The Clinical Memory Research platform

The Clinical Memory Research platform is located at the Memory Clinic, Skane University Hospital, Malmö. It is one of the infrastructures of the strategic research areas (SRA) MultiPark at Lund University.

The Memory clinic platform facilitates research projects run by clinical researchers performing studies on dementia disorders. Qualified researchers (with experience in performing clinical studies) who are employed by Skåne University Hospital or Lund University can apply to get access to the platform to perform clinical research studies on dementias disorders.
The platform consists of research staff. The costs for salaries of research staff for non-commercial studies must be covered by the applicant to 50-80%, i.e., depending on the number of ongoing studies. Further, there will be additional costs for materials, imaging etc.
All regulatory approvals must be in place before applying (e.g., approvals from the Swedish Ethical Review Authority, Swedish Medical Products Agency, KBV, Swedish Biobank etc.).
All data is and should be collected and stored according to the GDPR and Swedish legislation and the rules of Region Skåne.
The Clinical Memory Research platform is financially supported by Region Skåne, MultiPark at Lund University and external grants.

The Clinical Memory Research platform is located at the Memory Clinic, Skane University Hospital: St Johannesgatan 8, Malmö.
The platform consists of research staff (trained research nurses, medical doctors and administrators), who perform in-depth assessments of neurological, cognitive and psychiatric functions of study participants. Further, the research staff can also collect samples of blood and cerebrospinal fluid.
We have access to six rooms for clinical examinations, a lab, and a biobank with about 18 freezers (-80°).
One can only apply for the time of specified staff and during a specified period. That is, this platform does not include material that has been collected in projects headed by other researchers.

Terms of access

•All regulatory approvals must be in place before applying (e.g., approvals from the Swedish Ethical Review Authority, Swedish Medical Products Agency, KBV, Swedish Biobank etc.).
•All data is and should be collected and stored according to the GDPR and Swedish legislation and the rules of Region Skåne.
•Use the application form. It is available on the MultiPark website, but it can also be provided on request by the administrator /research coordinator Joanna Grzegorska: [email protected]
•Mandatory appendices: 1) Brief project plan (2 pages) in Swedish or English, and 2) copy of decision of from the Swedish Ethical Review Authority.
•Applications are sent to research coordinator Joanna Grzegorska ([email protected]).
•There is no deadline for applications; you apply once a year per project.
•The costs for salaries of research staff for non-commercial studies must be covered by the applicant by 50-80%, i.e., depending on the number of ongoing studies. Further, there will be additional costs for materials, imaging etc.

The Clinical Memory Research platform consists of research staff for academic non-commercial studies.

The Memory Clinic at Skane University hospital (Malmö) has a specific unit for commercial pharmaceutical trials.

The Clinical Memory Research platform is headed by the steering group of research at the Clinical Memory Research Unit (Skane University Hospital), and the current chair is Professor Oskar Hansson. The composition of the steering group is described in the steering document. An administrator supports the chair and the steering group.

The steering group prioritizes and makes all final decisions of applications. If prioritization is needed, the steering group uses predefined criteria, which are described in the application form.

Review criteria for applications: Clinical relevance, Feasibility and Novelty. Additional criterion: alignment with the Strategic plan of the SRA MultiPark.