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People and partners<\/strong><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t

The Centre brings together researchers, clinicians and research professionals across our partner institutions, working alongside patients and the public, industry, charities, healthcare organisations and other partners to advance restorative immunology.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Centre leadership<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

The Centre is led by an interdisciplinary team providing scientific, strategic and operational leadership across the seven-year programme.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Professor Adam Croft<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Director<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

University of Birmingham<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Professor Lucy Wedderburn<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Co-Director<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

UCL<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Professor Helen McGettrick<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Deputy Director<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

University of Birmingham<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Dr Lisa Fuller<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Chief Operating Officer<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

University of Birmingham<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n

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Scientific leadership<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Each of the Centre\u2019s three Research Streams is led by researchers from across our partner institutions, bringing together complementary expertise in data science, tissue immunology and experimental medicine.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Data Exploration<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Ameeta Retzer, University of Birmingham<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Brian Marsden, University of Oxford<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Calliope Dendrou, University of Oxford<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Mechanisms of Tissue Restoration<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Iain McInnes, University of Glasgow<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Mariola Kurowska-Stolarska, University of Glasgow<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Christopher Buckley, University of Oxford<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Experimental Medicine<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Ye Oo, University of Birmingham<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Coziana Ciurtin, UCL<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

John Isaacs, Newcastle University<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n

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Building the Centre together<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Alongside the Research Streams, Centre-wide groups bring together expertise from across our community to support training and development, research culture, patient and public involvement and engagement, data governance, clinical studies, and knowledge exchange and commercial engagement.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Training and Development<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Supporting doctoral training, skills development, mentoring and career development across the Centre.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Research Culture<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Developing an inclusive, collaborative research environment in which people across disciplines, institutions and career stages can contribute and develop.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Embedding the perspectives of people affected by immune-mediated inflammatory disease across the Centre\u2019s research and wider activities.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Data Governance<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Supporting responsible, consistent and effective approaches to data access, management and sharing across the Centre.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Clinical Studies<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Supporting coordination and oversight of experimental medicine, clinical intervention and observational studies across the Centre.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n

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Knowledge Exchange and Commercial Engagement<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Building relationships with industry and other external partners to support knowledge exchange, collaboration and translation.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n

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Our partner institutions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

The Centre is led by the University of Birmingham and brings together researchers and clinical teams across eight partner institutions in the UK and internationally. Each contributes complementary expertise, infrastructure, patient cohorts and research capabilities to the Centre\u2019s programme.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Working with partners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t

The Centre works with organisations beyond our university partners to bring additional expertise, capabilities and perspectives into restorative immunology.

We will work with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, charities, healthcare organisations, patient groups and other partners to support knowledge exchange, develop collaborations and help translate promising discoveries towards patient benefit.

Partnerships may bring access to therapeutic assets, technologies, data and specialist expertise, while the Centre provides a multidisciplinary research environment in which new ideas and approaches can be explored and developed.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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