Health Research Board - Health Research Awards 2015 List of awards HRB - Health Research Awards 2015 – Listed by Host Institution Project Title Principal Investigator Host institution 1 Parent-adolescent communication and negotiation of responsibilities for adolescents' with Type 1 Diabetes Dr Veronica Lambert Dublin City University 2 Spectroscopic imaging for prognostic applications in breast and oesophageal cancer treatment (SPECPREDICT) Professor Meade Dublin Institute of Technology 3 A Moment for Hand Hygiene in the Intensive Care Unit: How Can Compliance be Improved? Dr Paul O'Connor National University of Ireland, Galway 4 EMERGE: A randomised placebo controlled trial of the Effectiveness of MEtformin in addition to usual care in the reduction of Gestational diabetes mellitus effects. Professor Fidelma Dunne National University of Ireland, Galway 5 Medically licensed mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of systemic sepsis. Dr Daniel O'Toole National University of Ireland, Galway 6 Traumatic spinal cord injury in Ireland: service planning for changing epidemiology Dr Eimear Smith National Rehabilitation Hospital management
7 An Inflammatory Biomarker Study of Psychosis: a Longitudinal Study in an At Risk Population Professor David Cotter Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 8 A translational systems biological study to identify molecular predictors for responsiveness to agonists in colorectal cancer Dr Markus Rehm College of Surgeons in Ireland 9 Blood adenosine levels as a novel diagnostic of seizures in humans Dr Tobias Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 10 Breast cancer risk: The influence of selenium status and interactions between selenium supply biomarkers and genetic variations in the selenoprotein gene pathway Dr David Hughes Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 11 Cold air plasma to enhance hospital hygiene leading to reduced surface bacterial counts and patient acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and Clostridium difficile infection Professor Hilary Humphreys Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 12 Early life stress and the etiopathogenesis of auditory hallucinations in young people Professor Mary Cannon Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 13 Irish Medical Career Tracking Study (The MedTrack Study) Professor Ruairi Brugha Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 14 Oral flucloxacillin alone versus flucloxacillin and phenoxymethylpenicillin for the emergency department outpatient treatment of cellulitis: a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial Dr Abel Wakai Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 15 The effects of maternal and foetal stress during pregnancy on adult mental health Dr Mary Clarke Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland receptor
dysfunction and Brain injUry reSearch group 26 Preclinical evaluation of a novel therapeutic strategy for Ulcerative Colitis Dr Patrick Trinity College Dublin 27 Research in Depression: Endocrinology, Epigenetics and neuroiMaging: the REDEEM study Professor Veronica O'Keane Trinity College Dublin 28 Targeting dysregulated bioenergetics in the inflamed RA Dr Jean Fletcher Trinity College Dublin 29 Targeting NK cells to improve HCV vaccine immunogenicity Professor Clair Gardiner Trinity College Dublin 30 Urine soluble CD163 as a biomarker of crescentic glomerulonephritis Professor Mark Little Trinity College Dublin 31 Hepatitis C Associated Neurocognitive Dysfunction in Ireland in the DAA era Professor Suzanne Norris Trinity College Dublin 32 Ethnic Minority Health in Ireland - Building the evidence base to address health inequities Professor Anne MacFarlane University of Limerick 33 Dysfunctional mItochondria proVokes Inflammation iN prEeclampsia; a novel medical interventional target to improve maternal and fetal diagnosis in preeclampsia. Short title: DIVINE Professor Louise Kenny University College Cork 34 Preclinical characterization of fingolimod as a potential therapeutic agent for stroke Dr Christian Waeber University College Cork 35 Profiling receptive and expressive prosodic skills in children with bifida and hydrocephalus Dr Alice Lee University College Cork