What is an NIHR BRC?

NIHR Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs) are collaborations between NHS organisations and universities. They bring together academics and clinicians to translate scientific discoveries into potential new treatments, diagnostics and technologies.

The research themes of the NIHR Leeds BRC are: musculoskeletal disease, research in surgical technologies, haematology (with the University of York), cardiometabolic disease, pathology, and antimicrobial resistance.

NIHR’s Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs) are collaborations between world-leading universities and NHS organisations that bring together academics and clinicians to translate lab-based scientific breakthroughs into potential new treatments, diagnostics and medical technologies.

The centres receive substantial levels of sustained funding  to create an environment where experimental medicine can thrive. They attract the best scientists and produce world-leading research, contributing to the local and national economy.

BRC funding supports researchers of the highest calibre to develop innovative research ideas that can attract investment from other funders, furthering the nation’s economic growth.

The centres undertake research in research themes across a range of disease and therapeutic areas, such as genomics, stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine, with several supporting the work of the NIHR BioResource.

The NIHR BRCs are:

• NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre 
• NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR The Royal Marsden Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre
• NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre 

Find out more about the NIHR BRC’s and their work in developing new treatments for patients