Research centres and networks

Research centres create a critical mass of connected researchers and clinicians in partnerships across academia, hospitals and industry to harness expertise and tackle important healthcare issues.

These important partnerships enable us to participate in studies that have a global impact on human health and allow us to translate our research findings into new treatments, policies and devices that can be used in a clinical setting.

AMBER

Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research (AMBER) is an SFI-funded centre for researchers in materials science to engage with industry.

Centre for Systems Medicine

A translational research centre working to develop new prognostic tools for the treatment of cancer, neurological disorders and diabetes.

CÚRAM

An SFI-funded centre that develops ‘smart’ medical devices and implants that benefit patients with chronic diseases.

FutureNeuro

RCSI-led SFI centre which aims to improve the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of chronic and rare neurological diseases.

HORC

The Healthcare Outcomes Research Centre (HORC) is dedicated to the development and dissemination of evidence-based research on healthcare outcomes.

HRB Centre for Primary Care

RCSI-led and HRB-funded national centre for research in primary care in Ireland, based in the RCSI Department of General Practice.

HRB Mother and Baby Clinical Trial Network Ireland

RCSI-led network of Irish obstetric and neonatal researchers from seven of the largest maternity hospitals in Ireland.

ICAT

The Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) Programme is a unique all-Ireland cross-institutional PhD programme for clinician scientists in human, veterinary and dental medicine.

INFANT

The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT) is an SFI-funded research centre dedicated to perinatal research.

Irish Centre for Vascular Biology

Network of research groups across Irish hospitals and universities that are actively engaged in the field of vascular research.

National Surgical Research Support Centre

The National Surgical Research Support Centre (NSRSC) was established to improve the collaboration and coordination of surgical research in Ireland.

Precision Oncology Ireland

Precision Oncology Ireland (POI) is a consortium of five Irish universities, six Irish charities, and seven industry partners aiming to develop new diagnostics and therapeutics for personalised cancer treatment.

PSI-STAR

An all-Ireland, cross-disciplinary PhD psychosis research training programme involving a network of people with a wide range of expertise and interest in psychosis.

SPHeRE

Funded by the HRB, SPHeRE is the national research training programme for population health and health services research.

SWaT Research Centre

The Skin Wounds, and Trauma (SWaT) Research Centre specialises in wound healing and tissue repair research.

TERG

The Tissue Engineering Research Group (TERG) is focused on developing advanced biomaterial-based strategies for repair and regeneration.

Converge

Converge: Centre for Chronic Disease and Population Health transforms the way population-level data and research platforms are deployed in Ireland.