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Scottish Hepatology Access Research Partnership
The Scottish Hepatology Access Research Partnership (SHARP) has been formed with funding supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). It is planned to function for 15 months in the first instance, starting in March 2023. It will address the barriers to accessing liver services and develop research initiatives for geographically isolated and/or socio-economically deprived populations.
COVID-19 Research in Scotland
Working with partners across UK, Scotland led, enabled and delivered world-class COVID-19 research, a key element of the Government’s overall response to the pandemic. This included
Data Safe Haven
Safe Havens provide a platform for the use of NHS electronic data in research feasibility, delivery and pharmacovigilance offering: A secure environment, with trained staff operating to agreed principles and standards A federated network across Scotland working collaboratively to deliver and develop health informatics capability Access to a wide range of anonymised datasets (including national datasets through to specialised local datasets) Robust...
About the Network
Mental Health is one of the major public health challenges in Scotland. Around one in four people are estimated to be affected by mental ill-health in any one year. The NHS Research Scotland Mental Health Network supports an active mental health research community across Scotland, leading research in areas such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, depression, addictions, and psychosis. The Network is primarily based in the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, with Network funded sta...
NHS Research Scotland Mental Health Annual Scientific Meeting 2024
'Balancing Viewpoints: Rights, Data and Empowerment' This year we are hosting a hybrid event, with the opportunity to join us in person at the venue or virtually online. Anyone with an interest or involved with mental health research in Scotland can attend. We are delighted to announce that Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak (Chief Scientist, Health) will be joining us to give the opening address. Please note, this event has now sold out. You can
Infectious Diseases Trainee Representatives
NHS Research Scotland's Infectious Diseases team were joined by Dr Helen Callaby and Dr Clark Russell as trainee representatives in 2023, aiming to make infectious diseases research activities more accessible to Scottish trainees interested in academic aspects of infection medicine. Helen and Clark will also r...
Paediatric Studies
The Children’s Research network portfolio of clinical trials includes medical, interventional and observational studies in all specialties within paediatrics. It has both commercial and non-commercial funded studies, international studies of new medicines, repurposing of existing medicines for different conditions and academic studies investigating the causes and progression of medical conditions throughout childhood. We also support interventional studies on new and...
Highland Research Facility
Health Data Research UK (HDR-UK)
Scotland hosts one of the six Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) sites. HDR UK was set up in the latter part of 2017 to transform health research by applying cutting-edge computational techniques to dynamic, multidimensional health-relevant data. While the head office is based in London, there are currently six collaborative sites across the UK, based in Wales & Northern Ireland, the Midlands, Cambridge, Oxford, London, and Scotland. The Scottish site capitalises on our worl...
Academic Collaboration
In 2009, Health Science Scotland was formed to facilitate collaboration and promote excellence in the field of clinical and translational medicine. This Academic Health Science Collaboration involved four medical universities – University of Aberdeen, University of Dundee, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow, and their associated NHS Health Boards. From 2015, Health Science Scotland is now part of NHS Research Scotland and brings together Government, Academi...
