BHP Centre for Regulatory Science and Innovation

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The Birmingham Health Partners Centre for Regulatory Science and Innovation (CRSI) was established in 2020 to support the development and delivery of novel therapeutics and medical devices in the UK, through advanced regulatory standards and tools.

A truly multidisciplinary intiative, CRSI brings together experts in medicinal science, health policy and management, clinical trial design, medical law and patient-reported outcomes research, from across BHP member organisations.

The Centre’s Lead for Artificial Intelligence, Professor Alastair Denniston, serves on the UK Government’s Regulatory Horizons Council – an independent expert committee, established to ensure that UK regulation keeps pace with innovation and enables it to thrive while safeguarding the public.

In July 2020, the Centre launched a major report – ‘Advancing Regulatory Science and Innovation in Healthcare’ – which called a coherent and specific national strategy for regulatory science. Click here to download the report as a pdf.

Its key research themes include:

      • Patient-centred drug development
      • AI in healthcare
      • Accelerated access to medicines
      • Real-world data collection
      • Innovative trial design
      • Medical technologies
      • Diagnostics

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Contact us

Centre Director and Academic Lead – Professor Melanie Calvert: m.calvert@bham.ac.uk

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Theme Lead – Professor Alastair Denniston: A.Denniston@bham.ac.uk

Diagnostic Test Evaluation Theme Lead – Professor Jon Deeks: j.deeks@bham.ac.uk

Administrative Contact – Dr Eliot Marston: e.d.marston@bham.ac.uk