The International Clinical Research Centre at St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno (FNUSA-ICRC) is a next-generation research and development center that focuses on finding new methods, technologies and medicines used to prevent, diagnose and treat cardiovascular and neurological diseases and disorders such as heart failure, coronary syndromes, hypertension, cardiac arrhythmia, sleep apnea, stroke, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Such diseases are among the leading diseases and causes of death in modern society.
Based in Brno, Czech Republic, the Centre continuously builds on its successful collaboration with a number of foreign (such as Mayo Clinic, University College London, The University of Minnesota) and Czech (such as the Czech Academy of Sciences, Masaryk University, Brno University of Technology) academic institutions and industrial companies. It currently has more than 400 employees, including approximately 350 experts working in 31 research teams. The Centre is an integral part of St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno (FNUSA).