Researchers | UCD School of Medicine

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Our School comprises clinicians, molecular biologists and technologists who are united by the goal of improving patient care and health in society. Each approaches this shared objective from their particular professional perspective be it disease presentation, biological process or technology capability.

The School has a large and dynamic research portfolio extending from in silico bioinformatics, molecular laboratory investigations of disease to clinical research evaluating new therapeutic strategies.

Research Quick Facts

180+ research funded staff
220+ graduate research students
€118m+ external research funding in the last five years
Field weighted citation impact of 2.29 over the last five years
1500+ publications annually

Maximising the impact of published research

Research Innovation and Impact Group (RIIG)

The Research Innovation and Impact Group (RIIG) provides strategic oversight of activities, systems and supports for research in the School of Medicine.

The RIIG supports the School’s ambition to be an international leader in biomedical and clinical research by promoting the School’s research community and developing a culture and environment conducive to conducting research within the school.

The RIIG comprises of senior academics in the school who meet every trimester.