Category: Welcome to the Cambridge Clinical Research Facility

Have a look inside the CRF

At the Cambridge Clinical Research Facility, we have some of the most sophisticated medical equipment and a world class team of nurses and support staff.

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Commercial grade diet kitchen

Single room with near patient testing

Early Phase Unit

Recovery L2

Metabolic twin or family room

Recovery bay 2

Recovery bay from nurse station

Evelyn Research Endoscopy Suite

Consultation room

IPU waiting area

Waiting area

Level 2 main reception

Our reception area where our friendly staff will greet and check you into the Cambridge Clinical Research Centre. They will be able to help if you have any qustions and direct you to where you need to go.

Children’s Consultation room

New child friendly consultation room in the CRF.

Day room

Where participants can relax with books, newspapers, television etc.

Calorimeter rooms

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We’re one of very few facilities in the world to offer this facility. The rooms can calculate energy expenditure by measuring oxygen and carbon dioxide consumption and production. This can take place from overnight to 7 days. Once participants enter the room, they remain in the room for the duration of the visit. The rooms are equipped with TV/DVD, iPads and wifi to make any stay comfortable and entertaining.

DXA scanner

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Dual-energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA). This involves the measurement of bone density, fat tissue and lean tissue (muscle + organs). The device uses small doses of radiation so checks are performed before scanning a patient or participant. The measurement is very quick and provides images of whole body skeletons for bone density and whole body soft tissue outlines for fat and lean mass. The results are fed back at the end of the scan.

Bod Pod

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This involves the estimation of body volume, which requires no radiation at all – so it can be used in pregnancy. You simply sit inside the Bod Pod for a couple of minutes and it measures precisely how much air you displace. Your body’s volume is the difference between the volume of air in the empty Bod Pod and when you’re sitting in it. Because we know the density of fat and that of the rest of your body, we can calculate how much body fat you have

Meeting room

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Comprehensive office and administrative facilities for your team, including University and NHS network access, wifi and conference telephony.

Special diet kitchen

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Specially designed kitchen where we measure precisely the nutrients and calories in the food we prepare on-site. We can then identify exactly what effect they have on patient and volunteer’s metabolism.

Play room

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A fun room which has been designed in consultation with children and stocked with easy-clean books and toys carefully chosen to create a relaxing and entertaining environment for children.

Metabolic research area

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A bespoke area equipped with measurement techniques of body composition by DXA and BodPod, along with energy expenditure techniques by indirect whole-body room calorimeters and portable ventilated hood calorimeters. Also equipped with exercise testing equipment by treadmill and ergometer including exercising gas exchange.

Audiology room

A sound-proofed room that does exactly what it says on the tin!

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Category: Welcome to the Cambridge Clinical Research Facility

Have a look inside the CRF

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