A national UKCRN Coordinating Centre, with offices in Leeds and London, oversees the Clinical Research Networks that form part of UKCRN. A consortium from the University of Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit and University College London operate the Coordinating Centre and dedicated teams within the Centre coordinate and support the delivery of targeted work programmes in a number of key areas including industry liaison, primary care, experimental medicine, training and education, patient and public involvement and communications.
The Joint Directors of the UK Clinical Research Network are Professor Janet Darbyshire and Professor Peter Selby.