HRB Open Research Blog

Ageing well – a new gateway to collate research for an unparalleled resource on ageing

By Guest Author

10 September 2020

Today marks the launch of the new TILDA gateway highlighting HRB-funded outputs that have been published on HRB Open Research, either from TILDA researchers or based on analysis of TILDA data. In this blog, Gateway Advisors Rose Anne Kenny and Paul O’Mahoney of TILDA discuss the uniqueness of these longitudinal studies and TILDA’s commitment to open access.

Drawing on community experience to shape wellbeing policy and practise – the benefit of ‘learning with’ LGBTI+ youth*

By Guest Author

07 August 2020

In this blog, Nerilee Ceatha, an alternate funded SPHeRE scholar with University College Dublin (UCD), discusses the teams’ Study Protocol, published by HRB Open Research, for a scoping review with the potential to inform research, policy and practice with relevance for LGBTI+ youth, their families, communities and the professionals who work with them.

How yoga can help prepare the body and mind for the maternal journey

By Guest Author

02 July 2020

Lisa Corrigan, an HRB funded SPHeRE PhD scholar in Trinity College Dublin, is completing research into the effectiveness of pregnancy yoga for maternal health and birth outcomes. Using her own experience as a mother and as a practising yogi, she and a team of researchers from University of Dublin, Ireland, sought to guide the development of pregnancy yoga programmes to optimise and ensure the safety of mother and baby.

Driving better health outcomes for vulnerable communities

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.