Centres of Excellence
There are four Centres of Excellence in Translational Medicine located at the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Specialist patient-based studies will be performed at the four centres of excellence, linking with the Core Laboratory which will be the focus of a number of key activities associated with this initiative, including:
- Establishing state of the art laboratory methodology and technology to be a leading international centre for translational medicine and development of biomarkers.
- The development and coordination of clinical trials carried out in the clinical research centres aimed at obtaining samples from clearly defined disease populations.
- Linking with the Scottish Clinical Research Network to manage streamlined ethical approvals, data collation and statistical analysis of results.
- The co-ordination of research activities to be carried out on the samples collected.
Each centre contributes to:
Leadership and Governance
Integration and strong links have been developed with academic and university faculties of all Scottish partners, making the TMRC and Research Laboratory a national resource. The leadership and governance Group is responsible for promoting innovative and novel scientific developments. The leadership Group is also responsible for developing unique opportunities in translational medicine education between the Scottish partners.
Designing and Executing Translational Medicine Studies
Groups of clinical and scientific researchers are working at each University to perform cutting-edge clinical and scientific studies, initially in the areas of cardiovascular disease, neurosciences, women’s health, inflammation, cancer, bone disease and diabetes. These studies will be focussed on the development of biomarkers. Studies will be designed to either discover or validate biomarkers in support of the diseases and conditions of interest.