The NIHR BioResource is a national platform supporting research into the causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.
We connect researchers with volunteers to accelerate health research and improve care.
To facilitate human health research and its transformation into medical practice.
We achieve this by:
We launched in 2007 as part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), to address a key challenge: finding the right participants for research, especially those with rare genetic variants.
Our national coordinating centre is in Cambridge and is hosted by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with the University of Cambridge.
From our early days in Cambridge, we’ve grown into a network of 28 centres across England, working with over 100 NHS Trusts.
Our volunteers, both patients and healthy individuals, provide samples and health data to support vital research.
Take a look at our 2 minute animation that explains what happens to your blood or saliva sample when you join the BioResource.
We support health research by recruiting and maintaining a resource of data and samples donated by over 350,000 volunteers.
We can also recall those volunteers to participate in further research based on specific genetic data or health and lifestyle criteria as set by researchers.
We recruit participants into three main Cohorts.
Our infrastructure includes:
Our approach speeds up research and improves outcomes:
What makes our approach so successful?
The management group are responsible for day-to-day operations of the BioResource.
We're proud to partner with a range of charities, community organisations, commercial partners, NHS Trusts and more.
If you're looking to grow your career and contribute to innovative work supporting health research, find out about working at the BioResource and any current vacancies.
