Successful Working Group Funding Awardees

The HRB-TMRN offers annual competitive funding to Irish members of the MRC-NIHR-Trials Methodology Research Partnership Working Groups. Below is a list of successful awardees and their projects.

Year	University	Working Group	Project Lead	Title
2023	University College Cork	Trial Conduct	Dr Frances Shiely	Protocol development for prioritised recruitment and retention strategies (PRESS)
2023	University of Galway	Health Informatics	Dr David Keane	Evaluation of the utility of Irish health and social care datasets for use in clinical trials
2023	University of Galway	Greener Trials (Trial Conduct)	Prof Peter Doran	Carbon in Clinical Trials – dissemination and engagement
2023	University College Cork	Trial Conduct	Dr Frances Shiely	Trial Forge Guidance 2 Extension: Reducing research waste by considering the cost-effectiveness of undertaking further SWATs on interventions
2023	Trinity College Dublin	Outcomes	Prof Dominic Trepel	Development and evaluation of the utility of video tutorials in dissemination and implementation of trial reporting guidelines
2022	University College Cork	Outcomes	Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar	Using behavioural science to enhance uptake of Core Outcome Sets in trials
2022	University College Cork	Trial Conduct	Dr Frances Shiely	Trial Forge Guidance 3: Ethical issues in SWATs (Studies within a Trial).
2020	University College Cork	Health Informatics & Outcomes	Prof Patricia Kearney	Developing Reporting Guidelines for Clinical Trial Protocols for Trials conducted using Routinely Collected Health Data: the SPIRIT-Routinely Collected Health Data (SPIRIT-RCHD) extension
2020	University College Cork	Trial Conduct	Dr Frances Shiely	Understanding the language and complexity of informed consent in clinical trials and identifying participant preferences and understanding of key trial processes - randomisation.
2020	University of Galway	Trial Conduct	Dr Catherine Houghton	Qualitative data sharing practices in clinical trials in the UK and Ireland: Towards the production of good practice guidance

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