Announcements
Aberbrothock Skea Trust donates £2000 for Scottish Alzheimer\'s research News
2nd December, 2009
Aberbrothock Skea Trust donates £2,000 to Scottish Alzheimer's research The Aberbrothock Skea Trust, based in Arbroath, is donating £2,000 to the Alzheimer's Research Trust, the UK's leading dementia research charity, towards a study being carried out by scientists at the University of Dundee.Dr Sutherland explained: "We are investigating the biochemistry of specific pr...
Have you been, or are you currently, involved or supporting academic clinical trials or investigational medicinal products? News
12th November, 2009
The European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (EFGCP) have highlighted a decrease in the number of clinical trial applications being submitted by UK clinical academic researchers. We would like you to complete a short survey, which will take a few minutes, and let us know what local and national issues you think might be contributing to this problem. Your responses will help identify whether the s...
CRC Tayside \'An excellent centre\' News
30th October, 2009
(Article from the CONNECT Newsletter for Cancer Clinical Trials in Scotland)Dundee is very proud of its new state-of-the art Clinical Research Centre opened in August 2008 by Nicola Sturgeon. Business Development Manager Cameron Glen explains: “In 1997 the Wellcome Trust funded the first wave of Clinical Research Centres and five were built, but at that stage there was not one in...
New drug hope for heart attack victims News
1st October, 2009
New drug hope for heart attack victimsBy Marjory Inglis, health reporter, Dundee CourierHEART ATTACK victims at Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital have played a crucial part in the development of a new drug that has been shown to reduce the risk of death.Cardiologist Professor Chim Lang yesterday paid tribute to the patients who participated in a major international trial that has found a new drug...
Medical Work Tour for US Five News
18th August, 2009
Left-to-right — Mr Aderholt, Mr Stearns, Mr McIntyre, Mr Duncan, Professor Morris, Mr Marchant and Professor Alastair Thompson, director of the Clinical Research Centre.At a time when the future of health care is the hottest topic in American politics, Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital has been playing host to five of the people who will help make or break President Obama’s plans, (wri...
New look for CRC Public Information Point News
1st July, 2009
The CRC Public Information Point (PIP) on the main concourse in Ninewells Hospital has a new look. The addition of new cinema style poster boards and information leaflets will aid in promoting the importance of clinical research and current studies ongoing within the research centre and beyond. There is also a PIP box for collating feedback, suggestions and volunteers for future studies. ...
Get Certified! Update your GCP knowledge and complete the Online Update Assessment to receive your certificate. News
15th May, 2009
Refresh and update your GCP knowledge by visiting CRC Tayside’s ‘GCP Online Update Pages’. Complete the ‘GCP Online Update Assessment’ to receive your ‘Certificate’ and retain with your training records. This will be automatically registered on the Tayside GCP training database.The GCP Online Update Assessment is only available to Tayside researchers...
Website offers window into Reseach Centre News
8th May, 2009
A new website to be launched today will showcase the state-of-the-art research facilities at the Clinical Research Centre Tayside to members of the public, researchers and healthcare industry professionals.In addition, members of the UK pharmaceutical, clinical research organisation, and biotechnology industries will be able to see the exceptional facilities on offer for themselves by visiting www...
Bringing your ideas to Life News
13th March, 2009
Bringing your ideas to life Innovative products and technologies are being created by NHS Tayside staff and developed with the assistance of Scottish Health Innovations Ltd (SHIL) in a bid to improve patient care. SHIL has been established to support the development and commercialisation of innovations arising within the NHS in Scotland. SHIL have a presence in Dundee at Ninewells Hospital where M...
CRC - Tayside Opens its doors to the public News
13th March, 2009
Open day at Clinical Research CentreTayside’s new £13 million Clinical Research Centre, which was officially opened last summer, will be opening its doors to the public next month with an open day aimed at highlighting the work of the centre to local people.Visitors to the facility which was developed by the University in close partnership with NHS Tayside, will have the opportunity to...
