HRB SPHeRE Funded Projects

2024 Funded Projects

  • Solidarities of Healthcare Work: Leveraging collective representation and collective experience to improve working conditions and inform workforce retention
    • PI: Dr John Paul Byrne
    • Scholar: Maja Dumana
    • RCSI
  • Advancing digital health in Ireland: exploring onboarding, adoption and implementation of digital health in the Irish healthcare system
    • PI: Dr Claire Timon
    • Scholar: Eglal Elrayah
    • RCSI
  • Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) in Health and Social Care Research: Understanding and responding to PPI contributors’ experiences and perspectives.
    • PI: Prof Patricia Kearney
    • Scholar: Julia Banasiak
    • UCC
  • Co-creating food-based interventions to meet policy guidelines with older adults in disadvantaged communities (CREATE)
    • PI: Dr Miriam Clegg
    • Scholar: Ronan Hayes
    • UCC
  • Using behavioural science to improve recruitment and retention of health policymakers in trials of knowledge translation (KT) interventions
    • PI: Prof Elaine Toomey
    • Scholar: Amelia Phillips
    • University of Galway
  • Priorities for the Secondary Prevention of Stroke in Ireland
    • PI: Dr Sara Hayes
    • Scholar: Simone Ryan
    • University of Limerick

2023 Funded Projects

  • COMmunity PArticipation to set direction on Financial Incentives implementation in Stop Smoking Services for Individuals with Multimorbidity: COMPASS – M
    • PI: Prof Frank Doyle
    • Scholar: Reham Lasheen
    • RCSI
  • Influence and integrity: Exploring the prescribing practices in chronic pain management
    • PI: Prof Tom Fahey
    • Scholar: Mohammed Gharbia
    • RCSI
  • Developing a model for evidence-based resource allocation in Ireland
    • PI: Prof Susan Smith
    • Scholar: David Aluga
    • TCD
  • Impact of a new chronic disease management (CDM) programme in general practice on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) management in Ireland
    • PI: Prof Emma Wallace
    • Scholar: Lydia Iladiva
    • UCC
  • Understanding and enhancing the delivery of behaviour change interventions in mental health settings
    • PI: Prof Molly Byrne
    • Scholar: Rebecca Trower
    • University of Galway
  • Working Together to Improve Maternity Safety
    • PI: Dr Sinéad Lydon
    • Scholar: Lisa Gannon
    • University of Galway

2022 Funded Projects

  • Housing security, health, and access to community services amongst older adults in Ireland
    • PI: Dr Joanna McHugh Power
    • Scholar: Josephine Greene
    • Maynooth University
  • An Examination of Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences and their Associations with Later Mental Health Outcomes
    • PI: Prof Mary Clarke
    • Scholar: Lisa Telford
    • RCSI
  • The development of positive health interventions for adolescent orthodontic patients
    • PI: Dr Elaine Byrne
    • Scholar: Ciara Scott
    • RCSI
  • A policy analysis of universal healthcare in Ireland
    • PI: Prof Sara Burke
    • Scholar: Luisne MacConghail
    • TCD
  • Antimicrobial decision-making: A systematic exploration of patient helath-seeking behaviour in Irish primary care
    • PI: Dr Gerry Molloy
    • Scholar: Anthony Maher
    • University of Galway
  • The acceptability of the Irish HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programme for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men
    • PI: Dr Chris Noone
    • Scholar: David Comer
    • University of Galway