Residents living north of the Tyne are being asked to take part in a new interactive, online experience called Multiverse Lab that will shape the future of health research in North East England. Created by the award-winning Unfolding Theatre, Multiverse Lab will gather the opinions of 2,000 people in order to find out what matters […]
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11 September 2020
Diagnosis of neurological diseases to benefit from AI
Cutting edge Artificial Intelligence technology for diagnosing neurological disease such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s from eye scans will be tested and scaled in the NHS. The Newcastle University-led project working with partners at the RVI in Newcastle part of the Newcastle NHS Foundation Trust and Sunderland Eye Infirmary is one of the first winners of […]
6 September 2020
COVID vaccine research at Newcastle Hospitals
In a recent RCN Magazine feature, Matron Aileen Burn has described how nursing colleagues at Newcastle Hospitals have not only been caring for patients during COVID-19, but how their role also extends to vital vaccine trials. She discusses Newcastle Hospital’s role in delivering phase three trials as part of the Oxford COVID-19 study, and how […]
17 September 2020
Linking skin ageing research with industry: a trainee’s story
Our NIHR Newcastle BRC trainees are offered a range of career development opportunities to enhance their prospects beyond their PhD study with us. Roisin Stout, a trainee working across our Skin and Oral Disease and Neuromuscular Disease themes has recently been accepted onto a well-respected market-discovery programme for early career researchers, and she tells us […]
20 July 2020
New NHS service enables people to sign up to be contacted for COVID-19 vaccine studies
A new NHS service has been launched today (20 July), helping people across the UK sign up for information on the new COVID-19 vaccine trials. The new NHS Covid-19 vaccine research registry will help large numbers of people be recruited into the trials over the coming months, potentially leading to an effective vaccine being identified […]
9 June 2020
Supporting older people with COVID-19: The Newcastle COVOP Report
A collaborated approach to supporting Newcastle’s older vulnerable population with COVID-19 Earlier this year health and social care organisations across Newcastle upon Tyne (Collaborative Newcastle) were focused on how to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. There was already evidence emerging that older people, especially those living with frailty and multiple long-term conditions, were at greatest […]
