BSMHFT has a regional, national and international reputation for research. The Trust maintains strong academic links with a number of universities – including the Institute for Mental Health at the University of Birmingham Aston University, Oxford University, Birmingham City University ,King’s College London and University of Warwick. Furthermore, we are a partner of the West Midlands Clinical Research Network. BSMHFT also forms part of Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) focussing on Mood Disorders Research.
Research and Development at BSMHFT
Research is a core component of our work at BSMHFT. It is complementary to our service delivery and not surplus to this. Our strong research agenda is overseen by the Research Management Board chaired by our Executive Medical Director, Dr Fabida Aria.
Based at the Barberry, National Centre for Mental Health, the Research and Development department supports with the delivery and development of priority academic grant funded research. Our role is to provide core infrastructure to support internal and external academics, colleagues and students with the entire research process including scoping, planning, costing, obtaining research governance approval and delivering the proposed research.
