Working in partnership

We take a partnership approach to developing real-world solutions for health issues and we are pivotal to a range of exciting strategic initiatives. Developing partnerships with a range of institutions - including universities, hospitals, schools, businesses and government - is a key priority and strength of UCL Health.

Partnership major projects

ION-DRI

We are building a world-class environment to fight neurological disorders at Grays Inn Road. It will be home to three partners: the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, the UK Dementia Research Institute hub and the UCLH National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

Institute of Immunity and Transplantation

The Pears Building is a new research center bringing together leading scientists, academic clinicians, and clinical trials specialists to develop revolutionary treatments and therapies for patients. It is a collaboration between the Royal Free Charity, UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation and the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

The Francis Crick Institute

UCL is a founding partner of The Francis Crick Institute, a biomedical research institute working with organisations across academia, medicine and industry to make discoveries about how life works.

Oriel

Oriel is the joint initiative between Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Charity to create a world-leading centre for advancing eye health

Working together

NHS

We blend research and teaching in medicine with clinical care and population health through partnership with world class London NHS Foundation Trusts - University College London Hospitals, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Moorfields Eye Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and Whittington Health.

UCLPartners

UCLPartners accelerate scientific discovery and innovation into practice for the benefit of patients and the public. Working in partnership across research, innovation and education to improve population health for more than five million people served by our NHS partners. Our work also has national and international influence.

NIHR Biomedical Research Centres

UCL is a member of three Biomedical Research Centres of the National Institute for Health Research - the UCLH Biomedical Research Centre, the Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre and Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre. The Centres are leaders in scientific translation of fundamental biomedical research into clinical research that benefits patients.

Industry

Knowledge transfer, entrepreneurship and partnership working with industry are critical components of our aim to generate and apply new knowledge. The Translational Research Office coordinates a network of mutually beneficial and tailored collaborations which support, complement and accelerate the translation of UCL’s biomedical research.

Health Partnerships

Our Health Partnerships team supports strategic partnership projects for UCL Health. This includes providing operations and project management support for UCLPartners Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) and the Francis Crick Institute.

International partnerships

UCL Health has partnerships and collaborations around the world, ranging from research collaborations with leading universities to student exchanges and agreements with business and industry. Our international partnerships are supported and managed by the Global Engagement Office, who also maintain a list of current agreements.