Director, Radical Humanities Laboratory

Committee Members 

Committee Meeting Dates 2022 / 2023

September 27 2022

November 08 2022

December 08 2022

January 24 2023

February 28 2023

March 28 2023

April 25 2023

May 23 2023

Please submit documents to the Research Committee (to Sally Bourke ) for review 10 working days in advance of a meeting. Documents submitted for review after this timeline may be deferred until the next available meeting. 

Please note, these dates are subject to change.

Announcing "from Molecules to People" 2023

Following our successful inaugural CoMH Research Conference "from Molecules to People" in 2022, "from Molecules to People" 2023 will be held on Thursday 21st September 2023 in Devere Hall, UCC.

Additional conference details will be made available shortly.

2022 CoMH Research Conference "from Molecules to People" 

The inaugural CoMH Research Conference, "from Molecules to People", took take place on 22nd September 2022 in the Devere Hall, UCC. This highly successful Conference showcased the diverse range of basic, translational and people centric research across the College of Medicine and Health.

Read the From Molecules to People programme v2From Molecules to People programme v2

A summary of activities from 2020 which align with the CoMH Strategy Roadmap to 2023  

1. Established and ran the CiSA awards, supporting 7 clinical/academic teams to pursue new research. Held a launch event where the successful teams presented their proposed projects. This was attended by representatives from our Industry Partners who provides the funding.
2. Statistician Kathleen O Sullivan joined the RC to provide biostatistical support to the CiSA applicants and general support.
3. Invited Chairs of SREC and CREC to a meeting to discuss the processes.
4. Invited Helena Buffery, Head of CACSS to present the CACSS Impact Case Study Template Guidance Document. Helena was happy to give workshops on this to CoMH researchers in 2020.
5. Invited CRF-C to discuss their roles and processes. Discussed management of a Biobank. Suggested setting up a dedicated committee.
6. Invited OCLA to discuss processes and how we can best work together. Many issues discussed.
7. Invited Sean McCarthy to discuss and evaluate the pilot European Research Strategy that some CoMH PIs took part in. The success of the programme was discussed – we have two collaborative proposals as a result.
8. Discussed the Strategy Document and how the committee can drive and support CoMH goals.
9. Discussed the removal of EndNote subscription and alternative options. Ongoing.

Terms of Reference 

UCC College of Medicine and Health Research Committee Terms of Reference

Type: Standing
Role / Purpose

• The purpose of the College of Medicine and Heath (CoMH) Research Committee is to promote
  and support high quality healthcare research, to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration
  across the member Schools and to foster a culture of research within the CoMH and its
  affiliated healthcare institutions.

Function and Objective:

• To promote high quality research endeavour within the CoMH as an integrated activity aligned
  with our teaching mission.
• To develop and review policies and practices to improve the quality, impact and quantity of
  research activity within the CoMH, to monitor their implementation and evaluate outcomes.
• To promote networking and interdisciplinary collaborative research between the member
  Schools of the College.
• To organise regular college-wide research dissemination and networking events.
• To work with researchers and RICUs to promote and support grant applications to national
  and international funding bodies.
• To communicate and publicise the successes and outputs of CoMH research activities through
  a dedicated public relations strategy.
• To foster clinical research collaboration between affiliated healthcare institutions and the
  CoMH and other Colleges within UCC.
• To foster and support research and development with industry partners in the region.
• To review the goals and monitor implementation of the CoMH Research Strategy.

Members and Terms of Membership:

The CoMH Research Committee membership is as follows:

• 1 representative from each of the Schools, with a named deputy, should that member be
  unable to attend meetings.
• 1 representative of the APC Microbiome, INFANT, Cancer Research @ UCC and Health
  Innovation Hub Ireland.
• A representative of the office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation.
• The CoMH Vice Dean of Research and Innovation (VDR&I)
• The CoMH Vice Dean of Graduate Studies and Interdisciplinary Learning
• The Research Support Officer to the CoMH VDR&I.

Membership will run for 3 years and is predicated on attendance of at least two meetings per year.
Any member absent for three consecutive meetings may be asked to resign their Committee
membership by the Chair. Membership of the Committee can be modified by the Chair; in consultation
with the CoMH VDR&I.

Meeting arrangements:

Six meetings per year or as required by the CoMH VDR&I or the Chair of the Committee. A quorate of
five members excluding Chair, will be required for each meeting. Meetings cancelled due to lack of a
quorate are to be rescheduled to take place within four weeks.

Reporting:

The committee will report to:

• The CoMH College Executive Committee.
• The Head of CoMH.
• The Office for the Vice President for Research and Innovation.