
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Innovation Performance Group (2019) : Strong -
Total population (2019) 1875957
Population per km² (2017) 138
Proportion population older 65 year % 16,33%
Background
Northern Ireland has a population of 1.8 million. In Northern Ireland personalised medicine is an area of substantial and rapidly growing focus which benefits from the core strengths that underpin the region’s health and social care and research and development infrastructure.
The Queen’s University hosts the Precision Medicine Centre (PMC) of Excellence, which will provide the necessary infrastructure to meet the increasing demands in the changing field of healthcare and industry in terms of technologies and expertise. The Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine, which undertakes cutting edge stratified medicine research is a collaborative project between the University of Ulster's Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, C-TRIC (the Clinical Translational Research and Innovation Centre) and the Western Health and Social Care Trust. The Centre for Personalised Medicine and Clinical Decision Making (INTERREG VA Programme) is also located at Ulster University. This cross-border collaborative project, led by Stratified Medicine Ulster University includes 13 partner organisations.
Is the region looking for international/European/interregional collaboration opportunities?
Yes - We are always open to the possibility of international/ European/ interregional collaboration opportunities
Membership status
Member ICPerMed? no
Mountain ? Non-mountain
Member Euregha? yes
Adriatic-Ionian MacroRegion? no
InnoStars Region? no
Northern Sparsely Populated Area (NSPA)? no
PM region according EC? yes
Baltic Sea MacroRegion? no
S3MedTech region? no
Danube MacroRegion? no
S3P4PM region? no
Alpine MacroRegion? no
Regions4PM region? no
S3ClusSport member? no
Central Europe? no
MedTech4Europe? no
Council of European BioRegions (CEBR)? no
1M+Genome initiative? country level member
European Regions Research & Innovation Network? yes
Vanguard Initiative? no
ERAPerMed? no
Policy documents
Regional: Health and Wellbeing 2026 - Delivering Together (Department of Health)
Regional: Systems, Not Structures - Changing Health and Social Care - Full Report
Regional: Precision Medicine in Northern Ireland
NACE Personalised Medicine/Personalised Health related to Research and Innovation objectives: Q.86 - Human health activities; M.72 - Scientific research and development
Scientific domain NABS Personalised Medicine/Personalised Health related to Research and Innovation: NABS07 - Health; NABS13 - General advancement of knowledge: R&D financed from other sources than GUF
Policy objective Personalised Medicine/Personalised Health related related to Research and Innovation objectives: G.46 - Ageing societies; Other
Policy document (RIS3): Yes
Policy document PM@RIS3: Yes
Major initiatives
Centre for Personalised Medicine - Clinical Decision Making and Patient Safety (CPM)
Clinical Diagnostics Laboratory molecular diagnostics lab
The Health Innovation Research Alliance Northern Ireland (HIRANI)
PASSION-HF - PAtient Self-care uSIng eHealth In chrONic Heart Failure
The Ireland/ Northern Ireland Cross-Border Cooperation Observatory
Cross-Border Healthcare Intervention Trials in Ireland Network (CHITIN)
INTERREG IV Putting Patients First
A Cross Border Proposal for a New Eastern Corridor Medical Engineering Centre
Platforms for Ageing Community Engagement - Exchange and Enterprise
NW Healthy Living & Community Gardens/Allotments Project
Smart sENsor Devices fOr rehabilitation and Connected health
Is the region represented in: Horizon2020; Regional Smart Specialisation Strategy Platforms/Partnerships (RIS3); EIT Health/InnoStars/Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS); other?
Self evaluation
General perception of the implementation level of PM in the region - Low
Rate of the need for developing and implementing PM in the region - Medium
Rate of the need for increasing support/funding for PM activities in the region - Medium
Rate of the need for increasing the capacity of PM skills in the region - Medium
Rate of the genomics literacy of the citizens in the region - Low
Rate of the need for increasing interregional collaboration in PM - Medium
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