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CHaRT 
Introduction
The Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT) is located in Health Services Research Unit (HSRU)
as a joint initiative with the University of Aberdeen’s Institute
of Applied Health Sciences (IAHS), and part funded by the Chief Scientist Office
(CSO) of the Scottish Government Health Directorates. CHaRT, in addition, benefits from funding as the lead of the Scottish Colaboration of Trialists (SCoT), a Scottish Funding Council Strategic Research Developement Grant running from November 2005 for 4 years.
Chart is a UKCRC registered clinical trials unit. CHaRT's goal is
to collaborate in high quality Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs), providing
access to the core competencies of experienced trialists, trial management,
data processing and management, statistics, and health economics. Through
scientific and technical partnership, CHaRT will address important health
questions in the increasingly challenging scientific, legal and regulatory
environment in which RCTs will be conducted. Aims
Specific aims of CHaRT are to:
- consolidate and expand Aberdeen’s reputation for large, multicentre, pan-UK, long-term RCTs;
- assist CSO core funded units in mounting RCTs;
- collaborate with others in Scotland the UK and beyond to conduct national and international RCTs;
- collaborate with other trialists in Scotland and elsewhere to develop the infrastructure to support RCTs;
- develop collaborative links with commercial trial sponsors;
- develop RCT methodology.
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CHaRT
Health Services Research Unit, Health Sciences Building, Foresterhill,
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD.
Tel +44 (0) 1224 558988, Fax +44 (0) 1224 554580, Email chart@abdn.ac.uk
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