UCD Conway Institute is an interdisciplinary research centre exploring mechanisms of health and disease towards the development of preventative strategies and novel diagnostic & therapeutic solutions. Our vision is to be leader in biomedical research and innovation; translating this knowledge through industrial, academic & clinical partnerships to benefit health & well-being in Ireland and beyond. We provide an invigorating, interdisciplinary environment to facilitate excellence in the biomedical sciences. This enables the translation of new discoveries towards implementation and fosters next-generation leaders.
UCD Conway Institute includes more than 450 researchers at all career levels and supported comprehensive suite of centrally managed core technology facilities in Ireland. UCD Conway strives to facilitate every opportunity to advance interdisciplinary research, innovation and education in Ireland.
Research activities in UCD Conway Institute are aligned under three overarching umbrella themes that enables the delivery of strategic goals and objectives:
Personalised & Translational Medicine
Using information about a person’s genes, proteins or environment to develop more precise medical models to identify, prevent or treat disease.
One Health
Exploring the complex interplay between the health of animals, humans and the environment to improve the condition of each.
Discovery Research
Creating new knowledge by studying the
fundamental processes in cells and living organisms to better understand health and disease.
We have an established structure to manage suites of core technologies with the ability to integrate emerging technologies and provide a comprehensive service offering to researchers. We have expertise that can contribute to the solution of major societal challenges.
This is underpinned by an record in active engagement and co-creation with cohorts
of the Irish public including secondary school teachers, pupils, patients and their families to ensure our research has tangible societal impact for future generations.
Frontier research
In addition to facilitating team-based science, the Institute is a home for individually excellent scientists, particularly in respect of ‘blue skies’ research, and welcomes and fosters multidisciplinary. Enabling scientists to pursue blue-skies, hypothesis-based research that will ultimately drive discovery is crucial. We encourage researchers to pursue their own ideas driven solely by the criterion of excellence. We encourage a culture that enables play as an integral part of the design thinking process.
Today, 160 Conway Fellows lead teams in research areas including cancer, infection, diabetes, obesity, neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, arthritis & rheumatoid disease. Exploring mechanisms of health and disease so as to develop strategies that maintain good health, diagnose disease early and find new and effective treatments.