The clinical research facility (CRF) has a team of highly-qualified nursing staff, clinicians, healthcare support workers, and radiographers. Members of the team have expertise in a wide range of clinical specialities, and are employed on a permanent basis to support the delivery of research studies.
Learn more about the specialist skills of our teams below.
The skills of our adult and paediatric teams include:
- Non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) monitoring
- Electrocardiogram (ECG): 12-lead, or bedside monitoring
- Adult and Paediatric Immediate Life Support
- Skin punch biopsy
- Oxygen saturation monitoring
- Adult and Paediatric Venepuncture and cannulation
- Ultrasound echo and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT)
- Transabdominal (TA) and transvaginal (TV) scanning
- Pulse-wave velocity
- In-depth research interviews
- Informed consent
- Video recording
- In-hours medical cover
- Audio digital recording
- Skin prick testing
- Laser treatment
- Vital signs
- Anthropometrics measurements
- Bioimpedance
- Arteriograph
- EndoPAT
- Visual Acuity Tests
- Fluorescein Angiography
- Cognitive tests
- Dispensing medication & intravenous (IV) therapy
- Source Data File (SDF) development and data entry
- Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) development & Risk Assessments (RAs)
- Good Clinical Practice and research governance
- 24-hour inpatient nursing cover
- Human Performance Laboratory equipment, including Isokom, Balance Board, and BodPod
- Uroflowometry
- Intrathecal dosing
- Lung Clearance Index
- Peak flow/Spirometry
- Food Allergy Challenges
- Actigraph measurements
- Blinded and Unblinded Nursing Teams
Our Lead Clinical Physiologist (Echocardiography Research) offers the following skills:
- Ultrasound scanning (USS)
- Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT)
- Fibro-muscular dysplasia (FMD)
- Pulse-wave velocity (PwV)
The CRF also has a senior clinical trials physician who is able to provide medical support to studies that require it: for example, by taking consent in Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products (CTIMPs). Medical cover is typically available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, but out-of-hours provision can be made by arrangement.
If you would like to arrange a visit to see the Facility and discuss what we could offer to your study, please contact our research studies team: (+44 (0)161 906 7517).
