Research centre

NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre

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The NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre takes new discoveries, treatments and technologies into the clinic, using unique tools, facilities and world-changing expertise.

About

The NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is a longstanding partnership between the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHSFT), funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

Our vision

The NIHR Southampton BRC aims to improve people’s health and resilience throughout life by developing better treatments and care. 

The centre comprises over 600 researchers from across the partnership. They are enhancing health and quality-of-life through five strategic research themes:  

Researchers work closely with patients and the public to ensure a person-centred, collaborative and inclusive research culture. 

Our impact 

Southampton has been at the forefront of nutrition and respiratory research since 2008.  Major breakthroughs in deliberate allergen exposure and lifelong prevention of fractures have improved treatments and guidance for patients in the south and across the UK. 

The BRC also played a key role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Southampton researchers enhanced prevention, diagnostics and treatments at incredible pace and scale, including fast tracking COVID-19 drugs into large scale trials. 

The BRC is closely tied with the NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility (CRF), an extensive, dedicated space for early-stage clinical research in the heart of University Hospital Southampton. 

Visit the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre website

People, projects and publications

People

Dr Aneurin Young MBBS BSc PhD

NIHR Clinical Lecturer

Research interests

  • Neonatology
  • Clinical nutrition
  • Metabolomics
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Dr Chengchen Zhang PhD

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Disease Diagnosis and Therapy
  • Nanomaterials (Liquid Metals and Polymers based) 
  • Enviromental Monitoring

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Claire Foster

Professor of Psychosocial Oncology

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Professor Jaswinder Sethi BSc DPhil FRSB

Professor of Immunometabolism

Research interests

  • Immunometabolism
  • Obesity
  • Metabolic diseases

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor John Holloway PhD, FHEA

Associate V-P Interdisciplinary Research

Research interests

  • Human genetics
  • Epigenetics
  • Respiratory Disease

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Professor Jon Dorling MBChB, DCH, MRCP (UK), FRCPCH, MD

Research interests

  • Maternal and child health
  • Infant nutrition and feeding
  • Placental transfusion

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Miss Olatundun Gafari

Lecturer in Public Health
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Dr Rujie Sun

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Medical Robotics (Micro/Nano Robotics, Soft Robotics)
  • Flexible Electronics
  • Sensors and Biosensors

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Samantha Meredith PhD

Research Fellow
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Dr Sofia Michopoulou PhD

Accepting applications from PhD students

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