Northern Ireland (UKN)

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.

Regional website

https://www.publichealth.hscni.net/

Policy document (RIS3): Yes

Policy document PM@RIS3: Yes

Policy documents

Regional (Northern Ireland) Research for Better Health & Social Care A Strategy for Health & Social Care Research and Development in Northern Ireland (2016-2025) https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/dhssps/research-and-development-strategy-2016-25_1.pdf
Regional (Northern Ireland) Precision Medicine in Northern Ireland http://matrixni.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Precision-Medicine-in-Northern-Ireland.pdf

Major initiatives

Centre of Excellence Precision Medicine Centre https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/PMC/
Northern Ireland Centre for Stratified Medicine https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/biomedical-sciences/research/northern-ireland-centre-for-stratified-medicine
Centre for Personalised Medicine - Clinical Decision Making and Patient Safety (CPM) https://www.ulster.ac.uk/research/topic/biomedical-sciences/research/centre-for-personalised-medicine
SAPHIRe
The Northern Ireland Biobank https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/PMC/TheNorthernIrelandBiobank/
Clinical Diagnostics Laboratory molecular diagnostics lab https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/PMC/ClinicalDiagnostics/

Is the region represented in: Horizon2020; Regional Smart Specialisation Strategy Platforms/Partnerships (RIS3); EIT Health/InnoStars/Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS); other?

Horizon2020 SAPHIRe project

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