Support Network
A collection of organisations and services, locally and nationally, that can support translational research. Network items that include the University of Manchester logo are primarily accessible by members of the University. When logged in with a University of Manchester or guest user account, additional contact details will be available.
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Business Engagement Team (FBMH, University of Manchester)
Supporting business engagement partnerships with large corporations, start-ups, charities and public sector organisations
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
We support a range of activities including strategic partnerships, research projects, consultancy, knowledge exchange, sharing facilities, professional development and recruiting talent. The Business Engagement team aims to bridge the gap between academia and industry by facilitating interactions that will lead to mutual benefit.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
The Business Engagement Team is always keen to understand the research that is being undertaken at the University as this assists them in identifying potential collaborative opportunities. Please get in touch if you feel that your research or career can be enhanced or progressed through working with industry, if you are about to engage with an industry partner, or if you would like to know about industry/academic collaborative opportunities.
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Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult
Commercialisation and translation of advanced therapies.
How do you support researchers?
Many companies in the cell and gene therapy industry start in academia, which is why we are actively seeking to work with researchers in the field. We have formed partnerships with many academic institutions across the UK, giving them access to our state-of-the-art development and viral vector laboratories and to our in-house experts. This has included winning grant funding from different sources. If you feel that a research project you are working on addresses an unmet need in the field of cell and gene therapy, we would be interested to hear from you.
We’ll work with you to accelerate your projects, helping your cell and gene therapies to be safer, more effective, scalable and affordable. We make it our job to stay at the forefront of the latest innovations in cell and gene therapies, so that we are ready to help, whenever you might need us.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
We have a range of approaches that can help tackle the challenges you might face in the development of cell and gene therapies. Along with our state-of-the-art facilities, our most unique asset is our expertise in developing a wide range of cell and gene therapies. Awareness of the challenges that your therapy will face from an early stage in its development will allow you to streamline your development pathway and optimise the use of grant funding and time.
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You can find out more about our capabilities, read case studies and contact us at:
Webpage: www.ct.catapult.org.uk
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Centre for Biological Timing
University wide network for researchers with an interest in biological rhythms
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
Biological timing is a central feature of all living things. Driven by endogenous biological clocks, the ability to track time allows organisms to adapt their biology and thus optimally respond to the fluctuating environment of our planet. Disruption to biological timing is part of the aetiology of many disease processes, and numerous disorders show rhythmicity in symptom severity and/ or treatment efficacy.
Manchester has the largest community of researchers interested in biological timing in Europe. The Centre for Biological Timing brings this community together and provides a forum for those interested in considering timing in their research, or applying biological timing concepts in practice, to benefit from our expertise.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
At the idea conception and design stages.
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Christabel Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology Research and Innovation
Building on the University’s research strengths in digital technology and advanced materials, the Institute develops innovative solutions to pressing health and care challenges, fosters new collaborations, improves lives, and catalyses growth in the health innovation business sector
How do you support researchers and innovators in Manchester?
Through our partners, we:
- Build a community of practice around health technology, engaging with companies, care providers, funders, charities, patient groups, and academics from across the spectrum of disciplines.
- Engage with care providers, commissioners, clinicians, patients and businesses to understand health and care needs and opportunities.
- Bring together scientists, engineers, clinicians, patients, and businesses to co-create innovative solutions to real health and care needs.
- Broker new partnerships and collaborations across health and care providers, clinicians, academic researchers and business, and provide access to seed-corn funding.
- Provide comprehensive support for our partners and members (including industry and SMEs) across the translational pathway, providing advice on applicability, funding, health economics, regulation, clinical trials, commercialisation, and deployment.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
Any stage.
General contact details
Email: pankhurst@manchester.ac.uk
Website: https://www.pankhurst.manchester.ac.uk
Twitter/X: @UoMPankhurst
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Commercial Partnerships, CRUK
We’re dedicated to advancing discoveries to beat cancer
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
Cancer Research Horizon’s Commercial Partnerships team, a part of the Research and Innovation division of CRUK, develops promising ideas into successful cancer therapeutics, vaccines, diagnostics and enabling technologies. Our deep understanding of both academia and industry enables us to translate research into commercial propositions to deliver patient benefit and commercial value that will support further cancer research.
