Training & Conferences

The Health Research Board will host the online national launch of Horizon Europe on Tuesday April 27th 10.30 am to 12.30 pm.

Running from 2021-2027, Horizon Europe will be the most ambitious Research and Innovation programme in the world with a budget of €95 billion. The health cluster has a budget of €7.7 billion.

The agenda for the launch will include

• Overview Horizon Europe Cluster 1 health – European Commission Representative
• Success in Horizon 2020 and views from funded researchers
• Update from health NCPs
• Health Opportunities in European Research Council (EIC)

Bookings for the event can made via Eventbrite.

The 6th Annual PPI in Research Conference will be held online on April 28th 2021 hosted jointly by HRB Primary Care CTNI and PPI Ignite at NUIG.

Further information and registration available here.

Online GCP Courses – Full and Refresher

This one day course is relevant to Principal Investigators, research nurses and associated research site personnel who have not undertaken GCP training within the previous 2 years. The following content is included:

• Introduction to Drug Development and Clinical Research
• Research Ethics and Clinical Research Governance
• Principles of Good Clinical Practice
• Investigator Responsibilities
• Regulatory Inspection

The course has Category 1 Approval from the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) – 6 CEUs. It also meets the minimum criteria for ICH GCP investigator site personnel training identified by TransCelerate Biopharma as necessary to enable mutual recognition of GCP training among trial sponsors.

For details of course dates and other training courses available,

Contact:  Deirdre Hyland,  (01) 809 3785 dhyland@rcsi.ie

Online GCP Training Courses– HRB Clinical Research Facility Cork

This course is aimed at Investigators, Research Nurses and other personnel who are planning to conduct (or actively engaged in clinical trials or patient focused research studies.

Course contents include:

• The principles of ICH-GCP (R2)
• Investigator Responsibilities
• EU legislation governing Clinical Trials
• Safety reporting

Certificate of Attendance awarded – valid for 2 years.

This ICH E6 GCP Investigator Site Training meets the Minimum Criteria for ICH GCP Investigator Site Personnel Training identified by TransCelerate BioPharma as necessary to enable mutual recognition of GCP training among trial sponsors.

Full ICH-GCP (R2) -Approx.   4 hours

Refresher ICH-GCP (R2) –  Approx. 2.5 hours

Fully online –  taken at participants own pace

Full Course €50.00 / Student rate : €25.00

Presenters for these courses are Dr Ruben Keane  and Maire McCarthy , Quality and Regulatory Affairs Dept, Clinical Research Facility, UCC

For bookings, contact Aoife Quinlan.

The Irish Health Research Forum are hosting the second part of their genomics event – Advancing Genomics Research in Ireland, on Wednesday 12th May. This follow-on event  will be examining the key themes arising from the previous meeting through breakout room discussion groups.  Prof Aarno Palotie, Research Director of FinnGen, the Finnish Genome Project, will be giving the keynote speech.

Please note that spaces for discussion groups will very limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Official invitations will be issued via the IHRF mailing list which you can sign up to here.

The first forum on Advancing Genomics in Ireland took place in November 2020 and recordings of the event can be found on the IHRF website.

Course Overview

RCSI CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTRE: EDUCATION AND TRAINING

A one day course aimed at investigators, project managers, research nurses and other research team members involved in the conduct of medical device research at a clinical research site.  It is also relevant to sponsors and device manufacturers involved in initiating clinical investigations.  This course  includes the following content:

• Principles of Good Clinical Practice
• Medical Devices (What is a Medical Device; Types & Classification; Medical Device Legislation; Clinical Investigations)
• Good Clinical Practice in Device Trials (Ethical Issues; Conduct of a Clinical Investigation; Safety Reporting in Device Research)
• Monitoring & Audit

This course is offered as a study day via MS Teams. Upcoming dates 18^th February and 27^th May, 09.30 – 15.30

Cost: €60.00

To apply: Download and complete this  booking form

and send to Deirdre Hyland – dhyland@rcsi.ie . Payment may be made via link on booking form.

