A collaborative project with the Universities of Warwick and Edinburgh, this is a £7m investment to build clinical research capacity in LMICs, in order to deliver improved care for surgical patients. The Unit works across sub-Saharan Africa, Asia (including India), and Central America. It is co-directed by Professor Dion Morton, a leading colorectal surgeon from the Birmingham’s Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences and Professor Peter Brocklehurst, Director of Research and Development at the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit.
The Unit is establishing research hubs and satellite spokes/centres in the partner LMICs to undertake clinical research that will improve access to safe, timely and affordable surgical care, where currently, 9/10 people do not have access to the most basic surgical services.