Aston Academy of Life Sciences (AALS) is a uniquely equipped medical facility offering diagnostic and surgical services for eye care and brain imaging in a research led environment
Aston Academy of Life Sciences (AALS) is a uniquely equipped medical facility offering diagnostic and surgical services for eye care and brain imaging in a research led environment. AALS is a wholly owned company of Aston University and is registered by the Healthcare Commission as an Independent Day Hospital. In keeping with the University mission statement, it aims to be recognised as an international centre of excellence in research and clinical care.
The Academy has been custom built to fuse academic research and private medical care. Located on the University's campus, a major focus of activity is new treatments in cataract, refractive surgery, macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease. To meet this end the facilities include two large ophthalmic operating theatres, three different refractive laser operating systems, eight specialist consulting rooms, medical and biochemistry wet laboratories and a wide range of state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic technologies. The facility also houses a 3 Tesla functional magnetic resonance (MRI) suite used for the investigation of Musculoskeletal and sports injury as well as advanced neuroscience research.
The majority of funding for the £10m project was provided by Advantage West Midlands and HEFCE (SRIF 1 & 2).
