The Faculty of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences was founded in 2015 and is composed of three schools within the University of Central Lancashire: Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences housed across the UCLan campus in Preston with satellite facilities in Burnley and West Cumbria (West Lakes). The Faculty is well placed to exploit exciting new multidisciplinary approaches to translational academic research to have a real impact on society. We have the vision of an integrated discovery path from bench to bedside along with appropriate research facilities and collaborations. Our aim is to produce world leading and internationally recognised research groups and outputs in the priority areas.
Professor StJohn Crean
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Clinical)
With several active research teams working at the cutting edge of the various disciplines within this field, our main focus is to translate laboratory research to applications of benefit in the clinic and in healthcare.
Neurosciences encompasses a broad range of research from the molecular (e.g. aptamer research) to clinical (e.g. research into concussion from sports). Our goal is to be internationally recognised in neuro-oncology, dementia and neurodegeneration, and molecular psychiatry.
Within the Translational Clinical Sciences theme, we actively support collaborative research between university and health care organisations with our internationally recognised expertise.
For the past two decades, there have been calls for health education to become more evidence-based. There is a need for such research to be transdisciplinary and involve educational experts and social scientists, criteria which this faculty and research theme meet.
The Faculty has 4 key research themes and within these, 11 research groups. These groups work across themes, allowing multidisciplinary teams of basic and active research clinicians to work together to produce international research that has a real impact on society.