Protect new ideas - Identify novel assets &protect new inventions using intellectual property rights
Develop - Provide translational support until sufficiently developed to be able to engage venture finance or industry engagement
Engage with industry & investors - Commercialise CRUK funded science by collaboration, licensing or forming new spinouts
Manage & track - Manage partnerships & collaborations and monitor licenses to ensure our researchers’ ideas are progressed towards patient benefit
Patient Benefit & Societal Impact
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
We are interested to hear from researchers when they have an interesting observation, idea, or data related to cancer research that has not been published or presented. We will then be able to help advance these discoveries to beat cancer via the approaches detailed above.
General contact details
Website: commercial.cancerresearchuk.org
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Digital Health Software
Improving global health through evidence-based digital technologies
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
The Digital Health Software team co-designs and co-produce smartphone apps, databases and web-based clinician interfaces for research into a wide range of different health conditions, including multiple co-morbidities. Our collaborative approach involves embedding ourselves within your interdisciplinary research team. We have a strong track record of actively contributing to the overall goals of research projects, as well as significant experience of interoperability with other systems, including electronic health records and medical devices. We can offer:
• Contributions to grant applications
• Requirements capture
• Design • Software development
• Technical support during research trials
• Contributions to publications and other research outputsAt what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
Ideally at the point when an idea for a new app or other software is being developed, so that we can contribute to grant applications. If you are already past this point, we can still assist so please do get in touch.
General contact details
Website: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/digital-health-software/
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Faculty Research Governance
Supporting researchers undertaking clinical and health related research in the NHS, particularly when applying for Health Research Authority (HRA) ethical or regulatory approvals.
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
The Faculty Governance Team (RGT) support researchers undertaking clinical and health related research in the NHS, particularly when applying for ethical or regulatory approvals. Acting on behalf of the University as Research Governance Sponsor, we work closely with University and Trust colleagues to provide practical guidance and advice as well as sign-post to other areas of expertise. The aim of all our activities are to ensure that researchers are clear on what they need to do and that they and the University meet the requirements associated with NHS research. We support staff and student researchers except where the research falls under the clinical trial regulations for investigational medicinal products or medical devices. Such clinical trials would fall under the remit of our colleagues in the University’s Clinical Trial Team.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
Researchers can seek advice and guidance at any stage during the project however; we find that most researchers benefit from our input at specific stages of their study. The Faculty RGT review and authorise all applications and amendments being submitted for NHS Ethics and/or HRA approval and so most researchers contact the RGT once they have a final draft of their application/ amendment. We are also contacted before funding applications are submitted where the funder requires confirmation of sponsorship.
General contact details
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Twitter/X: @FBMH_ethics
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Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre (GJBRC)
The GJBRC will discover and develop new treatments and implement optimal care pathways that provide better outcomes and transform the lives of patients.
How do you support researchers?
The Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre is a partnership between the Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences (part of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Group), The University of Manchester and the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre.
We combine discovery science and experimental medicine to rapidly translate our research into healthcare benefit. We develop new treatments and interventions to improve outcomes and transform the lives of patients with neurological disease.
The Centre has a specific focus at this time on brain tumours, stroke and dementia and neuroimmunology. Cross cutting themes are imaging, pathology and neurorehabilitation.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
All stages.
General contact details
General inbox GJBRC@manchester.ac.uk
Webpage: https://gjbrainresearch.org
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Henry Royce Institute
Royce supports world-recognised excellence in UK materials research, accelerating commercial exploitation of innovations and delivering positive economic and societal impact for the UK
How do you support researchers?
The Royce can support researchers by:
• Enabling national materials research foresighting, collaboration and strategy
• Providing access to the latest facilities and capability
• Catalysing industrial collaboration and exploitation of materials research
• Fostering materials science skills development, innovation training and outreachAt what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
Royce can support targeted academic research projects from PhD to Professor level. There are also subsidised funding schemes to support Research Technology Organisations (RTOs) and Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs). https://www.royce.ac.uk/access-schemes/
General contact details
Webpage: https://www.royce.ac.uk
Email: info@Royce.ac.uk
Twitter/X: @RoyceInstitute
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Innovate UK EDGE
Empowering innovative businesses to grow and realise their ambitions to transform their industry, patient outcomes and society.
How do you support researchers?
We are a publicly funded service that supports innovators building scalable businesses to achieve their goals.
We work closely with leadership teams to create the conditions for each business to succeed and bring the benefits of their innovation to national and international audiences.
Our innovation and growth specialists are at the centre of our service and have wide-ranging expertise including in life & health science business development. Each client engagement results in a bespoke strategy, but common priorities include:
Exploiting business innovation: Developing a commercial strategy and building a team to deliver it; protecting & harnessing your IP; improving innovation management & accessing the innovation ecosystem globally.
