The Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT) is located in the Health Services Research Unit (HSRU) as a joint  initiative with the University of Aberdeen’s Institute of Applied Health Sciences (IAHS), and part funded by the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates.

CHaRT is a UK Clinical Research Collaboration registered clinical trials unit. CHaRT's goal is to collaborate in high quality Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs), providing access to the core competencies of experienced trialists, trial management, data processing and management, statistics, and health economics. Through scientific and technical partnership, CHaRT will address important health questions in the increasingly challenging scientific, legal and regulatory environment in which RCTs will be conducted..