ARU innovation ecosystem

Researcher using a microscope in the Superlab facility at ARU

Anglia Ruskin Clincial Trials Unit (ARCTU) is the clinical evidence front door for a genuinely integrated university innovation ecosystem.

When you work with ARCTU, you gain access to the full breadth of ARU's health innovation capability – clinical trials expertise, translational biomedical science, device engineering, AI and informatics, business incubation, lab facilities and established NHS partnerships.

Expertise and facilities at ARU

Image illustrating a scientist using AI technology to assist with medical research
Centre for Biomedicine and Health Innovation

ARU's translational research flagship for biomedical and health sciences, combining basic research, drug discovery, clinical trials and patient benefit. Based in Cambridge, one of the UK's most important life sciences clusters.

Chelmsford Arise building
Arise Innovation Hubs

Support for entrepreneurs and growing businesses, with a focus on health, performance and wellbeing companies. Access workspace, networking, facilities and business growth support on ARU's campuses in Cambridge and Chelmsford.

Close-up of a model of an artificial hip
Biomedical Engineering Research Group

Device development and validation, robotics, mechatronics, orthopaedic engineering, respiratory analysis, AI, finite element analysis, gamification and virtual reality.

Digital illustration of bright blue lines connecting dots, in a shape suggesting a human brain
Biomedical informatics, AI and data

Computational and machine learning methods for healthcare data, medical imaging, genomics, clinical decision support, diagnostics, prognosis modelling and process optimisation.

External partnerships

NHS and regional clinical partnerships

We have active research relationships with NHS Trusts across Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire.

The Centre for Biomedicine and Health Innovation provides access to seven large NHS hospitals in the East of England through its clinical research partnerships.

NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East of England

ARU is a full partner in the NIHR ARC East of England alongside regional universities, NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Systems, Health Innovation East, charities and industry partners.