HomeAn outstanding performance in RAE2008
The Institute returned over 60 academic staff in Unit of Assessment 4 – Hospital Based Clinical Subjects – of RAE2008. In addition to research outputs in top ranking specialist journals, BICMS staff in this return published their research findings in the highest impact general journals including Science (6 publications), Nature journals (24), Lancet (26) and PNAS (17). The total research expenditure over the RAE period was £33.7 million. On the basis of these submissions, 15% of the Institute’s research outputs were considered world class and a further 65% internationally excellent. These combined scores placed the Institute in joint first position out of twenty eight medical school returns in Hospital Based Clinical Subjects in the UK.
Research of the Institute is organised around our core clinical specialties in the following Centres:
- Cutaneous Research
- Diabetes
- Digestive Diseases
- Immunology and Infectious Disease
- Neurosciences and Trauma
- Paediatrics
- Primary Care and Public Health
The annual research income of the Blizard Institute in 2008/9 was in excess of £13million and major research funders include the Medical Research Council, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Wellcome Trust.
Research in the Blizard Building is underpinned by world class core facilities in:
Each facility contains state of the art equipment managed and operated by dedicated technical staff able to provide training and services to all staff and students of the Institute and wider School.
