NIHR CRDC: Greater Manchester
NIHR CRDC: Greater Manchester delivers commercial clinical research across primary, secondary, and community care settings, offering sponsors multi-site, patient-centred trial delivery. Flexible approaches, including home visits and a mobile research unit, ensure studies can reach participants directly within their communities, improving recruitment and retention.
The centre provides access to one of the UK’s most diverse participant pools, reflecting Greater Manchester’s varied population. Through targeted inclusion strategies and robust PPIEP activities, the NIHR CRDC: Greater Manchester overcomes barriers related to language, transport, and deprivation, enabling trials to generate representative, high-quality evidence.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
The Nowgen Centre
29 Grafton Street
Manchester
M13 9WU
Centre team
Dr Claire Cole
Director CRDC: Greater Manchester
Dr Alison Uriel
Co-Clinical Director CRDC: Greater Manchester
Professor Nawar Bakerly
Co-Clinical Director CRDC: Greater Manchester
Monika Cien
Operational Lead CRDC: Greater Manchester
Specialties
Host and partnership organisations
Host Organisation
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
CRDC Deliver Partners
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
St Johns Medical Centre
Firsway Health Centre
Contact NIHR CRDC: Greater Manchester
Please fill out and submit this form and it will send an email to the NIHR CRDC: Greater Manchester. A member of the team will respond to your query within two working days.
If you wish to contact more than one Centre, please fill in our general contact form and a member of the team will be able to help you.