About Us

ECTU provides an infrastructure to design, plan and deliver clinical research studies across a varied portfolio of clinical specialties and methodologies.

Programme

ECTU Launch Event Programme (306.85 KB PDF)

Presentations - Part 1

ECTU Launch Presentations Part1 (9.11 MB PDF)

- Part 2

ECTU Launch Presentations Part2 (6.98 MB PDF)

- Part 3

ECTU Launch Presentations Part3 (5.2 MB PDF)

ECTU offers various levels of support according to the project and the needs of the research team.  Please contact ECTU as soon as possible when developing your clinical research study.

• Methodology; design and powering of clinical studies, and statistical analysis and reporting
• Trial planning and delivery; adopted trials (using the UKCRC registration) are supported by a team of trial managers, data managers and programmers.
• Clinical support; ECTU hosts a team of experienced research nurses who can plan studies in a clinical setting and recruit and follow up patients in both primary and secondary care.
• Capacity Building; ECTU hosts initiatives to encourage and develop the professionalism of research practice in Lothian
• Data management; ECTU provides a data management service (using bespoke or ‘off the shelf’ database solutions) to support smaller scale studies.
• Advice; With an experienced team of clinical research professionals, ECTU is able to offer advice to researchers and trial teams and aims to share best practice throughout Lothian.

ECTU studies are funded and sponsored by Government, charity, the EU and industry partners.

ECTU sits within the Edinburgh Medical School: Molecular, Genetic & Population Health Sciences, and forms part of the Usher Institute.  ECTU has a steering committee which comprises representatives from the major stakeholder (University research staff, University management, NHS Lothian) and an external advisory group.

Usher Institute

Edinburgh Medical School: Molecular Genetic and Population Health Sciences