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Obstetrics and Gynaecology Section, University of Edinburgh
Members of clinical staff in Obstetrics and Gynaecology deliver clinical care within NHS Lothian in the Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health, at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary hospital. The Obstetrics and Gynaecology section delivers undergraduate medical student clinical training, both clinical and laboratory research, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research for improvements in clinical care.
NHS Lothian maternity services website
Edinburgh Pregnancy Research Team
Edinburgh Pregnancy Research Team (EPRT) is a group of health/science professionals, working across the University of Edinburgh and NHS. It is committed to promoting and supporting perinatal research in order to improve pregnancy outcomes and experiences for pregnant women and families.
Initially funded as a Tommy’s research centre within the Centre for Reproductive Health, the team was founded at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in April 2008 by Professor Jane Norman, and subsequently led by the late Professor Fiona Denison. Over the years, its research has focused on three main themes: maternal obesity, technologies and data-drive innovations, and preterm birth.
Edinburgh Pregnancy Research Team website
Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh
The Centre for Cardiovascular Science is a world-leading centre of excellence that integrates discovery, translational and clinical cardiovascular research to transform the diagnosis, treatment and management of people with heart and circulatory diseases.
One of the first multidisciplinary research centres in Edinburgh, it was initiated in 1998 by a Wellcome Trust Cardiovascular Research Initiative Award and consolidated by over £20M in serial BHF strategic awards. The groups constituting the CVS came together on the Little France (Edinburgh Royal Infirmary) campus in 2005 to form a 'Centre for Cardiovascular Risk & Resolution' in the Queen's Medical Research Institute (QMRI).
Centre for Cardiovascular Science
The Queen’s Medical Research Institute (QMRI)
The Institute delivers 'bench to bedside' research. It provides facilities for high quality interdisciplinary research in three centres in the key areas of:
- Cardiovascular Science
- Inflammation Research
- Reproductive Biology
The QMRI houses over 600 researchers and aims to tackle a wide range of diseases at the most fundamental cellular level. Facilities include MRI and various other modern imaging technologies and supporting infrastructure.