A number of additional organisations/groups have been established in this area to provide support for research.
Biomedical Research Centres
The NIHR has created eleven Biomedical Research Centres within leading NHS and University partnerships to drive progress on innovation and translational research in biomedicine. The following are based in this area:
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Further details are available at http://www.nihr.ac.uk/infrastructure_biomedical_research_centres.aspx
Barts and the London Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre
Lead: Professor John Gribben
University College London Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre
Lead: Professor Richard Begent
MRC Translational Medicine Centre
Lead: Professor Mike Hanna
Contact:
MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Disease
Institute of Neurology
University College London
Queens Square
London
WC1N 3BG
Last updated: 10 April 2008