Welcome to the NIHR BRC website

Within the Leeds BRC is a £2m state of the art MRI scanner

Our waiting area at the Leeds BRC imaging centre

Our BRC officially opened in 2017, building on the previous 9 years of NIHR funding

We host a number a public, patient, involvement and engagement events throughout the year

The NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is an international centre of excellence in musculoskeletal disease research.

The aim of the NIHR Leeds BRC is to drive innovation in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disease.

Hosted within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and in partnership with the University of Leeds, research within the NIHR Leeds BRC is focused on providing individually targeted, cost-effective therapies that improve the lives of those living with musculoskeletal disease.