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 |
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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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