NIHR Biomedical Research Centre

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London

Welcome to the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust / King's College London.

Here you can find out more about the centre and keep up to date with news and events, including our unique Biomedical Forum. There is also information on our research, training and career opportunities, plus details of the staff and how to contact us.

Hot topics:

• Listen to podcasts of the June and July Biomedical Forums.
  
  
• The NIHR Annual Report has been publised.  It is available to download from the NIHR website.
  
  
• The London (South) Comprehensive Local Research Network has announced its second funding call for Flexibility and Sustainability funding.  Download the guidance (Word 24Kb) and the application form (Word 48Kb).
  
  
• Visit the new section of the website about our core facilities.  Find out about our comfortable Clinical Research Facilities, genomics facilities and flow cytometry facility.
  

Overview

In December 2006, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, along with its academic partner King's College London, was awarded one of five new NIHR comprehensive Biomedical Research Centres in the UK. 

These centres have a strong focus on "translational research" taking advances in basic medical research out of the laboratory and into the clinical setting so that they can benefit patients.  They form a key part of the Department of Health's new strategy for research and development in the NHS.

A paper published in the Quarterly Journal of Medicine draws attention to the elements driving world-class translational research forward at our comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre.  This paper summarises our novel strategy for delivering better health through research.