Sourcing funding and finance: Applying the right strategy to secure grants and capital for your business, enhancing investor appeal and getting investment ready to propel your growth.
Opening new markets: Creating connections to partners & leveraging insights to expand into vertical & international markets and achieve scale
Often these priorities are closely linked, especially in the case of scaling businesses which must align all business functions to achieve a step change in growth.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
Innovators are welcome to approach us at any time for a general discussion. However, our full service is strictly available to small to medium sized innovation-driven companies.
General contact details
Email: louis.lechouritis@innovateukedge.ukri.org
Webpage: www.innovateukedge.ukri.org
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Knowledge Exchange Partnerships Team
Supporting the creation of impactful external partnerships for mutual benefit
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
We manage the delivery of the UK Research and Innovation Impact Acceleration Account and Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme, utilising the funding to create impactful collaborations between the University and external organisations. These projects foster innovation and translate existing research outputs and know-how into impact. Partner organisations can include UK-registered businesses, charities and in some cases, public sector organisations.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
When they have research outputs and / or knowledge that could have application in external organisations, and ideally an external partner ready to collaborate. Please note that we do not have the resource to help identify potential collaboration partners. The KE Partnerships team can provide support from application stage through to post-award, so the earlier you get in touch, the more help we are able to provide.
General contact details
Email: KE Partnerships Team
Website: Knowledge Exchange Partnerships Team
Twitter/X: @UoM_BEKE
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Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation
We unite basic, translational, and clinical research to address the complex and ever-increasing role immunology plays in modern medicine.
How do you support researchers?
We provide a network of immunologists with expertise in every immune cell subtype. We combine discovery science with translational research and work closely with our clinical colleagues to provide an understanding of disease trajectory.
As part of the recently awarded National Institute of Health Research BRC 2022 we design, implement and distil immunological analysis for clinicians. We also provide immunological content for grant applications and publications.
The institute has 11 cross cutting branches, including Immunomatrix, Barrier Immunology, Eco-immunology and contextspecific immunology and Immune tolerance. Researchers can interact with these through specified branch leads.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
Researchers can approach the Becker at any stage of their project to discuss utilising our immunological expertise.
General contact details
Webpage: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute
Twitter/X: @LydiaBeckerIII
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Masood Entrepreneurship Centre
The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is one of the UK leaders in practitioner-based, applied enterprise and entrepreneurship education.
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
As a cross-discipline campus-wide teaching centre MEC creates opportunities to:
• Develop entrepreneurial mind-sets and behaviours
• Develop ideas and create impact
• Demystify business and improve employability
• Develop capabilities and confidenceProgrammes for Researchers include:
• MCEL60091/2 Innovation and Commercialisation of Research (ICR) - An accredited programme for 3rd / 4th year PhD students to apply entrepreneurial thinking to develop a commercialisation idea based on their own area of research
• Researcher to Innovator (R2I) - Enables research students, PDRAs and early career researchers to explore opportunities in commercialisation and equip them with strategies to take their ideas forward
• Workshops - offered on a range of topics from developing entrepreneurial mind-sets to shaping ideas and exploring enterprise creation
• Advisor Network and Drop-In Sessions - from experienced entrepreneurial alumni to professional service providers, all are available to give advice on an idea you have for a business start-up and connect you to other groups that can offer expert help
• Signposting to external programmes and competitions – we have pathways enabling researchers from all academic backgrounds to participate in national programmes.At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
As soon as you recognise a potential commercial or social opportunity for your research, we can equip you with the skills and knowledge to develop it.
General contact details
Email: entrepreneurship@manchester.ac.uk
Twitter/X: @EntrepMCR
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Medicines Discovery Catapult
Reshaping Drug Discovery Together.
How do you support researchers?
At Medicines Discovery Catapult (MDC), we want to fundamentally reshape the UK’s drug-discovery industry. It’s ambitious, and it’s entirely doable.
We’re achieving our aim through collaboration with UK drugdiscovery organisations. We give them access to industry-leading expertise, cutting-edge technology and superior-quality data. In doing so, we smooth these organisations’ paths to success, accelerating their progress exponentially. New drugs advance to clinical trials more rapidly. Patients get life-improving medicines earlier than they otherwise would have.
