The South West Dementia Brain Bank (SWDBB) laboratory is housed within the Learning & Research Building at Southmead Hospital. The SWDBB, has had previous financial support from BRACE, Alzheimer’s Research UK, the North Bristol NHS Trust Research and Innovation Department and DeNDRoN and is currently supported by BRACE, the Medical Research Council, and by Alzheimer’s Research UK and Alzheimer’s Society through Brains for Dementia Research.

The SWDBB is under the co-directorship of Professor Seth Love and Professor Patrick Kehoe, and is licensed to operate as research tissue bank by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA). SWDBB has approval from North Somerset and South Bristol Research Ethics Committee to operate as a research tissue bank.