The National Institutes for Health and Social Care have funded a network of Biomedical Research Centres (BRCs) across England of which our BRC is the largest of 2 centres focused on brain and mental health. The BRCs bridge our hospital trusts and universities to conduct experimental medicine/first in man research at an early stage in the translation pipeline (from bench to bedside). In this talk I will explain how our 10 themes work together with lived experience experts to improve the present and future for people experiencing neurological and mental health conditions. I will give examples of successes and how this infrastructure funding from the U.K. government helps bring together different disciplines with shared ambitions.
