NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital and Kings College London - View Profile

Our Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) helps scientists from King’s College London and doctors, nurses and other health professionals from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital to do research together.

Research is needed to gain new knowledge about illnesses, treatments and tests so that we can provide better care for local people.

We welcome everyone’s input and support. We don’t just need people to take part in clinical trials – we need members of the public to give us their views on what we should be researching and how we should be doing it.

NIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit - View Profile

1. The prevalence of liver disease is rising due to increases in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, alcohol use and obesity. This inflammation leads to further damage to the liver causing cirrhosis and liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma). Researchers at the University of Birmingham and University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust have been analysing molecular cells to obtain a better understanding of why problems occur in the liver so that they can help to identify areas where treatment is likely to be more effective for patients with liver disease. The Centre for Liver Research has been at the forefront of research into the causes of liver disease for over 15 years. Since 2008 the Centre has been a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Unit (NIHR Birmingham Liver BRU). The NIHR BRU works in collaboration with scientists, both in the United Kingdom and worldwide, on clinical trials to take research from the laboratory directly to the patient’s bedside as part of new treatment options for patients with liver disease. We also work closely with Pharmaceutical companies to develop new treatments or improve existing ones for these group of patients.

NIHR Brain Injury HTC - View Profile

The NIHR Brain Injury HTC is dedicated to identifying areas of unmet need for developing technology-based solution amongst patients of all ages with Traumatic (TBI), Acquired (ABI) or Developed (DBI) Brain Injury.

The HTC works with patients, carers, NHS, charities, academia, inventors, SME’s and business angels to support the development of new medical devices and healthcare technologies improving the effectiveness and quality of healthcare services.

NIHR CLAHRC East Midlands - View Profile

The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Collaborative Leadership for Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) East Midlands aims to bridge the gap between what healthcare researchers learn about how to improve the services the NHS delivers and that knowledge being put into practice. This is achieved through collaboration between the academic partners, patients, the general public and the region’s NHS Organisations. Proactive partnership working ensures that knowledge is shared as widely as possible and that quality of healthcare research improves with services improving based on the research findings resulting in better outcomes for patients.

NIHR CLAHRC East of England - View Profile

The NIHR CLAHRC East of England is a collaboration between the Universites of Cambridge, East Anglia and Hertfordshire and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with a wide range of Eastern Region Health and Service Providers.

NIHR CLAHRC North Thames - View Profile

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) North Thames is a collaboration between world leading universities, the NHS, University College London (UCL) Partners, local authorities, patients, the public, industry and charities. Our aim is to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities through world class applied health research. NIHR CLAHRC North Thames covers north central and north east London; south and west Hertfordshire; south Bedfordshire; and south west and mid Essex. The Director of the NIHR CLAHRC North Thames is Professor Rosalind Raine. Rosalind is Professor of Health Care Evaluation and the Head of the Department of Applied Health Research at UCL. She is also Assistant Director of Research and Development at the UCL Joint Research Office (a partnership between UCL, University College London Hospitals (UCLH) and Royal Free Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts).

NIHR CLAHRC Oxford - View Profile

NIHR CLAHRC Oxford is a five-year programme funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and matched funds provided by local health and social services. It aims to create lasting and effective partnerships across health and social care organisations, universities to improve the services we can deliver for patient benefit.

Hosted by the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust our funding runs until 2019.

Our partners are:
Aylesbury Vale Clinical Commissioning Group, Buckinghamshire County Council, Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Group, Health Education Thames Valley, Oxford Academic Health Consortium, Oxford Academic Health Science Network, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, Oxfordshire County Council, Said Business School, Thames Valley Local Area Team, University of Oxford departments of Psychiatry, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences, Population Health, Primary Care Health Sciences, Biomedical Engineering and Medicine.

Our research themes are
1. early intervention and service redesign
2. health behaviours and behavioural interventions
3. patient experience and patient reported outcomes
4. better management of medical-psychiatric comorbidity
5. patient self-management of chronic disease

NIHR CLAHRC South West Peninsula (PenCLAHRC) - View Profile

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for the South West Peninsula – or PenCLAHRC – undertakes high-quality applied health research focused on the needs of patients and supports the translation of research evidence into practice in the NHS.

NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands - View Profile

NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands is a five-year programme funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and matched funds provided by local health and social services. The programme builds on the successful CLAHRC for Birmingham & Black Country pilot with a mission to create lasting and effective partnerships across health and social care organisations, universities (Birmingham, Keele and Warwick) to improve the services we can deliver for patient benefit. For more information about us, download our launch document.

NIHR CLAHRC Yorkshire and Humber - View Profile

The Vision for CLAHRC YH: We will undertake high quality applied research and evidence based implementation that is responsive to, and in partnership with, our collaborating organisation, patient, carers and the public.
The outcome being an improvement in both the health and wealth of the population of Yorkshire and Humber.

The CLAHRC YH Principles

Engagement: We believe that meaningful engagement delivers successful collaboration that has an impact. Through communicating our passion for the work we do, we will develop ownership of the CLAHRC YH within individuals and organisational partners.

Co-production: We believe that all people have a right, if they wish, to be involved in the organisation and delivery of health and health research. Through co-production we will support the key stakeholders in our work to contribute to the development of better knowledge, healthcare services and products.

Capacity building: We believe that people are innovative and if empowered can reach their potential. Through our capacity building work we will support individuals, teams and organisations to increase their research activity, and through this, the health and wealth of Yorkshire and Humber.

Addressing health inequalities: We believe that everyone has an equal right to be as healthy as they can be and have equal access to healthcare. Through implementing our Health Inequalities strategy we will strive to reduce inequalities.

NIHR Clinical Research Facility and Biomedical Research Centre - View Profile

The Southampton National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Facility is a dedicated facility to provide a comfortable and safe environment for members of the public to participate in clinical trials. It is a superb clinical environment with specialist equipment and expertise. The work focuses on early phase trials, which test new treatments or interventions in a small number of patients. These trials assess safety, side effects and whether the treatment or intervention works and is better than the existing options.

The Biomedical Research Centre aims to improve the lives of the nation by taking new discoveries, treatments and technologies into the clinic. The major focus of the centres research is in nutrition and respiratory research. There is also a lot of research around improving health-related behaviours in patients and the public, for their own and for the NHS’s benefit.

NIHR Clinical Research Network Thames Valley and South Midlands - View Profile

The NIHR Clinical Research Network is the clinical research delivery arm of the NHS. We operate nationally across England through a national coordinating centre and 15 local branches delivering research in the NHS across all disease areas. The NIHR Clinical Research Network: Thames Valley and South Midlands is hosted by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and covers Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire.

NIHR Evaluation Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre - View Profile

The NIHR, Evaluation, Trials and Studies (NETS) programmes fund valuable independent research for health and social care decision-makers. These programmes are a key part of a portfolio of work managed by the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC), based at the University of Southampton. We manage the identifying, prioritising, funding, delivery, publication, and dissemination of high-quality research and lead other NIHR initiatives to meet the needs of the public, patients and the NHS. 

Our programmes form an essential component of health research in the UK, and their projects’ results provide information of immediate value to healthcare decision- and policy-making. At NETSCC, we strive to identify opportunities to add value at every stage and every level of the research process. One way that we do this is by using a ‘needs-led, science-added’ approach – a set of principles intended to ensure that the research is of the highest possible value to decision-makers, and that it provides real benefits to patients, the NHS and public health. Our panels and boards apply knowledge, expertise and methods to support the scientific quality of proposals and funded research to ensure that it answers important questions relevant to clinicians, patients and the public.

• Our programmes:
  Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation
  Health Services and Delivery Research
  Health Technology Assessment
  Public Health Research
  Systematic Reviews
  
• Other key activities:
  NIHR themed calls
  NIHR Trials Overview
  NIHR Journals Library
  Adding value in Research Framework
  James Lind Alliance (JLA) Priority Setting Partnerships (PSPs) 

www.nets.nihr.ac.uk

NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and Patient Experience Research Centre (PERC) - View Profile

NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is one of the biggest BRCs and undertakes translational research. The Imperial Patient Experience Research Centre is a multidisciplinary research unit aiming to understand patient experience and involvement.

