Current research groups under licence

Below is a list of known groups authorised to store relevant material for use in research under Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust's Human Tissue Authority (HTA) licence:

Laboratory medicine (Person designated (PD): Jackie Donovan)

  • Histopathology
  • Tissue typing 

Royal Brompton Hospital – cardiovascular groups (PD: Geraldine Sloane)

  • Cardiovascular biomedical research unit (BRU)

  • Stable angina

  • Cardiac morphology

  • Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)
  • CMR carotid project

  • Adult congenital heart disease

  • Imperial College London cardiac pathology group

Royal Brompton Hospital – respiratory groups (PD: Lyn Ambrose)

  • Respiratory Research Centre

  • Muscle lab 

  • Lung pathology

  • Respiratory Research Centre Sample Processing Lab
  • Allergy and clinical immunology 

  • Asthma lab

  • Respiratory Research Centre Clinical Research Facility

  • EM unit

  • Thoracic surgery

Emmanuel Kaye Building (PD: Andre Amaral)

  • Gene therapy

  • Respiratory epidemiology and public health

  • Interstitial lung diseases

Guy Scadding Building (PD: Louise Donnelly)

  • Airways disease:

    • cell biology

    • experimental studies

    • molecular cell biology

    • molecular genetics

    • molecular cell biology and asthma lab

    • novel therapies

  • Critical care unit

  • Cardiothoracic pharmacology

Sir Alexander Fleming Building (PD: Mikila Jacobson)

  • Allergy and clinical immunology (SAF)

  • Leukocyte biology

  • Respiratory pharmacology section
  • Molecular medicine (SAF)

Harefield Hospital and the Heart Science Centre (PD: Adrian Chester)

  • Cell electrophysiology

  • Valve tissue engineering

  • Transplant archive

  • Molecular medicine

  • Muscle lab 

  • Transplantation

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