on the HRB-funded SPHeRE programme, Sara McQuinn is inspired by the personal approach to improving public health, and she is bringing...
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Good health at every age
Professor Patricia Kearney is looking at health and disease across the lifecourse, and taking a data-driven approach to population health. She spoke...
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Horizon 2020 - Ireland to lead five major health projects
In the 2019 funding round, Irish health researchers secured almost €16.9 million. This represents 2.5% of the available budget and is the largest...
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Seeking new insights into DNA for more personalised breast cancer treatment
Dr Alex Eustace is leading new, HRB-funded research at Dublin City University to deepen our understanding of personalised medicine for breast cancer....
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HRB at the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Conference
Dr Sarah Craig, Head of National Health Information Systems, HRB, co-presented a morning session at the above conference about 'Lessons learnt from...
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Summer project helps to yield new tools for Public and Patient Involvement
In a HRB-funded summer project, James Mac Carthy developed new tools to help promote public and patient involvement in health research. He spoke to Dr...
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Diving into evidence for better trials and maternity care
Professor Declan Devane has spent much of his career seeking evidence to improve maternity care and strengthening how we generate and synthesis that...
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