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    UCR combines academic, clinical and technical expertise in a complete research platform

Uppsala Clinical Research center is the leading clinical Academic Research Organisation (ARO) in Sweden, providing in-house expertise Our services include management of clinical and observational studies, biostatistics, clinical quality registries, and clinical event adjudication.


UCR started in 2001 as a clinical research center within Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital, with an aim to support qualified clinical research to improve health and healthcare practice. We have since established a complete service package to initiate, plan, conduct, analyse, report and publish local investigator-initiated studies as well as international multicenter trials.


Our business model is built to improve and support clinical research and quality improvement through our combined academic, clinical and technical expertise. Our employees are experienced and knowledgeable in every aspect ranging from small studies and projectsto large global complex randomised clinical trials.


UCR is the largest of the six Swedish centers for National Clinical Quality Registries. Our primary goal is to develop and support the national and local quality registries we manage, but we also provide world-leading expertise in the development of research registries and design an conduct of registry based randomised clinical trials (R-RCTs).


UCR is a vast resource for clinical research both regionally, in Sweden, and internationally. We are proud of our work that has contributed to improved health around the world, and we continue in our effort to advance medical knowledge and health through research and quality monitoring.


Our services are always customised to meet your individual needs. Please contact us early in the study process to enable us to support you in the best possible way.

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Our People and Networks

 

Over the years, UCR has built strong national and international networks with leading researchers in clinical science. Many of our staff members are recognised as international experts in their fields.

Today, UCR employs around 130 professionals, offering expertise across:

  • Scientific Expertise
  • Infrastructure for Clinical R&D and Quality Registries
  • Development and Management of Quality Registries
  • Execution of Clinical Research Projects

Our results have been published in several journals, among others the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and the Lancet.

Who we are 

  • UCR combines academic credibility, scientific expertise, and long-term commitment to improving healthcare.
  • We are driven by scientific goals and patient benefit – not profit.
  • Through innovative study design, advanced research methodology, and expertise in registry research and digitalisation, we work to make clinical research and quality follow-up more efficient and accessible.
  • UCR is an established international competence centre for registry-based randomised clinical trials (R-RCTs).
  • We are pioneers in pragmatic large-scale trials, especially through our groundbreaking work in R-RCT methodology. By leveraging existing quality registries and other data sources for patient information and clinical outcomes, we enable research that is both high-quality and cost-efficient.
  • With scientific excellence, patient focus, and innovative methods, UCR continues to shape the future of clinical research in Europe and beyond.
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