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CLAHRC - Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care	Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for South Yorkshire (CLAHRC SY) is a five year pilot programme to translate healthcare research into healthcare practice, with a specific focus on the self-management of long-term conditions. Our main funder is the National Institute for Health Research.
CTRU - Clinical Trials Research Unit	The Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) at The University of Sheffield provides advice and practical support to investigators planning or running clinical trials. We can provide expertise in the design and operational conduct of trials to international regulatory standards in clinical, community and general practice settings.
INVOLVE	Involve are experts in public participation. They believe passionately in a democracy where citizens are able to take and influence the decisions that affect their lives.
IRAS	Is a single system for applying for the permissions and approvals for health and social care / community care research in the UK
MHRA	Enhances and safeguards the health of the public by ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.
MRC Clinical Trials Toolkit	One-stop online information resource for researchers carrying out UK publicly funded clinical trials.
National Institute for Health Research	The mission of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is to maintain a health research system in which the NHS supports outstanding individuals, working in world class facilities, conducting leading edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public.
NRES	To protect the rights, safety, dignity and well-being of research participants; and to facilitate and promote ethical research that is of potential benefit to participants, science and society.
Clinical Research Office Sheffield
Research Innovation Services, University of Sheffield	Supporting research in the University of Sheffield.
The Medical School, University of Sheffield	A medical school with a long history but a focus on the future. With five research departments, it has a proud track record of discovery and innovation. With two highly respected undergraduate qualifications, The Medical School produces world-class clinicians who prolong and improve lives every day.
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust Clinical Research Facility	Research support teams have specific expertise in the area of paediatric research administration and the Clinical Research Facility (CRF) incorporates support and expertise throughout the research process.
SITraN - Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience	The Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) is an essential development in the fight against motor neuron disease and other common neurodegenerative disorders of the motor system.
SYCLRN - South Yorkshire Comprehensive Local Research Network	South Yorkshire CLRN is one of 25 CLRNs across England which form part of the NIHR Comprehensive Clinical Research Network (CCRN). The CCRN provides support for clinical trials and other well designed studies in all areas of disease and clinical need. South Yorkshire CLRN works collaboratively with the topic specific networks based in South Yorkshire.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	Sheffield Teaching Hospitals is one of the UK’s largest NHS Foundation Trusts and one of the largest and busiest teaching hospitals. We have over 15000 staff caring for over a million patients each year at our five hospitals and in the local community
RDS-YH	The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Research Design Service for Yorkshire & the Humber (RDS YH) supports researchers to develop and design high quality research proposals for submission to the NIHR and other national, peer-reviewed funding competitions for applied health or social care research.
The University of Sheffield
UK CRC	The CRC conducts research into rules-based systems and processes of regulation and competition in developing countries and their contribution to poverty reduction.
UK CRN	As part of the National Institute for Health Research, help to provide the infrastructure that allows high-quality clinical research to take place in the NHS, so that patients can benefit from new and better treatments, and we can learn how to improve NHS healthcare for the future.
Wellcome Trust	A global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in health by supporting the brightest minds.
WTCRF Addenbrooke	The Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility is a joint venture between the Wellcome Trust, Addenbrooke's and the University of Cambridge.
WTCRF Birmingham	The Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facilities (WTCRFs) were established to provide purpose-built, dedicated clinical research facilities for use by the local research community, where patients/volunteers can participate in research programmes safely and effectively according to robust, ethically approved trial protocols.
WTCRF Edinburgh	Embedded in the three main hospital sites in Edinburgh, the CRF provides state-of-the-art facilities to support clinical research.
WTCRF Glasgow	The Glasgow Clinical Research Facility (CRF) is an exciting new initiative in a city that is already acclaimed for its clinical research legacy. The changing legal and regulatory environment in which we all must now work has meant that the centralisation of research services is essential. The Glasgow CRF aims to provide a framework for this centralisation process and, in so doing, to offer new levels of support to investigators and patients across the city.
WTCRF Manchester	Established in 2001, supports inpatient and outpatient clinical research studies from a wide range of disciplines, led by investigators in both adult and paediatric specialities.
WTCRF Southampton	The NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility (WTCRF) is based in the Southampton Centre for Biomedical Research at Southampton General Hospital. Provides modern, dedicated facilities for researchers and their volunteers, together with a team of experienced research nurses and support staff. Focus is on clinical and translational research that will deliver maximum patient benefit across a wide range of diseases and conditions.