Our research areas

Research takes place within most of our clinical specialties throughout our hospitals (Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), along with our world-leading applied health research.
Born in Bradford is an internationally-recognised research programme which aims to find out what keeps families healthy and happy.
The vision of the NIHR Patient Safety Research Collaboration Y&H is to co-produce, implement and evaluate innovative solutions to make care safer for patients and their families.
The NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire & Humber (YH ARC) is hosted at Bradford Institute for Health Research, and delivered through a partnership of NHS organisations, Local Authorities, universities, third sector organisations and industry.
The Academic Unit for Ageing and Stroke Research (ASR) is a leading health and social care research centre with a reputation for addressing key questions relevant to ageing and stroke.
The Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research, to be established at Bradford Royal Infirmary, brings together researchers from the Universities of Leeds and Bradford with clinicians from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Patient Recruitment Centre (PRC) Bradford was established in 2019, dedicated to setting up and delivering late phase commercial clinical trials ins the NHS at pace and scale.
The Improvement Academy was established in 2013 as part of the Bradford Institute for Health Research to support innovation and improvement in delivery of health care services.
Connected Bradford: whole-system, lifecourse data to promote good health and wellbeing.
The ActEarly City Collaboratory focuses on early life changes to improve health and opportunities for children.
This programme offers a trainee a unique opportunity to contribute to the health and wellbeing of a defined population, assess need, and work collaboratively with local communities and local, regional and national stakeholders
The YQSR, funded by NIHR, hosts the NIHR YH PSRC, one of six centers in England, aiming to co-produce, implement, and evaluate innovative solutions for safer patient care.

Our Clinical Research Areas

Research takes place within most of our clinical specialties throughout our hospitals (Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust), along with our world-leading applied health research.