What We Do

The purpose of the St. Luke’s Cancer Research Fund is to facilitate education, training and research in the area of radiation oncology in Ireland. All research funded and supported by the Trust Fund ultimately will provide improved patient care and outcomes in cancer care in our network of hospitals.

Our Trust Fund partners with the St. Luke’s Institute of Cancer Research to prioritise areas of radiation oncology research and to fund leading research programmes.

A continual programme of research, education and training are of paramount importance in identifying and developing future clinical and research leaders in radiation oncology. Research promotes inward migration of quality professionals, helps to retain existing skilled radiation oncology specialists and further develops them enabling them to become future healthcare leaders.

Learn more about St. Luke’s Institute of Cancer Research and Clinical Trials Unit

What Type Of Programmes Do We Fund?

• Funding is provided to support post academic training and education.
• We facilitate visiting international experts in Radiation Oncology, by means of visiting Professors and international expert speakers, who share their expertise at annual educational events such as the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Faculty of Radiologists in the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI).
• We provide funding for the Annual International Nursing & Midwifery Research & Education Conference of the Faculty of Nursing RCSI to promote education and training.
• We fund Research Fellowships in Radiation Oncology for Senior Radiation Oncologists, Physicists and Radiation Therapists to provide additional training in research and to equip them for future consultant leadership roles. We plan to expand this further to include Oncology Nursing.
• We provide support to post academic education and other training for our staff,
• We financially support projects that meet the Trust fund’s objectives.