What is an NIHR Biomedical Research Unit?
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has established fifteen Biomedical Research Units to undertake translational clinical research in priority areas of high disease burden and clinical need that are currently under-represented in the existing NIHR Biomedical Research Centres. Each NIHR Biomedical Research Unit is a partnership between an NHS Trust and a University, which will enable some of our best health researchers and clinicians works together.