Everything we do in healthcare – every tablet that’s prescribed, every treatment that’s given and every test that’s performed – has to be first discovered and then thoroughly evaluated before it can be put into practice. This discovery and evaluation is…
Visitors to this year’s annual UK Clinical Research Facility network conference were able to catch up with some of the patient and public involvement projects that took place at the Imperial Clinical Research Facility over the past year. There were…
A study looking into two potential new vaccines for Ebola has opened at the Imperial Clinical Research Facility. Dr Saranya Sridhar from the Department of Medicine at Imperial and the Jenner Institute at Oxford, talks about the study over on the…
Back in March of this year over 80 patients and healthy volunteers taking part in research at the Imperial CRF completed our annual Research Participant Experience Survey. Responses to several of the questions were also included in the UK Clinical Research…
At the weekend the Imperial Clinical Research Facility took part in the Imperial Science Festival with a stand demonstrating how clinical trials work – using chocolate mini rolls. Nearly 500 people of all ages took part in the trial, which compared…
Come and find out about treatments, support and research findings for people with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). When: Saturday 18th April 2015, 10am-4pm Where: Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, W10 0HS Topics include: HHT Nosebleeds: triggers and treatments Iron losses…
The Imperial Clinical Research Facility, in partnership with the North West London Clinical Research Network, would like to invite you to a workshop where you’ll be able to find out about research into the causes and treatment of arthritis and how you…
Today the Imperial Clinical Research Facility is celebrating it’s third birthday. And over the past three years, we’ve gone from strength to strength, as the below statistics show. We’ve carried out over 168 studies, with several receiving significant international press…
Scientists have developed an ingredient that can be added to foods to make them more filling. In its first tests in humans, which took place at the ICRF, researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow found that…
On Friday November 14 we opened the doors of the Imperial Clinical Research Facility to local sixth form students for the afternoon in order to give them a taste of what a career in clinical research could offer them. Over 60 students found out what…