NIHR Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit - View Profile

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit (BRU) is a partnership between the University Hospitals of Leicester and University of Leicester. In 2012 the Respiratory Research Department became part of a multi million pound government investment by the NIHR, to become one of only twenty BRU’s within England. The Unit will focus on promoting the development of new and effective therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases including severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit - View Profile

The NIHR Leicester – Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit (BRU) will focus on improving health for patients with long term conditions such as diabetes by using and improving upon therapeutic lifestyle interventions. For example, these interventions could increase the amount of movement and physical activity people take part in, reduce time in sedentary behaviours, and use other approaches such as the interplay of exercise and appetite control, and minimising weight re-gain after bariatric (such as gastric band) surgery.

This new BRU is a collaboration between Loughborough University, one of the leading national institutions in exercise research, University Hospitals of Leicester and the University of Leicester. It provides an opportunity for researchers in the East Midlands to become some of the leading experts internationally in research into lifestyle, and in particular physical activity interventions to both prevent and treat diseases such as diabetes. The funding will create nearly thirty new research posts.

NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre Patient and Public Engagement and Involvement Team - View Profile

The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (NIHR Moorfields BRC) provides support for translational research leading to the rapid track delivery of new diagnostic methods and therapies, developed both internally and in partnership with other organisations.

As of April 2017, there will be 20 BRC’s nationally. The NIHR Moorfields BRC is the only one solely dedicated to research into eye health and the treatment and prevention of sight loss conditions.

NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre - View Profile

The Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is improving the health of millions of people with common diseases like asthma and arthritis. We drive innovation in experimental science and translate research into breakthrough treatments, new technologies and advanced medicines.

At the heart of the Nottingham BRC is our internationally renowned expertise in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

Our world-leading research is in:

• hearing
• gastrointestinal and liver diseases
• musculoskeletal diseases
• mental health and technology
• respiratory diseases
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging  – which supports all areas of research

The BRC strengthens Nottingham’s position as a leading city for research and innovation, bringing together world-leading scientists in a partnership hosted by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust with the University of Nottingham and supported by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit - View Profile

We are a partnership between University of Nottingham, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Medical Research Council Institute of Hearing Research. We are funded by the National Institute for Health Research. We represent the only unit of its kind which is dedicated to applied research into many kinds of hearing-related issues.  We focus on the following themes of research:

•Tinnitus (‘ringing in the ears’ – the sensation of sounds coming from inside the body).

•Support for people with hearing loss (particularly with regards to age-related hearing loss, use of hearing aids and alternative hearing devices)

•Advanced brain imaging and neuroscience, to understand how the brain processes sounds. This is to develop objective measures of hearing loss and tinnitus to inform how we improve patient outcomes

•Cochlear implantation (for profoundly deaf adults and children)

Our vision is to create new knowledge through translational research (research that can result in improvements in healthcare) that will relieve the burden of disability arising from hearing-related problems.

NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre and Unit - View Profile

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is based at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and run in partnership with the University of Oxford. Biomedical Research Centres are part of the Government’s initiative to improve the translation of basic scientific developments into clinical benefits for patients and to reinforce the position of the UK as a global leader in healthcare related research.  The Oxford BRC is a partnership that brings together the research expertise of the University of Oxford and the clinical skills of staff of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust with the aim of supporting translational research and innovation to improve healthcare for patients. It works across all disease areas.

The NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Unit (BRU) focuses on musculoskeletal disease and is a partnership smaller than, but similar to, that above, and also funded by the NIHR. 

NIHR Oxford Cognitive Health Clinical Research Facility - View Profile

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Cognitive Health Clinical Research Facility (CRF) provides a wide range of clinical and scientific resources and patient facilities to enable high quality translational neuroscience studies.

NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre - View Profile

The NIHR Oxford Health BRC is a partnership between Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Oxford.

We aim to bring the best science to the complex problems of mental disorders and dementia. These conditions are major causes of global disability and urgently need better treatments. Our patients deserve the same research excellence as in other areas of healthcare, and will help inform our research at each key step. We aim to transform discovery science into new treatments which will deliver personalised, precision care. We will harness digital and new technologies so that our solutions can have global reach.

