35 posts
By Guest Author
07 May 2020
The HRB have created a new Coronavirus collection on their publishing platform. This provides a venue for rapid dissemination of the latest COVID-19 research, by HRB funded researchers and will house research produced from Ireland’s Rapid Response Research and Innovation funding programme.
By Guest Author
30 March 2020
A group of clinicians and academics came together with a commitment to working on and improving Inclusion Health. Julie Broderick and Clíona Ní Cheallaigh tell us more about this unique initiative as they go into detail about the steps they and their team are taking to update the undergraduate curriculum, so that it addresses the complex societal challenges in health education.
By Guest Author
17 February 2020
Ekaterina Loskutova & James Loughman, Technological University Dublin, Ireland, discuss their research on lutein & zeaxanthin, & the possible influence these carotenoids have on children’s brain development.
By Guest Author
12 November 2019
Irish research is making an important contribution nationally and internationally in maternal and child health. In this Q&A with the collection advisor, Marita Hennessy, NUI Galway, she explains why the ‘Maternal and Child Health’ collection was created and the benefit of bringing together research from a range of disciplines to improve maternal and child health.
By Guest Author
29 October 2019
‘A much-needed scoping review that is highly relevant given the changes in healthcare’ is how reviewers have described Attracta Lafferty et al.’s scoping review protocol published on HRB Open Research. Here, Attracta discusses the protocol that sets out to map the evidence on family carers who are balancing the demands of care giving and paid work, and the rigor of registered reports.
By Guest Author
24 July 2019
In this blog, collection advisor, Sandra Galvin, Programme Manager at Health Research Board-Trials Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN) introduces us to HRB-TMRN, what it does and its aim to improve the conduct and reporting of randomised trials in Ireland.
By Guest Author
19 June 2019
We are delighted to announce the launch of our first collection ‘Ageing Populations’ on HRB Open Research. Eamon O’Shea, Professor of Economics at National University of Galway, Ireland, tells us about the new collection and its value for researchers.
By Guest Author
23 May 2019
20th May marked International Clinical Trials Day, a day dedicated to what is believed to be the first controlled clinical trial. In recognition of the importance of clinical trials and public involvement, we interviewed Emmy Racine, University of Cork, Ireland, to talk about her research article, published on HRB Open Research, investigating patient and public involvement in clinical trials and how the results should be disseminated.