Our services for companies
The Brain Research Unit produces research services for medicines and devices intended for the treatment of diseases in accordance with the needs of the research client, following ethical principles.
Our services include:
- Recruitment of research subjects – read more below
- Scheduling and organisation of research visits
- Implementation of clinical research procedures specific to research protocols:
- Research nurse/doctor reception
- Sampling (such as blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples, skin biopsies) and processing
- Measurements (ECG, spirometry, blood pressure, etc.)
- Cognition testing and other assessments by research psychologists
- Drug administration
- Coordination of imaging studies: regarding structural imaging, we cooperate with the KUH Imaging Center or private service providers; isotope imaging in cooperation with KUH Imaging Center
- Patient participation in research projects (patient and public involvement (PPI) entities)
- Data collection and storage (eCRF)
- Measures related to the conclusion of studies, e.g. handing over the research materials to the research client and closing and archiving the research
- Research administration: pricing, budgeting, financial monitoring and invoicing, research ethics and contractual services
In connection with the unit, there is an accredited Biomarker Laboratory, which is the only diagnostic laboratory in Finland that performs Alzheimer’s disease marker analysis of cerebrospinal fluid and plasma neurofilament analytics.
Services and operations are actively developed through the ongoing UEF Brain Research Unit 2.0 ERDF development project (2023–2025), among other things.
We can customize the service package as needed. Contact us and ask!
Further information
Director of the Brain Research Unit
Eino Solje, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Neurologist and Assistant chief physician
Phone +358 50 56505 98
E-mail: bru@uef.fi
Updated 6.9.2024