MDC’s enthusiastically holistic approach is what makes us unique within drug discovery. Some of our collaborators may only need our help with one specific aspect of their project. Many, however, will find that we can assist with almost every aspect of it – from sample-sourcing, to biomarker analysis, target engagement to statistical analysis, preclinical imaging to syndicated collaborations.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
It’s never too early to approach us to discuss ideas with commercial potential. We work right across the drug discovery process and can offer a range of different models:
Shared risk and reward We work in risk-share collaborations with partners who gain from our unique help and where we share in the value of the outcome
Contracted fee-for-service projects Where you need managed access to our skills and assets – and cannot get them elsewhere – we can adopt a fee-for-access model
Joint grant applications for collaborative R&D funding We also have a strong network of Venture Capital companies looking for new opportunities that we have helped to de-risk
Signposting & connecting We can help find the right partner, collaborator, advisor or supplier who can deliver what is needed.
General contact details
Email: partner@md.catapult.org.uk
Phone: 01625 238734
Webpage: md.catapult.org.uk
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Policy@Manchester
An academic health science and innovation system at the forefront of transforming the health and wellbeing of Greater Manchester’s 2.8 million citizens.
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
Policy@Manchester can identify audiences in the local, regional, and national policy world who may be interested in, or able to make good use of, your evidence. We facilitate correspondence and introductions between researchers and policymakers, and proactively search for opportunities for our researchers to make contributions to government, parliament, and wider policy debates.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
At any point, but the earlier, the better! We can advise on potential policy impacts from the planning phases onwards, and can arrange for promotions and events that tie-in to final outputs. We can also be included in ‘Pathways To Impact’ sections of grant applications for future projects as a tailored policy support service.
General contact details
For general enquiries:
Email: policy@manchester.ac.uk
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Research Development (FBMH, University of Manchester)
Supporting academic colleagues in the production and submission of ambitious, collaborative and multidisciplinary research and fellowship applications
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
We work closely with our academic community to help people develop and realise their full funding potential. Our primary goal is to provide a professional service aimed at supporting the production and submission of ambitious, collaborative and multidisciplinary research and fellowship applications. We also aim to help build capacity and capability in areas of strategy priority for the faculty, and this is especially true of translational research, where it is often less than straightforward for an investigator to navigate the complexities of pulling the right team together and obtaining funding for the relevant stage of their project. We can help identify funding opportunities, or additional collaborative partners, and have extensive experience in supporting the development of proposals for all major funding schemes.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
It depends on their requirements, but generally - the sooner the better. Our Research Development Managers are happy to discuss initial concepts and ideas, direct people to the most appropriate source of specialist advice (e.g. drug development, Research Design Service, Clinical Research Facilities, ethics etc.) and help to co-ordinate subsequent proposal development (subject to capacity).
If you have an idea or proposal you would like to discuss further, please get in touch.
General contact details
Website: FBMH Research Development
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Research Impact
Support for including impact in funding applications, planning and evaluating activities that lead to impact, and evidencing and promoting your impact.
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
Impact is the positive change research can make in the real world (i.e. outside of academia), be it for society, the economy, or the environment. The cross-university team of Impact Officers supports researchers in planning and realising the impact of their research. We can help with engaging external stakeholders, incorporating impact plans into funding applications, measuring impact, gathering evidence of impact, promoting impact and writing impact case studies for a variety of purposes. We work closely with a range of Research Support colleagues across the University and can signpost researchers for expert advice.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
We can be approached at any time to discuss the benefits of demonstrating impact from your research and how to achieve this, though we can provide the most comprehensive support if researchers get in touch as soon as they have an idea for a research project.
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The University of Manchester Clinical Trial Sponsorship
Regulated research activity and high risk studies.
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
We offer broad and in-depth expertise in guiding the translation of research and navigating regulatory requirements including sponsoring clinical trials (ATIMPs and re-purposing drugs, devices and other complex and high-risk interventions).
We support regulated research activity, including drug trials, medical device trials (including implantable, diagnostic testing, and software/algorithms), analysis of samples linked to trials, human tissue (research and application) and other high risk studies. We have experience of working with both non-commercial and commercial funders as well as pharma companies involved in the supply of medicinal products or devices. In addition as sponsor we have experience of working with a number of UKCRC clinical trials units or CROs involved in the management of the University’s sponsored trials.
Past Examples
The University has sponsored a number of clinical trials including translational studies of first-in-human advanced therapies (MPSIII and DMD) and medical device trials (the nerve conduit trial and uses of software as medical devices (RAPID). Currently, the University is in the process of setting-up the first use of graphene in a medical device trial and other gene therapy trials. More info can be found on the team’s website.
