Author name: Sandra Galvin

PRECIS-2 is a tool to help trialists make design decisions consistent with the intended purpose of their trial. This paper gives guidance on how to use an improved, validated version, PRECIS-2, which has been developed with the help of over 80 international trialists, clinicians, and policymakers. Keeping the original simple wheel format, PRECIS-2 has nine

The HRB-TMRN are delighted to include several international experts in Trial Methodology in delivering one of our monthly webinars. These include; Professor Declan Devane, Professor Peter Sandercock, Prof Shaun Treweek and Dr Christine Domegan. Join us live to interact with speakers and ask questions. Click here to view the full webinar listing. For previously recording webinars please click here.

Need to learn more about Logistic Regression? Check out our beginners course in NUI Galway this summer. This course is led by Dr John Newell, NUI Galway and the Clinical Research Facility Galway with Prof George McCabe, Purdue University. Course Content: Binary data: examples, summaries, probability and odds Why is logistic regression required? Fitting and interpreting the Logistic

The Summer School is led by  Dr John Newell, Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics in the Clinical Research Facility Galway (CRF-G) and the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Applied Mathematics, NUI Galway, in collaboration with the HRB-TMRN. This Summer School will provide participants with an overview of fundamental biostatistical methods, an understanding of the key concept of

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] The HRB-TMRN is delighted to be involved in celebrating the extraordinary contributions of researchers, clinicians, patients and industry to clinical trials around the world as we mark International Clinical Trials’ Day on May 20th 2015. Clinical trials help improve the quality of life for all individuals across the globe. On May

Registration for the HRB-TMRN’s next Study Day is now open. The Introduction to Clinical Trials 1-day event will take place on the 17th April in NUI Galway in conjunction with the Clinical Research Facility Galway. This event will see speakers discuss key areas essential to understanding the planning, conduct, delivery and reporting of clinical trials in Ireland. A sample of the topics will include; Sources of bias in randomised trials, Methods of randomisation, Sample size calculations in randomised trials, Core outcomes within trials, Common statistical pitfalls and how to avoid them, Economic evaluation alongside trials.

This April (23rd & 24th) will see the Convention Centre in Dublin host the Cochrane UK & Ireland Symposium 2015. The theme of 2015 Symposium is ‘advocating for evidence’, taken from Cochrane’s Strategy to 2020 (Goal 3): “To make Cochrane the home of evidence to inform health decision making, build greater recognition of our work,