The Pulse L-R: Professor Richard Layte (Trinity College Dublin), Dr Oliver Robinson (Imperial College London), Dr Jennifer Dowd (University of Oxford), Regius Rose Anne Kenny (Trinity College Dublin), Dr Tony Robertson (University of Sterling), Dr Annalisa Montesanti (Health Research Board), Professor Cathal McCrory (Trinity College Dublin), Dr Belinda Hernandez (Trinity College Dublin), Dr Sinéad McLough- lin (Trinity College Dublin), Dr Céline De Looze (Trinity College Dublin) TILDA data workshops In May 2024, TILDA hosted an exclusive Data Workshop, providing researchers with hands-on training, expert-led lectures, and practical exercises. Attendees gained invaluable skills from TILDA experts, enhancing their ability to analyse complex data. For information about upcoming workshops, visit https://tilda.tcd.ie/data-workshop/index.php ‘It ain’t ( just) what you do, it’s the way you do it’ Professor Sara Burke, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Health Policy and Management, co-presented at an event organised by the Irish Behavioural Science Policy Network and the Department of Health on 11 June 2024. Entitled ‘It ain’t ( just) what you do, it’s the way that you do it’, Professor Burke and Professor Molly Byrne from University of Galway provided two case studies on co-producing research and evidence for policy with the Department of Health and the HSE from their Health Research Board (HRB) Applied Partnerships Awards. The HRB’s head of policy and strategy, Dr Teresa Maguire spoke about the significant advances made in research-policy interactions in Ireland, while Professor Burke spoke about her co-production experience with the Foundations research programme she leads, highlighting the importance of being responsive to emerging policy-maker needs as well as recognising how co-production is frequently an iterative process that requires an adaptive approach to research. Professor Molly Byrne detailed their collaborative strategy to optimise and scale up the national Making Every Contact Count (MECC) Programme, and the importance of relationship building and partnership for managing tensions and gaining credibility for and ownership of interventions. Summer Edition 2024 33
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