The UoM sponsor team works closely with CI’s, funders and service providers to reduce the burden on researchers by helping to navigate the regulatory landscape; aiming to get trials completed to time and target.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
So that we can provide the correct guidance, please contact us before you submit any application for funding.
General contact details
Website: https://staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/rbe/ethics-integrity/clinical-trials/
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The University of Manchester Innovation Factory
Commercialising the University of Manchester’s innovations and IP to create positive global, social and economic impact.
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
The Innovation Factory works with academic and student inventors to identify research that has the potential to create value. It then translates these into a form where they can be used to benefit society as a whole.
Access to innovations may be created via technology licensing or the formation of new spin-out companies. The Innovation Factory aims to provide a world class service to academic colleagues as well as industry; entrepreneurs; licensees; VC & angel investors and corporate venturing partners.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
The Innovation Factory uses a stage gate process to effectively capture and rapidly evaluate new inventions coming out of The University of Manchester. This process enables the organisation to focus its resources on those innovations which have the greatest chance of generating future social and economic impact.
Opportunities passing through the system must meet certain requirements before they can pass through a gate. Therefore, by the later stages of the process, the value of the project is fully understood, the IP is protected, the value of the opportunity is defined and a commercialisation plan has been developed.
The project is therefore in a state where it can be presented to a potential investor or licensee.
The process also lets us proactively share opportunities with companies across the globe. The Innovation Factory continues to engage with licensees and spinout companies even after a deal is completed, to maximise the impact that a piece of research will have.
General contact details
Email: contact@uominnovationfactory.com
Website: https://uominnovationfactory.com
Twitter/X: @putideastowork
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Translational Drug Delivery Unit (TDDU)
The Translational Drug Delivery Unit enables world leading medicinal research at UoM to translate into real world impact and patient benefit by facilitating the critically important pathway of early formulation.
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
The TDDU will offer a network of experts to support medicinal research with knowledge on formulation to translate ‘molecules into medicines’. This can be for animal studies, first in human or regulatory applications. The unit will enable researchers to make correct first time decisions and manage formulation risks through a network of experts as honest brokers. We offer training and direct contact to expert knowledge relevant for the stage of the project. We will further support for planning and accessing the relevant funding for formulation activities.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
You should contact us as early as possible. We will offer training videos to identify the timepoints in your research to engage with formulation, and how this will link into funding application and the translation pathway. We will make contact between you and the expert with the relevant background for your stage of the project.
General contact details
Email: TDDU@manchester.ac.uk
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Translation Manchester
Supporting translational research
How do you support researchers in Manchester?
The University of Manchester was one of the first institutions to receive a Wellcome Translational Partnership Award (TPA) back in 2018. The 6 year award amounts to £3.6m of funding to build better links between science, technology and innovation by removing barriers between disciplines and making it easier to take the first translational step. The TPA is delivered through Translation Manchester which launched in February 2019. Our Translational Research Managers (TRMs), Dr Alessandro Faroni and Dr Elli Marinopoulou manage the TPA award and Translation Manchester. The TRMs support translational researchers and projects across all stages of the Translational Research Pathway.
We help researchers by:
- Forging new and productive connections between UoM researchers and NHS clinical staff
- Raising awareness and increasing engagement in translational research across UoM and associated Greater Manchester NHS Trusts
- Supporting investigators, enabling them to overcome hurdles and bottlenecks along their translational research journey
Our TRMs manage four translational funding schemes ‘Confidence for Translation (C4T)’ and ‘Access to Expertise (A2E), 'Access To Tissue (A2T)' and 'Translation for ECRs (T4E)’. These funding schemes provide pump priming funding to address a specific bottleneck or hurdle within an ongoing transitional research project. The TRMs also manage the Informatics Training Scheme, which provides researchers with an opportunity to gain skills in the areas of health informatics, bioinformatics and biostatistics that can be applied to their translational research projects.
At what stage in their research project should a researcher approach you for support?
Researchers who are experiencing a bottleneck or hurdle that is preventing them from progressing their translational research project should approach Translation Manchester for support. This could be anything from needing a connection to clinical staff in the NHS or help finding the right person to collaborate with. Our TRMs also support translational funding applications and access to patient samples and data. Researchers who want to engage in transitional research but need advice on how to do so should also contact our TRMs.
General contact details
Email: translation@manchester.ac.uk
Website: http://www.translation.manchester.ac.uk
Twitter/X: @Translation_Mcr