Impacts
Our NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility (NIHR CRF) plays a key role in driving new treatments and practice to the clinic, delivering research and commercial trials driving new therapies and rapidly advancing patient health.
Here you can discover more about the pioneering research taking place at the facility and learn more about the wide reaching impact of our work.
Launching a dedicated vaccine trials centre during lockdown
Years of NIHR investment in first-in-man trial expertise and delivery paid dividends at the height of the pandemic response, when the NIHR Southampton CRF launched a dedicated vaccine trials centre in a locked-down University of Southampton sports hall in mid-April days.
Contributing to a rapid COVID-19 test
in just two months
Our laboratory team’s pandemic response enabled the progression of a rapid COVID-19 test from idea to frontline clinical use in just two months. This underpinned a nationwide rollout of rapid COVID-19 tests that cut hospital transmission across the NHS.
Delivering cutting edge gene therapy trials
An innovative 2019 co-investment with commercial partners by our NIHR CRF continues to underpin patient access to cutting edge genetic engineering technology trials, and University Hospital Southampton’s major investment in a dedicated centre for emerging technologies and therapies.