Member Stories
Some of our members explain what joining HRCI has meant for their organisations.
The Irish Cancer Society has had the immense privilege of being a member of Health Research Charities Ireland for many years. As the national cancer charity in Ireland, HRCI provides an invaluable platform to connect with organisations across the health research community, both within cancer and across other disease areas. Through this collaboration, we have […] Read More..
I first reached out to HRCI for advice in 2020, and I haven’t stopped since! The mission of the Adelaide Health Foundation [AHF] is to advance healthcare, and research is one of the three pillars under which we do this. When our research strategy changed to increase the focus on directly commissioning projects and with […] Read More..
My involvement with HRCI began in 2017 when I started working with the St John of God Research Foundation. I was working in my first senior management role, and I was supported by a very small team. HRCI broadened the research support network that I had available to me. As an umbrella organisation for research […] Read More..
I joined the Alpha-1 Foundation back in 2017 and subsequently became a member of HRCI, or MRCG as it was back then. I joined the charity sector from private industry with some concern about how I would add value. To say that I was nervous about joining a group of highly qualified and experienced researchers, […] Read More..
Becoming a member of HRCI in 2020 has been hugely beneficial to Family Carers Ireland’s research function. As a charity with limited research resources, having access to the network of research charities, guides and workshops have been critical to the strengthening of our research function. Since joining Family Carers Ireland as Research Officer in 2019, […] Read More..
As Policy and Research Manager at The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, being involved with HRCI has been immensely beneficial and a vital support to our research work. At ASI, we strive to empower the voice of people with dementia in research through our patient and public involvement (PPI) programme and support them in being proactively engaged in […] Read More..
Being a member of HRCI has been invaluable to DEBRA Ireland. As the Research Manager in a small rare disease charity, having access to the network of research charities and the guides and workshops through HRCI has been priceless. I was delighted to become a member of the Board of Directors in 2019. This happened […] Read More..