The Research Office was established in 2021 following the publication of the TUH Research Strategy 2021-2024 and in a response to the changing research landscape in Ireland and to meet the needs of researchers within the Hospital.
The function of the research Office is laid out in the Organogram below:
- Research Registration: All research, clinical & non-clinical should be registered with the Research Office through the Registration Form. Registering your research will ensure your research is in compliance with legislation and internal TUH governance procedures. Please see the Research Ethics Committee section for further details.
- Research Ethics: All research involving the recruitment of staff or patients must receive ethical approval before beginning by applying through the Research Ethics Application Form. Please see the Research Ethics Committee section for further details.
- Data Protection: All research is subject to the Data Protection Legislation. Please see Research Data Protection page for further details.
- Clinical Trial and Observational Study Agreement, Material Transfer Agreement, Data Sharing Agreements, Confidentiality Agreements, etc, review and execution: The DCEO is the designated signature for the above agreements in TUH. The Clinical Trials and Studies Contracts Officer is responsible for the review of these agreements and organising execution. Please see the Clinical Trial and Observational Study Agreement Sign Off.
- Staff Training, Development & Support: The Office will offer training such as ICH-GCP training to researchers, Research Data Protection training and ad hoc research training sessions, e.g. Research Ethics Clinics. Resources such as SPSS and networked laptops with remote access are available through the Library and statistical support and training is also available from Ms Miriam Williams, TUH Librarian.
Statistics
Miriam Williams is a Medical Librarian in TUH. In 2024 she completed a Post-Graduate Certificate in Statistics and Data Science from Trinity College Dublin. She also holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Higher Diploma in Computer Science (both from UCC) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Library & Information Studies from University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Miriam delivers a two day introductory workshop in statistics using SPSS. The course covers: descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, power analysis, regression and correlation. She also provides statistical support to staff and students working with these methods or using SPSS software. Any of these topics and in using SPSS software.
