Being involved with Trials Methodology – some reflections from Derek Stewart – PPI Contributor and HRB-TMRN Executive Management Committee member. Inviting patients and the public into the world of doing research into the methods that are used in health studies such as trials – i.e. Trials Methodology – may seem too daunting and too difficult, …
HRB invests €7 million to nurture a talented new generation of academic researchers Health inequality, schizophrenia, and therapies in children with cystic fibrosis are three of nine important topics to be addressed by our Emerging Investigator Awards for Health (EIA) 2022. Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar based in UCC and a HRB-TMRN Research Associate secured funding for …
Delivered online – 4th November 2020 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEuB1B4jYz8 Dia Dhuit In Scots we say: A Cuid Mile Fàilte a chairdean (A hundred thousand welcomes, friends) Today I say: Dia Dhuit – Jee-ah gwitch agus Go raibh maith agat – gur-uv mah ah-guth (hello and thank you) I profusely thank Prof Ciarán Ó hOgartaigh, the President of the National University of Ireland, Galway …
A Place for Learning – Inaugural Lecture – Honorary Professor Derek C Stewart, OBE Read More »
Date 22nd July 2021: Continued funding of the HRB-Trial Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN) reinforces its important role in strengthening the methodology and reporting of trials in health and social care in Ireland. Since 2014, the HRB-TMRN has been a key component of Health Research Board (HRB)-funded clinical research infrastructure, working in harmony with Clinical Research …
In this blog for all those involved in clinical trials, Katie Gillies and Derek Stewart, from the Trials Methodology Research Partnership and the Health Research Board Trials Methodology Research Network, highlight the need for focused research on trial retention to help fill the evidence gaps identified in a national research agenda on retention to clinical trials …
Retention to clinical trials: how can we keep participants involved? Read More »
Earlier this year HRB joined the global fight against COVID-19. In cooperation with the Irish Research Council (IRC) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), HRB launched a rapid response mechanism to fund research that would provide evidence for the national and global efforts to tackle the virus outbreak. The funding call covered medical countermeasures, health service …
Date: 09 October 2020 Publication of the results of the 100th JLA research Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) provides an opportunity for me to look back on my involvement with the James Lind Alliance since 2008. In thinking about this very special initiative, I was grateful that Iain Chalmers – who had lobbied for the creation of …
By Prof Shaun Treweek & Colleagues – We do randomised trials to improve healthcare decisions, decisions that may have a lasting influence on people’s health. Every day the public, patients, healthcare professionals and policymakers make decisions about healthcare, their own or that of others. Randomised trials can help to make those decisions more informed. [Read …
Jeremy Taylor, NIHR Director for Public Voice, NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination, discusses how COVID-19 has brought clinical trials to the forefront and outlines recent work done by the Centre on improving the experience of those participating in clinical trials. Suddenly everyone is talking about clinical trials. COVID-19 has raised their public profile and …
Improving clinical trials: Keep the focus on the participants Read More »
Date: 24 March 2020 By Derek Stewart – Patient Representative & MRC-NIHR-TMRP PPI Lead Trials Methodology Research (1) is about looking at the way health research is carried out – i.e. improving the tools and trade of research practice. It is carried out by researchers often referred to as Methodologists. These types of studies differ from doing …
What is Trials Methodology Research – a patient’s viewpoint. Read More »
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