Online GCP Courses – Full and Refresher

This one day course is relevant to Principal Investigators, research nurses and associated research site personnel who have not undertaken GCP training within the previous 2 years. The following content is included:

• Introduction to Drug Development and Clinical Research
• Research Ethics and Clinical Research Governance
• Principles of Good Clinical Practice
• Investigator Responsibilities
• Regulatory Inspection

The course has Category 1 Approval from the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) – 6 CEUs. It also meets the minimum criteria for ICH GCP investigator site personnel training identified by TransCelerate Biopharma as necessary to enable mutual recognition of GCP training among trial sponsors.

For details of course dates and other training courses available,

Contact:  Deirdre Hyland,  (01) 809 3785 dhyland@rcsi.ie

Online GCP Training Courses– HRB Clinical Research Facility Cork

This course is aimed at Investigators, Research Nurses and other personnel who are planning to conduct (or actively engaged in clinical trials or patient focused research studies.

Course contents include:

• The principles of ICH-GCP (R2)
• Investigator Responsibilities
• EU legislation governing Clinical Trials
• Safety reporting

Certificate of Attendance awarded – valid for 2 years.

This ICH E6 GCP Investigator Site Training meets the Minimum Criteria for ICH GCP Investigator Site Personnel Training identified by TransCelerate BioPharma as necessary to enable mutual recognition of GCP training among trial sponsors.

Full ICH-GCP (R2) -Approx.   4 hours

Refresher ICH-GCP (R2) –  Approx. 2.5 hours

Fully online –  taken at participants own pace

Full Course €50.00 / Student rate : €25.00

Presenters for these courses are Dr Ruben Keane  and Maire McCarthy , Quality and Regulatory Affairs Dept, Clinical Research Facility, UCC

For bookings, contact Aoife Quinlan.

Online GCP Training Courses– HRB Clinical Research Facility Cork

This course is aimed at Investigators, Research Nurses and other personnel who are planning to conduct (or actively engaged in clinical trials or patient focused research studies.

Course contents include:

• The principles of ICH-GCP (R2)
• Investigator Responsibilities
• EU legislation governing Clinical Trials
• Safety reporting

Certificate of Attendance awarded – valid for 2 years.

This ICH E6 GCP Investigator Site Training meets the Minimum Criteria for ICH GCP Investigator Site Personnel Training identified by TransCelerate BioPharma as necessary to enable mutual recognition of GCP training among trial sponsors.

Full ICH-GCP (R2) -Approx.   4 hours

Refresher ICH-GCP (R2) –  Approx. 2.5 hours

Fully online –  taken at participants own pace

Full Course €50.00 / Student rate : €25.00

Presenters for these courses are Dr Ruben Keane  and Maire McCarthy , Quality and Regulatory Affairs Dept, Clinical Research Facility, UCC

For bookings, contact Aoife Quinlan.

Online GCP Courses – Full and Refresher

This one day course is relevant to Principal Investigators, research nurses and associated research site personnel who have not undertaken GCP training within the previous 2 years. The following content is included:

• Introduction to Drug Development and Clinical Research
• Research Ethics and Clinical Research Governance
• Principles of Good Clinical Practice
• Investigator Responsibilities
• Regulatory Inspection

The course has Category 1 Approval from the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) – 6 CEUs. It also meets the minimum criteria for ICH GCP investigator site personnel training identified by TransCelerate Biopharma as necessary to enable mutual recognition of GCP training among trial sponsors.

For details of course dates and other training courses available,

Contact:  Deirdre Hyland,  (01) 809 3785 dhyland@rcsi.ie

The Irish Research Nurses & Midwives (IRNM) 13th annual conference and AGM will be held online on November 4th 2021.

Save the date for now and check the IRNM website for further details.