A pharmacy research team at University Hospital Limerick, led by Anne Harnett, has published a qualitative study exploring healthcare professionals’ views on caring for patients who have difficulty swallowing medicines. The study found that healthcare professionals require more education and training, together with appropriate infrastructure, to enable access to evidence-based information for managing patients who … Read more
Professor Ruth Clifford and team of the Haematology Department at UHL and their international collaborators have just published a major study in the management of in patients with previously untreated CLL, fixed-duration treatment with venetoclax–obinutuzumab or venetoclax–ibrutinib demonstrating noninferiority to continuous ibrutinib with regard to investigator-assessed progression-free survival.
Dr Ciara Luke has recently published a study indicating that 2% of intensive care admissions at UHL are obstetric patients, underscoring the importance of intensive care staff having appropriate and adequate training in obstetric and postpartum care. Read the full study here.
This insightful study published in Paediatric Rheumatology shows that children with chronic conditions is not solely a medical issue—it’s an educational and societal one. Schools can be powerful levellers. But only if they are designed to support difference, not penalise it.
Monday, 26 May 2025 The establishment of Limerick’s first cancer ‘biobank’ is a significant milestone for cancer research that could help develop new treatments and better screening for the disease. The biobank – a facility to store and manage biological samples for research purposes – was established in 2022 by both cancer researchers and clinicians … Read more
The HSE Midwest in NCHD Conference took place at University Hospital Limerick on May 15. The conference was opened by Ms Sandra Broderick REO. This was a major success with 224 diverse research projects admitted across all disciplines. Following a rigourous selection process 13 winning abstracts were chosen as the best to represent their specialties … Read more
A new postgraduate diploma in Participatory Health Research is commencing Autumn 2025. The UL School of Medicine Participatory Health Research Unit is launching this new blended learning one-year part-time postgraduate diploma. Increasingly funding agencies require health researchers to have public and patient involvement (PPI) on their projects to secure funding. Researchers now need to demonstrate … Read more
International Clinical Trials Day was held on Tuesday, 20 May and was marked in our region with a stand at UHL. This was well supported and you can listen here to Maureen O’Grady manager for Cancer Clinical Trials emphasising how important clinical trials are in the evaluation of new interventions particularly in oncology.https://youtu.be/kLglDkFwoy4
The Health Research Institute launched its 2024 annual report on 8/5/2025. The launch was led by Interim HRI Director, Professor Audrey Tierney, and was formally launched by Professor Deirdre McGrath, Dean of EHS, UL. The event was contributed to by a number of HSE senior staff: Sandra Broderick, Dr Catherine Peters, and Professor Declan Lyons. … Read more
The Irish Critical Care Clinical Trials Network, ICC-CTN, has launched their annual call for the Early Career Researcher Seed funding Awards, ECR-SFA. Launched in 2023, the ICC-CTN opens an annual call for this awards scheme which is currently planned for 4 years. After two successful years, this has been extended to include Medical students who are currently or … Read more