Support programmes
With our financial resources we support individual researchers and research teams with personal fellowships and project funding.
All about support programmes
Med8 - Research projects
Health Sciences
Scope
The scope of this expert panel includes basic, translational and clinical research in human and veterinary health sciences.
Clinical research and innovative intervention studies (including medical devices, technologies and tools for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human and animal diseases) are eligible only if they address a fundamental scientific question.
In particular, the following topics in communicable and non-communicable diseases are covered (not exhaustive):
- Bio-banking
- Epidemiology, bio statistics, bioinformatics and population research
- Family medicine
- Food safety
- Global health
- Health economics
- Legal aspects of medicine
- Medical education
- Medical ethics, ethics of the health care, bio-ethics
- Nursing sciences
- Palliative care
- Pharmaceutical care and therapeutic adherence
- Preventive medicine
- Primary care
- Public health and health services, health organisation, management and policy
Members - Composition 2025
| Name | Institution | |
|---|---|---|
| Chair | ||
| Fahey Tom | RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences | |
| Members | ||
| Cleland Verity | University of Tasmania | |
| Cropotova Janna | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | |
| Fox Kenneth R. | University of Bristol | |
| Ives Jonathan | University of Bristol | |
| Lo Christopher | University of Toronto / James Cook University Singapore | |
| McCowan Colin | University of St. Andrews | |
| Melchior Maria | INSERM | |
| Padez Cristina | Univeristy of Coimbra | |
| Penalvo Jose | Universiteit Antwerpen | |
| Rogers Anne | University of Southampton / University of Manchester | |
| Trepel Dominic | Trinity College Dublin | |