19 July 2010
Researchers from across the scientific disciplines are being
invited to apply for grants for use of a new multi-million clinical
research facility in Bristol.
The £6.4m Clinical Research and Imaging Centre (CRIC Bristol),
managed in partnership between the University of Bristol and its
main NHS partner University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust,
will house a state-of-the-art 3T Siemens Skyra MRI scanner along
with four clinical research rooms and a two-bedded fully-equipped
sleep and physiological monitoring facility.
Research studies already planned for the centre include neonatal
brain injury studies, imaging before and after cardiac surgery,
experimental psychology studies and sleep studies in children.
Due to open off St Michaels Hill later this year, CRIC Bristol
will be available for use by researchers from the University of
Bristol as well as other research teams running studies in the
South West, enabling high quality clinical investigation crucial
for translational medicine and developing new, novel
treatments.
Bids are especially welcomed from researchers from the faculties
of Science, Engineering, Medical and Veterinary Sciences and
Medicine and Dentistry as well as projects form University
Hospitals Bristol, North Bristol NHS Trust, the University of West
of England and commercial partners.
Launching the website this week, Dr Colin Dayan, Clinical
Director of CRIC Bristol, said: We want this to be a truly
multidisciplinary unit enabling world-class translational research
at all levels. The CRIC Bristol staff will be available to advise
on projects and any necessary regulatory approvals required. CRIC
Bristol will be unique in the South West in providing safe modern
facilities for studies in both healthy volunteers and patients as
well as encompassing all ages from neonates to the elderly.
For further information including contact details and costings
visit www.cricbristol.ac.uk
For further enquiries, contact Colin Dayan, colin.dayan@bris.ac.uk.
