Southampton Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility
The Southampton CRF opened in November 2001 as a purpose-built facility situated at the heart of the University of Southampton NHS Hospitals Trust. Since then, over 16 000 volunteers have participated in a wide range of clinical research studies, led by both academic and NHS investigators.
What kind of work is conducted there?
The work ranges from early experimental medicine studies correlating physiology and genotype with patient phenotype in health and disease, through to late-stage studies investigating the effectiveness of treatments and diagnostic tests, the natural history and prognosis of diseases and more qualitative aspects of medicine.
Success stories
- Sleep, blood flow and neuropsychology in children (October 2006)
- Biobank of airway biopsies (March 2005)
- Liver fibrosis (December 2004)
- Rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease (February 2001)
What facilities are on offer?
Southampton runs a fully equipped paediatric research area, including sleep laboratory and bronchoscopy service.
Contacts
Academic contacts
Professor William Rosenberg, Director
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wmr@soton.ac.uk
Dr Saul Faust, Assistant Director
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s.faust@soton.ac.uk
Media contact
Bethan Bennett-Lloyd (Research Information Manager)
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bblloyd@soton.ac.uk
Contact person for members of the public who want to participate
Carol Gough, Senior Research Sister
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carol.gough@suht.swest.nhs.uk