About us

Converge: Centre for Chronic Disease and Population Health Research is concerned with changing the direction of diabetes with integrated, population-level data-driven decision-making.

The Centre’s premise is that decisions for diabetes and chronic diseases are optimised through better integration of epidemiology, intervention effectiveness and health impact modelling.

Our long-term goal is to transform the way that population-level data and research platforms are deployed in Ireland to guide decisions on risk factors, populations and interventions for chronic diseases.

What do we mean by population-level data?
When a person interacts with a health service this generates a medical record. This documents the visit, medical procedures undertaken during the visit and medication provided and allows medical professionals to track important information about their patient’s health. At Converge, our goal is to transform the way this information is used to inform decisions around prevention chronic disease, and reducing the burden associated with this.