Research Institutes
Research in the School is focused on six interdisciplinary themes, each of which links basic science to clinical practice in hospital and community settings. They address cancer; clinical epidemiology; cardiovascular sciences; neurosciences and mental health; infection, immunity and inflammation; metabolism repair and regeneration.
Across the School, five Institutes lead research that covers a spectrum from basic laboratory science to bedside practice. These are the Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, the Institute of Infection & Immunity, the Institute of Primary Care & Public Health, the Institute of Cancer & Genetics, and the Institute of Molecular & Experimental Medicine. Alongside these research Institutes, core functions of the School are provided by the Institute of Medical Education and the Institute of Translation, Innovation, Methodology & Engagement (TIME).
Research facilities have recently been enhanced with the £11m Henry Wellcome Building for Biomedical Research in Wales. The building includes 4500 square meters of state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment for research into Infection & Immunity, Cancer Biology and Psychiatric Genetics, adjacent to a purpose-built Clinical Research Facility. The Henry Wellcome Building is the largest development of its kind ever undertaken in Wales and will be a flagship for biomedical research in Wales and the Principality.
Notable recent successes include the establishment of a Medical Research Council-funded translational research collaboration with Bristol University (called SARTRE), and the award of an MRC Centre in Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics– the first MRC Centre in Wales and the first aimed specifically at harnessing the genetics revolution for research in mental disorders.
The School also houses the Institute of Medical Genetics, winner of a 2007 Queen's Anniversary Prize.
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