The Department of Gastroenterology has a substantial academic record and strong links with Trinity College Dublin. As a teaching hospital the department is involved in providing undergraduate clinical teaching. As a tertiary referral centre for a multitude of gastrointestinal disorders, Tallaght is a recognised training centre for postgraduate higher specialist training.
The Unit has an international recognition for research excellence - our major research focus includes the following:
- Clinical Trials Unit
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Translational Research supported by the recent TAGG initiative
Clinical Trials Unit
The Clinical Trials Unit situated within the Gastroenterology Department at TUH provides the infrastructure, physical space, facilities, expertise and culture needed to optimally support patient-focused research studies and clinical trials aimed at understanding diseases of the GI tract and their treatment.
Group Objectives:
- Increase research into the cause and complications of IBD
- Improve patients' access to new therapies
- Auditing IBD clinical services
- IBD Database Management
We are currently investigating many areas to try to identify causes and improve treatment of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, including:
- Determining which of our current treatments are most effective in getting these diseases under control
- Investigating new medications in treatment of Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis
- Assessing Induction and maintenance of clinical response and remission rates of new therapies
- Evaluating efficacy and safety of new drug therapies
PUBLICATIONS
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For more information please visit any of the following sites:
Irish Society for Colitis & Crohn's Ireland
National Association for Colitis & Crohn's Disease
Irish Society of Gastroenterology (ISGE)
United European Gastroenterolog (UEG)
European Crohn's & Colitis Organisation ECCO
Irish Cancer Society
