Supporting the running of new clinical research facilities at Guy's and St Thomas' is central to the Biomedical Research Centre's strategy to support the translation of research into the clinical arena.
If you are a clinician, researcher or allied health professional carrying out studies involving patients or healthy volunteers, our clinical research facilities could provide you with the perfect setting to carry out your research.
The clinical research facilities provide a welcoming and comfortable environment, enabling more patients and volunteers to participate in clinical studies.
St Thomas'
The facility on the St Thomas' site is located on the fourth floor of North Wing. It includes:
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a bright and comfortable five bedded clinical ward
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a body composition laboratory
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a patient lounge and eating area where staff can conduct nutritional studies
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a fully equipped kitchen
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a blood flow laboratory
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an exercise laboratory
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two dedicated cardiovascular ultrasound rooms
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four consulting and three examination rooms
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two sample laboratories
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an eye examination room
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a dexa scanning room
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a drug preparation area
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office accommodation for research and nursing staff
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reception and waiting areas for patients and volunteers
Guy's
The facility on the Guy's site is located on the 15th floor of Guy's Tower. It includes:
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a bright and comfortable reception and lounge for research participants
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four examination/consultation rooms
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two rooms with three day case recliner chairs in each
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three x two-bedded areas (two under negative pressure)
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a procedure room for eg bronchoscopies and biopsies
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a flow cytometry and immune monitoring laboratory
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a sample handling laboratory
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a 160m² Good Manufacturing Practice compliant facility with three independent cleanrooms
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office accommodation for research and nursing staff
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a fully equipped hospital kitchen
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a meeting room with audiovisual capability
Flow cytometry laboratory
The flow cytometry laboratory contains the latest equipment, enabling researchers to carry out immune monitoring on samples taken from healthy volunteers and patients
Good Manufacturing Cleanroom facility
The Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) cleanroom facility will become operational during the coming year. It will enable researchers to manufacture novel Cell and Protein therapies as Investigational Medicinal Products for Phase 1 clinical trials.
The cell therapy cleanrooms are fully equipped for closed aseptic processing from whole blood, immuno-magnetic sorting, cell culture, use of viral vectors, cryopreservation and cell storage and include three large Grade A isolators with in-built centrifuges and cold chambers.
To find out more, contact us:
Email the clinical research facilities manager (josephine.studham@gstt.nhs.uk) overseeing both facilities.
Tel: 020 7188 8077
At St Thomas':
Paula Darroch, St Thomas' CRF nurse manager
Email Paula
Tel: 020 7188 4765
At Guy's:
James Dobbyn, Acting Guy's CRF nurse manager
Email James
Tel: 020 7188 1103
Susanne Heck, Senior flow cytometry manager
Email Susanne
Tel: 020 7188 7188 ext 51919
To book the meeting room at Guy's clinical research facility