Research infrastructure and partners
We work closely with our partners to
develop research ideas, bid for funding, and deliver the research
we are funded for.
National Institute for Health Research
(NIHR) infrastructure
NIHR Bristol
Biomedical Research Centre is a partnership
between University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and the
University of Bristol. BRCs conduct innovative translational
medical science research.
NIHR ARC West works
with partner organisations, including the NHS, local authorities
and universities, to conduct applied health research and implement
research evidence.
NIHR
Research Design Service (RDS) provides
help for people preparing research proposals for submission
to open, national, peer-reviewed funding competitions for applied
health or social care research.
NIHR Clinical Research Network West of
England facilitates delivery of clinical research
in NHS and social care in the region.
Research delivery
facilities and Units
Research
delivery units in the divisions of Surgery, Medicine,
Specialised Services, Women & Children, supported by the
division of Diagnostics and Therapies. Read more about the
different research units.
The UHBW Clinical Research
Facility (UHBW CRF) is a new facility for delivery of
clinical research trials, as well as earlier stage experimental
research.
University of Bristol Infrastructure
includes:
The Bristol
Trials Centre is a UKCRC fully registered Clinical
Trials unit designs and conducts high quality pragmatic
randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in primary and secondary care.
The Centre for Academic Primary Care
(CAPC) conducts high quality research within a
number of themes
relating to primary care and general
practice.
The Bristol Centre for Surgical
Research is a multi-disciplinary
collaboration aiming to transform patient care by increasing
evidence-based surgery.
The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health
Research (EBI) nurtures research across
disciplines to improve health.
The MRC Integrative Epidemiology
Unit(IEU) conducts some of the UK's
most advanced population health science research.
The Centre for Public Health
focuses on a range of policy topics including obesity,
physical activity, nutrition, sexual health, mental health and
well-being, tobacco, alcohol and drugs misuse.
MRC ConDuCT-II Hub for Trials Methodology
Research. ConDuCT-II stands for
Collaboration and
innovation in
Difficult and
Complex randomised controlled
Trials In
Invasive procedures and is part of the MRC's
Network of Hubs for Trials Methodology Research.
Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and
Children (ALSPAC) also known as Children of
the 90s, is a world-leading birth cohort study, charting the health
of 14,500 families in the Bristol area.
Local partners
Bristol Health Partners
- Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
- Bristol City Council
- Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical
Commissioning Group
- North Bristol NHS Trust
- University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)
