Northern Ireland Clinical Research Facility
What kind of work is conducted there?
Four main research themes are being addressed:
- nutrition and metabolism
- vision science
- cancer
- respiratory research.
These research themes represent internationally recognised areas excellence within the Northern Ireland clinical research community.
Which facilities are on offer?
The Northern Ireland Clinical Research Facility allows for research involving healthy volunteers, hospital outpatients and day cases, and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in-patients. The building links directly with all patient care areas and with state-of-the-art imaging and cardiology centres. The Facility is made up of a suite of rooms equipped for clinical investigation, a tissue and biological sample processing laboratory, a patient waiting and reception area, a diet kitchen and an administrative area.
Contacts
Academic/media contact
Professor Ian S Young
Professor of Medicine, Queen's University Belfast
Associate Medical Director (Research and Development), Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Centre for Public Health
1st Floor ICS B Block
Royal Victoria Hospital
Grosvenor Road
Belfast BT12 6BJ
Northern Ireland
T 0044 2890 632743
F 0044 2890 235900
E
I.Young@qub.ac.uk
Contact for members of the public who would like to participate
Dr Julie Wilson
Staff Manager
Wellcome Trust-Wolfson Clinical Research Facility
University Floor
Belfast City Hospital
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
BT9 7AB
T 0044 2895 040342
E
julies.wilson@belfasttrust.hscni.net