Our research strategy
Innovation is at the heart of our research strategy at Warwick Medical School. We encourage people from different disciplines across the University to work together to find new approaches to national and international health problems. The School is part of one of the UK's leading research universities, rated fifth in the country in The Independent's 2008 Good University Guide.
The aim of the School's research strategy, since it was established in 2000, has been to develop a number of groups that produce high quality research. The School has expanded rapidly. Specific areas of strategic development include mental health, child health, reproduction, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and metabolism research. These research themes are consistent with the areas of strategic development identified by University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust (UHCW).
We have an ambitious research strategy and are achieving significant increases in grant income every year, as well as publications in high impact, peer reviewed journals. The School has also established the Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, which has grown dramatically since 2005, attracting more than £5 million in research grants in its first year. The Wolfson Foundation has now given the School £1 million to pump prime the development of a new building for the Unit.
In line with the University's ambitious Vision 2015 strategy we are developing a global health strategy which aims to carry out research into new solutions for healthcare problems. There is no doubt that these are very exciting times for medical research at Warwick. It is a privilege to be Dean at a time when Warwick Medical School is taking giant steps in both research and teaching.
