Optimise Operational Resilience

Ambition

To support the development of a resilient, sustainable and responsive research operational infrastructure, that harnesses the research capabilities within the organisation, enables project ideation and development, and is underpinned by research best practice.

Objectives

1. Embed a research operational culture that is open, transparent, evidence-based and co-designed.
2. Promote and support an infrastructure framework that further develops and progresses research partnerships
3. Create a dedicated research laboratory to expand ‘in-house’ capabilities
4. Establish a modern innovation space for creative problem-solving, co-design and collaboration.
5. Implement a sustainable and compliant framework for research data and materials management.

Actions

1. Lay Communication: Optimise and expand ‘lay’ communications of research activities to maximise transparency to donors and the Irish Public.
2. Donor Panel: Create a panel of donors that may be consulted to co-design research projects directly impacting donors, or their donation.
3. Policies: Review current research practice policies to ensure compliance with research best practice.
4. IBTS-Led Conference: Organise and lead medical & scientific conference, BlooDHIT 2028.
5. REDI Room: Support the creation of a Research, EDucation and Innovation (REDI) space, which will include a research laboratory facility, lecture room and the environmental elements necessary to enable innovation and creative problem-solving.
6. Research Data management system: Implement a separate framework for managing health research data, that supports on-going compliance with Health Research Regulation, enables adherence to open research, data sharing, and facilitates secondary data analyses.
7. Research materials management system: Implement a framework, that is complimentary to the current system but allows for expansion of the provision of non-transfused donated materials for health research.
8. Biobanking: Create a biobank of donor samples, with accompanying donor health and demographic information, to enable on-going biomedical assessment of donor and population health parameters.