NIHR Research Design Service East Midlands - View Profile

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds Research Design Service East Midlands (RDS EM) which is one of 10 regional services across England providing design and methodological support to health researchers who are developing research funding applications. RDS EM supports research teams to develop and submit high quality applied health and social care grant applications to NIHR and other open, national, peer-reviewed funding programmes.

NIHR Research Design Service East of England - View Profile

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded Research Design Service (RDS) East of England (EoE) is one of 10 regional services across England providing design and methodological support to health researchers who are developing research funding applications. RDS East of England supports research teams to develop and submit high quality applied health and social care grant applications to NIHR and other national peer-reviewed funding programmes.

NIHR Research Design Service London - View Profile

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded Research Design Service (RDS) London is one of 10 regional services across England providing design and methodological support to health researchers who are developing research funding applications. RDS London supports research teams to develop and submit high quality applied health and social care grant applications to NIHR and other national peer-reviewed funding programmes.

NIHR Research Design Service South Central - View Profile

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded Research Design Service South Central (RDS SC) is one of 10 regional services across England providing design and methodological support to health researchers who are developing research funding applications.  RDS SC supports research teams to develop and submit high quality applied health and social care grant applications to NIHR and other national peer-reviewed funding programmes.

NIHR Research Design Service South East - View Profile

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded Research Design Service South East (RDS SE) is one of 10 regional services across England providing design and methodological support to health researchers who are developing research funding applications. RDS SE supports research teams to develop and submit high quality applied health and social care grant applications to NIHR and other national peer-reviewed funding programmes.

NIHR Research Design Service West Midlands - View Profile

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded Research Design Service West Midlands (RDS WM) is one of 10 regional services across England providing design and methodological support to health researchers who are developing research funding applications.  RDS WM supports research teams to develop and submit high quality applied health and social care grant applications to NIHR and other national peer-reviewed funding programmes.

NIHR Research Design Service Yorkshire and the Humber - View Profile

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded Research Design Service Yorkshire and the Humber (RDS YH) is one of 10 regional services across England providing design and methodological support to health researchers who are developing research funding applications.  RDS YH supports research teams to develop and submit high quality applied health and social care grant applications to NIHR and other national peer-reviewed funding programmes.

NIHR School for Social Care Research - View Profile

The NIHR School for Social Care Research has a remit to commission and undertake research to add to the evidence base and help improve adult social care practice in England.  We were established in 2009 and include 5 universities across England, namely, the London School of Economics and Political Science (the host organisation), and the Universities of Bristol, Kent (covering the PSSRU and the Tizard research centres), Manchester, and York.  We also commission research from other universities and research active organisations.

NIHR Sheffield Clinical Research Facility - View Profile

Dedicated National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) facility for clinical research within the NHS, offering support and patient facilities to researchers. Both day and overnight facilities available at both the Royal Hallamshire and Northern General hospital sites for helathy volunteer and patient studies.

The Clinical Research Facility is a joint venture between the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.

NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (NIHR SRMRC) - View Profile

Our main aim is to transfer new emergency medicine practices developed in the military frontline to the NHS to improve outcomes for all patients. In addition, the SRMRC takes findings from the science lab to the patient’s bedside to improve emergency medicine practice in the military and civilian setting. Since the Centre’s start in 2011, civilian and military scientists have worked alongside civilian and military clinicians in a variety of specialist areas to improve the care and treatment of trauma patients.

Multiple studies are run from this Centre all year round by scientists and academics, combined with a team of dedicated research nurses and administrative staff. Through this, the Centre is able to tackle some of the biggest questions in trauma. At any one time, over 30 clinical trials are being delivered by the SRMRC’s 24/7 research team.

The Centre also benefits from its own Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) group. This is made up of former patients who have either suffered trauma or burn injury or have spent time in critical care as well as carers and members of the public. Their role is to provide feedback on any and all aspects of research from helping in the design of patient information sheets through to being a co-applicant on a grant bid. In 2018 the SRMRC appointed a dedicated PPI Lead to ensure that our valuable PPI group is supported and developed, to add value to all the work of the SRMRC.

