Impact
There are many steps in the development of a new treatment before it can be adopted into clinical practice; from basic science research often conducted in University departments looking for new targets and potential therapies through to clinical trials assessing their safety and efficacy. Biomedical Research Centres help to bridge the gap in translating new discoveries into new treatments, diagnostics and medical technologies.
The National Institute for Health Research began a network of Biomedical Research Centres in 2007 by funding University-Hospital partnerships to pull through scientific discoveries into real benefits for patients.
There are now 21 Biomedical Research Centres around the UK:
NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Guy's and St Thomas' Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR The Royal Marsden Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre
NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre