Funding and collaborations

The Centre for Clinical Microbiology, based at the Royal Free Hospital in London, is placed into a global context by our international collaborations.

The CCM has long-established relationships with The University Teaching Hospital, Zambia, and the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania. In addition CCM provides secondment opportunities, including a collaboration with Professor John Lindo's team within the Department of Microbiology at the University of the West Indies, where scientists are annually invited to the Royal Free to carry out a three to six week research and development secondment.

With a focus on delivering high quality research relevant to the location, our collaborations are underpinned by a commitment to capacity development, both in people and infrastructure. A number of our researchers are supported by the UCL Grand Challenges Programme.

Research in the Centre reflects the challenges presented by a diagnostic service in central London, thus our main research themes are:

Molecular diagnosis
Tuberculosis
Mycology
Respiratory infections
Evolution of antibiotic resistance
Hospital Acquired Infection.

Support for our work comes from substantial funding from the EU, EDCTP, MRC, Wellcome Trust, NIHR, and the Gates Foundation, amongst others.
The Centre is a partner institution of the PANDORA-ID-NET project.