NIHR/Wellcome Trust Imperial Clinical Research Facility - View Profile

NIHR/Wellcome Trust Imperial Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is based at Hammersmith Hospital and is the main clinical research centre at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT).

We carry out research into a wide range of conditions, including cancer, nutrition and pulmonary hypertension.

North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Comprehensive Local Research Network - View Profile

The North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Comprehensive Local Research Network are currently one of 25 Local Research Networks in England. We are dedicated to promoting and expanding research so that all patients and healthcare professionals in our region are able to participate in, and benefit from, clinical research in all areas of disease and healthcare.

North Bristol NHS Trust - View Profile

We are a large acute hospital and the Major Trauma for the Southwest, specialising in Neurosurgery and Trauma-Orthopaedics.

North East Stroke Research Network - View Profile

The North East Stroke Research Network aims to improve the speed, quality, and integration of research, ultimately resulting in improved patient care.

North West People in Research Forum - View Profile

The North West People in Research Forum is devoted to supporting patient and public involvement (PPI) and public engagement (PE) in health and social care research in the North West of England.

The Forum was launched as a membership organisation in early 2011. Its membership is a diverse group of patients, public, service user researchers, researchers from universities and hospital trusts, research managers, study coordinators, research nurses, and patient and public involvement and engagement specialists. It also has a wide organisational membership, including all of the Clinical Research Networks and Comprehensive Local Research Networks in the North West, as well as a number of university faculties, hospital trusts, charities and patient and public involvement groups. 

The Forum is run by an Executive Committee that is an equal partnership of patients and public, and people who work in health and/or social care research. It is funded by the North West NHS Research & Development team, the North West Research Design Service, and the Cheshire & Merseyside and Cumbria & Lancashire Comprehensive Local Research Networks.

The Executive Committee establishes working groups to take forward prioritised objectives. The Forum currently has communications, training and events working groups, which are also made up of equal partnerships of public and ‘professional’ members.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - View Profile

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is based in the heart of Nottingham on three separate sites around the city. We provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham and its surrounding communities. We also provide specialist services for a further 3-4 million people from across the region.

Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) is our emergency care site, where our Emergency Department (A&E), Major Trauma Centre and the Nottingham Children’s Hospital are.  Nottingham City Hospital is our planned care site, where our cancer centre, heart centre and stroke services are based.  Ropewalk House is where we provide a range of outpatient services, including hearing services.

We have achieved a national and international reputation for many of our specialist services, including stroke, renal, neurosciences, cancer services and trauma.

Research and innovation are rooted in our clinical practice and our research findings lead to continued improvements in the quality of care and treatments available for all our patients. We are at the forefront of many research programmes and new surgical procedures. In partnership with the University of Nottingham, we operate two NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Biomedical Research Units – in hearing and deafness and in digestive diseases. As a teaching trust we have a strong relationship with our colleagues at the University of Nottingham and other universities across the East Midlands, including Loughborough University, where we are part of the Olympic Legacy project. We play a vital role in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire NIHR CLAHRC - View Profile

The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Collaboration forLeadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire (NDL) is a health research collaboration between the University of Nottingham and NHS organisations. Our focus is clinical research into mental health, stroke rehabilitation, children and young people and older people’s health and wellbeing.

Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire Research Engaging Patients and Public (NDL REPP) - View Profile

We are hosted by Nottingham, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC), Trent Comprehensive Local Research Network (CLRN) , National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Design Service (RDS) East Midlands.

Forum for patients, public, clinicians, patient and public involvement/engagement leads, researchers and anyone interested in clinical research to meet and discuss opportunities for Patient and Public Involvement, Engagement and Participation.

Nowgen - View Profile

Nowgen is a centre of excellence in public engagement, education and professional training in biomedicine.

We are part of the Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (MBRC) within the Research and Innovation Division of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences at The University of Manchester.

Nowgen also has close links and collaborations with many other academic and clinical departments, institutes, organisations and businesses.