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Health Research Board annual report and accounts 1995 |
Health Research Board (HRB)
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The 9% increase in health research
funding provided to the HRB in 1995
enabled the Board to generate some new
research activity and to launch additional
initiatives. Four new Research Units were
launched and the Directors of these Units, in
conjunction with their talented medical and
scientific staff, will address important areas of
significant scientific, social and economic
importance. These include a unit on Heart and
Vascular Disease headed by Professor Desmond
FitzGerald of RCSI, Inflammatory Bowel Disease -
Professor Fergus Shanahan UCC, Cystic Fibrosis led
by Dr. Clare O'Connor UCD, Adhesion Molecule
Research led by Dr. Dermot Kelleher TCD. These
Units directed by internationally recognised
medical scientific leaders in Ireland were awarded
following the Board's customary rigorous system of
international peer review carried out by noted
experts in the individual fields of expertise
featured in the Unit grants. The Board has high
expectations of significant productive output by
these talented groups which will contribute to
scientific excellence and eventually to improve
disease diagnosis and patient care.
In line with the Board's policy of entering into
selected co-funding arrangements with other
research bodies, a special conjoint HRB/Irish Heart
Foundation Cardiovascular Diseases Research Unit
was nominated, led by Professor Ian Graham of the
Department of Cardiology of the Adelaide Hospital
who will conduct research on the highly topical
area of the newly discovered risk factor for cardiac
and vascular disease - homocysteine.
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Keyword(s):
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HEALTH RESEARCH; ANNUAL REPORT |
Publication Date:
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1995 |
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Type:
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Report |
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Peer-Reviewed:
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Unknown |
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Language(s):
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English |
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Institution:
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Lenus |
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Publisher(s):
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Health Research Board (HRB) |
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First Indexed:
2014-04-02 06:19:57 Last Updated:
2017-04-26 07:45:18 |
