Name of organisation
1) Department/Research groupMEMO Research
2) Organisation/affiliationUniversity of Dundee
Short Name in the inventoryMEMO
Administrative Contact
Title Dr
Last name Barr
First name Rebecca
Address line 1MEMO Research
Address line 2Ninewells Hospital & Medical School
Address line 3Level 7
CityDundee
PostcodeDD1 9SY
CountryUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
Phone number (incl. country code)441382383119
Alternative phone number441382383437
Fax number (incl. country code)
Scientific Contact
Title Professor
Last name MacDonald
First name Thomas
Address line 1MEMO Research
Address line 2Ninewells Hospital & Medical School
Address line 3Level 7
CityDundee
PostcodeDD1 9 SY
CountryUnited Kingdom (Northern Ireland)
Phone number (incl. country code)441382383119
Alternative phone number441382383232
Fax number (incl. country code)
2. Description
MEMO Research at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School undertakes research into the safe, effective and cost-effective use of medicines and devices as well as helping to improve the understanding of disease using anonymised healthcare data.
MEMO Research is a well-established academic research unit with experience working across the UK and Europe (including Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands) delivering world class streamlined clinical trials and pharmacoepidemiological research. Our activities encompass all aspects of clinical research from generation to delivery. We also work closely with academic and health service partners, and regulatory bodies to ensure that the regulatory, legal and quality control aspects of research are met.
3. Category
University based
Charity or non-profit organisation
4. Available resources
In houseVia Contacts/Network
Epidemiologist/Pharmacoepidemiologist
Yes
Yes
Statistician
Yes
Yes
Clinician
Yes
Yes
Clinical Pharmacologist
Yes
Yes
Pharmacist
Yes
Yes
Geneticist/Pharmacogeneticist
Yes
Yes
IT specialist
Yes
Yes
Ethics expertise
Yes
Yes
Legal expertise
Yes
Yes
Regulatory expertise
Yes
Yes
5. Therapeutic/disease areas of research in drug safety/risk-benefit performed in the past 5 years
Cardiovascular diseases
Disorders of the central nervous system
Endocrine disorders
Geriatrics
Gynaecology
Immunological products and vaccines
Immunosuppression
Infectious diseases
Liver disease
Malignant disease
Musculoskeletal and joint diseases
Pregnancy
Renal impairment
Respiratory diseases
Skin disorders
Urinary tract disorders
6. Design of drug safety/risk-benefit studies published in the past 5 years
Cohort Study
Case Control Study
Drug Utilisation
Interventional Clinical Trial
Meta-Analysis
7. Experience in collecting data directly from individual patients/respondents
Number of Studies
Greater than 5
Number of patients/respondents involved in the study(ies)
Greater than 15000
8. Access to data collection resources
Capacity to conduct face-to-face interviews
Yes
In a clinic
Yes
In the community
Yes
Electronic data capture systems
Yes
System used:
Secure Website
Interactive voice response systems
Yes
Call centre
Yes
9. Experience in secondary research and meta-analysis
Yes
10. Work with existing data resources in the past 3 years
Name of data resourceNo. of studies
MEMO50
CPRS5
11. Registries established by centre
Disease RegistryMS,OA
Other Randomised Trial Databases
12. Experience in collaboration in a study team
Principal Investigator
Collaborating Investigator
13. Current involvement in research networks
Other networks:
Network nameNationalInternationalLink to webpage