Organ transplants save lives and improve quality of life for recipients and their families. Thousands of people in the UK are alive today because of transplantation, but demand for organs still exceeds supply. Our research aims to address this problem by increasing the number and improving the quality of donor organs available for transplantation. We also want to improve quality of life after transplantation and improve equity of access to transplantation.
Like most large research projects, the work we do is divided into separate research themes. We have three main research themes and three cross-cutting themes.
| Main | Theme 1: Novel Perfusion Technologies |
| Theme 2: Organ Donation and Utilisation | |
| Theme 3: Improving Long-term Outcomes | |
| Cross-cutting | Theme 4: National Registry Analysis and Health Data Science |
| Theme 5: Genomics and Biomarkers | |
| Theme 6: Applied Health Research and Inequalities in Transplantation |
The cross-cutting themes bridge across the main themes, providing specialist knowledge and skills to help the unit undertake the best research possible. Many of the research themes work together on collaborative projects, pooling knowledge and expertise to drive the highest quality research.
We also work with our Patient and Public Research Panel to ensure that our research focus always has patient benefit at its core.
To find out more about our individual research themes, click on the links below:
