By: Holly McGrath, Dept. of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College Cork. I heard about the HRB-TMRN Summer Scholarship from research staff in the School of Public Health in UCC. There is a career development aspect to the BSc in Public Health, and I had expressed to the lecturers that I had an interest in
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Dr David O Riordan, Senior Pharmacovigilance Officer, at the HRB Clinical Research Facility, Cork blogs about his experience of attending the HRB-TMRN 4th Trial Methodology Symposium in Galway, October 2018. For the past number of years, the HRB-TMRN have hosted an annual symposium that offers delegates from the four corners of Ireland and beyond an
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I’ve been in Birmingham today for the final consensus meeting of the PRioRiTy II project, so I thought I’d write a quick blog post before dinner so that you can find out a bit more about the process of research prioritisation. I’ve spoken on this blog before about the first PRioRiTy project, which was a
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Sandra Galvin, Programme Manager for the Health Research Board –Trial Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), blogs about the START competition that challenges children in Ireland’s primary schools to become trialists, and Professor of Health Services Research Shaun Treweek, one of this year’s judges, reflects on what they achieved. Every day, both adults and children are bombarded
Clinical trials are described as the gold standard way to test treatments with patients or healthy volunteers. We look at key aspects such as the safety of treatments, their effectiveness to treat a certain condition or disease or a clinical approach to improve a patient’s quality of life. But what are the stages of a
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1520857146382{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] Interested in Systematic Reviews but need to know the basics? FREE online module: Introduction to systematic reviews. After using this resource, you should be able to… Define a systematic review Differentiate between systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and narrative reviews Recognize the importance of systematic reviews in making informed decisions about treatment options Outline
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1520857264156{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] A recent priority setting exercise, the METHODICAL study, has identified sixteen critically important research topics to improve Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) within Clinical trials. PPI in Clinical trials is seen as increasing important and many UK funders now require researchers to provide evidence of how it has and will inform
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4504″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1520857340666{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]On May 19th the HRB-TMRN welcomed three primary schools from Cork, Galway and Dublin to attend a special awards ceremony to celebrate International Clinical Trials Day 2017. These three schools were invited as finalists of the START competition for which they submitted an entry for their very own simulated
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”4801″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text align=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1520857762060{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]The HRB-TMRN are delighted to announce a further four more years of funding has been awarded by the Health Research Board to continue our work in creating greater understanding and awareness of the importance of trial methodology among Irish Trialists. The network sincerely thanks all of our members
HRB-TMRN – Continuing our journey with secured funding! Read More »