NIHR Sheffield Clinical Research Facility (CRF)
About Us
We are an National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Facility (CRF); a partnership between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield.
The NIHR Sheffield CRF has been supporting clinical research within Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2006 at both the Royal Hallamshire and Northern General Hospital sites.
Our facility is part of the UKCRF Network, which consists of around 54 Clinical Research Facilities across the UK and Ireland.
The impact of the work that we support changes healthcare in the future; generating new treatments, finding new and better ways to deliver services and improving lives.
We offer purpose built, dedicated research facilities in a specialist environment for the conduct of high quality clinical research and have the capacity to care for participants on a day and overnight basis.
Our Team
The NIHR Sheffield Clinical Research Facility (CRF) has over 90 staff that work across both the Royal Hallamshire Hospital (RHH) and Northern General Hospital (NGH) sites delivering high quality clinical research and supporting participants either in the CRF or via outreach.
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News and Events
Experts pioneering the use of stem cell transplantation in patients with multiple sclerosis have gathered in Sheffield to discuss the current and future potential of this game-changing treatment.
Hosted by Professor Basil Sharrack and Professor John Snowden, of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the recent 3rd International Symposium on Stem Cell Treatment in Multiple Sclerosis saw leading neurology and transplant haematology specialists from across the globe join with patients and MS Charities to share latest advances in the use of autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT) as a treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Site Links
For more information about the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) please visit the NIHR website
For more information about Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STHFT) please visit the STHFT website
For more information about the University of Sheffield (UoS) please visit the UoS website