Welcome

Set up in 2001, the Sir John McMichael Centre (SJMC) comprises two 5-day wards embedded in the Hammersmith Hospital. It can accommodate 15 patients and includes a level 2 gene therapy suite and equipment for physiological and metabolic studies. Of the two wards, one provides 24 hour care five days a week and the other is suitable for day case and outpatient studies with investigation rooms. Both wards have laboratories with centrifuges, ice machines, fridges and -20 and -80 freezers for processing and storage of research samples.

The centre is staffed with experienced medical teams, including chemotherapy-trained nurses and study team personnel fully trained in GCP, research governance and regulatory affairs.

The Centre is moving to a new purpose built facility in January 2012, funded by the Wellcome Trust. The new facility will be named the Wellcome Trust McMIchael Clinical Research Facility, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, and will offer accomodation for 13 overnight, 9 daycase and 4 outpatient subjects.