Sir Andrew Dillon, Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell and Professor Ian Jacobs
The University of Manchester and Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). Sir Andrew Dillon, Chief Executive of NICE, Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice Chancellor of The University of Manchester, and Professor Ian Jacobs, Director of MAHSC, signed the Memorandum on behalf of their respective organisations today (Monday). The Memorandum outlines a number of potential areas for collaboration such as research into the uptake of NICE guidance in the clinical setting, the development and evaluation of health technologies, national and international health policy and practice, and teaching and training on evidence-based methodology. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), share a commitment to improving the overall health of the population, through informing health policy and practice and in the development and evaluation of health technologies. MAHSC is dedicated to enhancing and improving translational medicine; the identification of unmet clinical need and the application of research and innovation to fulfilling that need and delivering improved patient care through its NHS partners. The University of Manchester is the lead research and teaching member for MAHSC. Sir Andrew Dillon said it was a privilege for NICE to be associated with The University of Manchester, an institution with a distinguished history of research, teaching and innovation in the health sciences.
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