£10m for clinical research facilities at South Glasgow Hospitals Campus

The University of Glasgow has been awarded £10 million towards the development of a new clinical research facility at the South Glasgow Hospitals Campus. The award, announced by David Willetts, UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, was made by the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF) and will contribute towards the ambitious plan to promote collaborative stratified medicine across Scotland. The facility will build on the collaboration across universities, business, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and recent investment from the Scottish Funding Council. The new facilities will help to address chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease and diabetes, rheumatology, respiratory and infectious diseases through a new physically-linked Clinical Research Facility and state-of-the-art imaging suite. The total value of the project is £58 million. Regius Professor of Medicine Anna Dominiczak, Head of the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences and Vice Principal at the University of Glasgow said: "We are delighted to have secured this funding for the clinical research facility and imaging suite which will help establish a unique resource for the city and for Scotland. "Bringing together clinician scientists, NHS clinicians, and industry partners in one place and providing them with cutting-edge technologies is key to developing new innovations in medicine.