Research Themes
Research at the Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre is divided into a number of therapeutic areas described as themes with several cross cutting research themes. The core priority for the NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre is translational medicine, delivering science from the bench to the bedside.
Antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing problem in hospitals and other healthcare settings…Read more
Cardiovascular and respiratory disease
Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases are the leading causes of premature death worldwide; in the UK alone, 1 in 4 of us will die from heart disease…Read more
Dementia and neurodegenerative disorders
As the population ages, we are likely to see more and more patients developing chronic (long-lasting) degenerative brain diseases…Read more
Gastrointestinal disease
This theme aims to transform our understanding, management and treatment of major intestinal and liver diseases…Read more
Integrative genomics
The last 10 years have seen an extraordinary revolution in our ability to sequence (order) the human genome in large numbers of people…Read more
Mental health
Mental health disorders, like depression, addiction and psychosis (when you ‘lose touch’ with reality and may experience hallucinations…Read more
Metabolism, endocrinology and bone
Our research is helping to increase our understanding about metabolic, endocrine and musculoskeletal diseases…Read more
Neuroscience
The number of people with neurological disease in the UK is rising. This is due both to advances in patient care and treatment and to the fact…Read more
Nutrition, diet and lifestyle
Unhealthy diets and lack of physical activity account for a major proportion of preventable death and disability. How do dietary, lifestyle behaviours lead to diseases?…Read more
Population and quantitative sciences
More than half of clinical studies fail, usually because the drug being tested simply doesn’t work very well…Read more
Transplantation and regenerative medicine
Organ transplantation is life-transforming and life-saving for hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide…Read more
Women’s health and paediatrics
The Cambridge BRC Women’s Health and paediatrics research focuses on treating and preventing health issues…Read more