A new website has been launched to promote clinical research in Sheffield.
The online resource,
www.sheffieldclinicalresearch.org, has been developed so that people interested in taking part in clinical trials, industry and grant funders, and current and potential researchers both within Sheffield and across the UK can find the information they need in one place.
The development follows a new partnership launched between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield, in which they will further their working partnership in developing clinical research in the city. Sheffield’s strengths in research range from basic science through to applied research across numerous clinical specialties, with many studies translating into new and improved treatments for patients.
Simon Heller, Director of Research and Development at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Professor of Clinical Diabetes at the University of Sheffield, said: "This exciting new website has been established to bring together all the key information and resources people need to get involved in research in Sheffield in one place.
"Clinical research in Sheffield is already well developed but we are determined to do all we can to ensure that we contribute even more to the development of world-class treatments and devices for patients.
"This website is part of our ongoing efforts to raise the profile of our research and to help make involvement in research as straightforward as it possibly can be."
The new website contains key information on how people can get involved in research, for example by signing up to take part in a research study or by helping to advise on potential studies through membership of a patient panel.
For more information please contact Philip Wainwright, Research Communications Officer, on 0114 226 8989 or
philip.wainwright@sth.nhs.uk or Amy Stone, Media Relations Officer at the University of Sheffield, on 0114 222 1046 or
a.f.stone@sheffield.ac.uk