Current Projects
Current Projects
| Year | Team | Title | Centre |
|---|---|---|---|
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2026 |
Paddy Gillespie & Deirdre Connolly |
Examining the Effectiveness, and Cost-Effectiveness, of a Work and Cancer Self-Management Programme to Support Women with Breast Cancer to Return to Work |
Health Economics & Policy Analysis Centre |
|
2026 |
Paddy Gillespie & Susan Smith |
Medicines and SocIal Prescribing to aDdress pAtient Priorities in Multimorbidity (MIDAS): A Multi-Arm Definitive Cluster Randomised Trial in Irish General Practice |
Health Economics & Policy Analysis Centre |
|
2026 |
Paddy Gillespie & Sean Dinneen |
The D1 Now Intervention to Improve Outcomes in Young Adults Living with Type 1 Diabetes: A Definitive Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial |
Health Economics & Policy Analysis Centre |
|
2026 |
Paddy Gillespie & Andrew Smyth |
SalT Supplementation in Older Adults with Orthostatic intolerance Disorders (STOOD): A Phase IIa Randomised Controlled Trial of Sodium Supplementation in those Consuming Moderate Salt Intake |
Health Economics & Policy Analysis Centre |
|
2026 |
Paddy Gillespie & Martin O'Donnell |
Community Risk-Based Monitoring for Atrial Fibrillation Trial (RBEAT) |
Health Economics & Policy Analysis Centre |
|
2026 |
Paddy Gillespie, Matt Griffin & David Keane |
Data Enabled, Shared Fluid Management Platform in Haemodialysis |
Health Economics & Policy Analysis Centre |
|
2026 |
Paddy Gillespie & Susan Smith |
Informing National Policy for Physical Activity Based Secondary Prevention of Stroke in IREland (INsPIRE) |
Health Economics & Policy Analysis Centre |
|
2026 |
Kieran Walsh, Michelle Canavan, Sharon Walsh, Maria Costello, Brídín Carroll & Marie Mahon in collaboration with HSE |
Context-Care |
Irish Centre for Social Gerontology |
|
2026 |
Brídín Carroll, Julia Corey & Ber Grogan |
AHEAD |
Irish Centre for Social Gerontology |
|
2026 |
Bernadine Brady & Annemarie Shalloo in collaboration with Belong To |
An Exploration of the Experience and Impact of LGBTQ+ Youth Work in Ireland |
UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre |
|
2026 |
Caroline Heary, Charlotte Silke & Bernadine Brady |
Digital and Real-World Leisure Activities: Tracking the Wellbeing Impacts of Teen Pastimes |
UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre |
| 2026 |
Carmel Devaney & Patricia O'Connor |
A Literature Review of State Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Policies for Children and Families that are Most Strongly Associated with Improved Outcomes |
UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre |
| 2026 |
Caroline McGregor, Carmel Devaney & John Canavan |
Knowledge Synthesis Project to inform a Review of Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children 2017 |
UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre |
| 2026 | The PPI Ignite Network Lead Sites, National & Local Partners, and Public Advisory Board | PPI Ignite Network | PPI Ignite Network |
| 2026 | Clíona de Bhailís | GenCare: Intergenerational Explorations of Care and Support for Disabled People In Ireland | Centre for Disability Law & Policy |
| 2025 | Eilionóir Flynn., János Fiala-Butora, Carla Sabariego, Paula Campos Pinto & Teresa Janela Pinto | PREPARED | Centre for Disability Law & Policy |
| 2025 |
Brendan Dolan, John Canavan, Caroline McGregor & Fergal Lynch |
Exploring the Complexities of Research-Policy Interactions in Ireland through the Micro-Level Lens of the Individual Researcher |
UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre |
| 2025 |
Charlotte Silke, Bernadine Brady & Caroline Heary |
Factors that Foster Resilience in Outcomes for Vulnerable Children |
UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre |
| 2025 | Brendan Dolan, Caroline McGregor, John Canavan & Fergal Lynch | Engaged Research for Policy Impact | UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre |
| 2025 | Kieran Walsh, Brídin Carroll & Maggie O'Neill | Service Involvement and Lived Experience Study | Irish Centre for Social Gerontology |
| 2025 | Eilionóir Flynn | PREPARED | Centre for Disability Law & Policy |
| 2025 | Eilionóir Flynn, Clíona de Bhailís & János Fiala-Butora | Review of the Compliance of the Disability Act 2005 with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | Centre for Disability Law & Policy |
| 2024 | Jackie Murphy, Bernadine Brady, Charlotte Silke & Danielle Kennan | Social Withdrawal in Young People: An Exploration through Youth Voice of Youth Work Interventions in Combatting Social Withdrawal in Young People | UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre |
| 2023 | John Canavan & Carmel Devaney | A Quality Assurance Implementation Protocol for Family Support Services in Europe: An Evidence-Based and Culturally Informed Model for Professional Practice | UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre |
| 2023 | Bernadine Brady & Charlotte Silke | Ment4EU | UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre |
| 2022 | An-Sofie Smetcoren, Anu Siren, Micol Bronzini, Frank Oswald, Lucie Vidovićová, Kieran Walsh, Alexander Peine, Liesbeth De Donder, Tine Buffel & Matthias Drilling | HOMeAGE | Irish Centre for Social Gerontology |
| 2022 | Kieran Walsh, Maggie O'Neill, Brídín Carroll & Alison Herbert | Service Involvement & Lived Experience | Irish Centre for Social Gerontology |
| 2022 | Kieran Walsh, Arianna Poli, Maggie O'Neill, Brídín Carroll & Alison Herbert in collaboration with Active Retirement Ireland | Virtual EngAge | Irish Centre for Social Gerontology |
| 2021 | Aisling Gillen & John Canavan | Systems and Complexity in Health and Social Services | UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre |
| 2021 | Connie O’Regan, Tony Hall & Michelle Millar | Evaluation of “Designing Futures: Next Generation Graduates” | UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre |
| 2021 | Kieran Walsh, Eamon O’Shea & Kashie Prendergast | Early Onset Dementia & Non-Kin Relational Change |
Irish Centre for Social Gerontology |
| 2020 | Eamon O'Shea, Thomas Sharf, Diarmuid O'Donovan, Anne MacFarlane, Diane Nurse, Fiona O'Reilly, Pat Bennett, Ciaran McKinney & Margaret O'Riada | Older Traveller Older Homeless Study |
irish Centre for Social Gerontology |
| 2020 | Lucie Vidovićová, Marja Aartsen, Feliciano Villar Posada, Andreas Motel-Klingebiel, Franz Kolland & Ariela Lowenstein | GENPATH |
Irish Centre for Social Gerontology |
| 2020 | Geraldine Leader, Sally Whelan & Arlene Mannion | GEMMA (Genome, Environment, Microbiome and Metabolome in Autism) |
Irish Centre for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Research |
