BRC leads listed among world’s most influential researchers
Two senior BRC researchers have been named in a list of the world’s top 1% of researchers, based on their exceptional research influence.
Professor Muzlifah Haniffa and Professor Quentin M…
Gastroenterology and hepatology research ranked in global top 10
The US News Best Global Universities listing has placed Gastroenterology & Hepatology research at Newcastle University as top 10 in its 2022-23 rankings.
Newcastle researchers in Gastroenterology and Hepatology are…
Comparative analysis of microsatellite instability and somatic mismatch repair gene status in Lynch related skin and upper gastrointestinal cancers
Principal Investigator: Dr Neil Rajan
Lynch syndrome (LS) is a genetic cancer predisposition syndrome, characterised by an increased risk of developing a wide variety of tumours, most notably bowel, womb,…
Understanding the cognitive symptoms of Primary Biliary Cholangitis; a trainee’s story
April Phaw is a gastroenterology trainee at Health Education England North East. She was part-funded by the Newcastle BRC to work on the…
New patient guideline on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, published
New guideline available to support people living with, or at risk of, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
The guideline was co-created by patients, researchers and clinicians, and aims to support better…
TELehealth EXercise for patients with primary liver cancer: TELEX-Liver Cancer
Principal Investigator: Professor Helen Reeves
Strong evidence from randomised controlled trials supports structured exercise as an adjunctive therapy for patients with cancer. Unfortunately, for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) –…
BRC trainee receives Rising Star Award
Dr Kate Hallsworth has been awarded a prestigious Rising Star Award from the European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL).
Dr Hallsworth (pictured below) is an NIHR Newcastle…
Newcastle BRC Training Fellow is awarded Doctoral Research Fellowship
Colette Kirk (pictured left), a Senior Dietitian at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and current Training Fellow with NIHR Newcastle…
Prestigious prize for study into liver cancer diagnosis and treatment
Two leading academics at Newcastle University have won a prestigious 2020 Newton Prize for their international study into liver cancer.
Image: (L-R) Professors Fiona Oakley and Helen Reeves. Courtesy of…
Changing healthcare through patient-led research: a trainee’s story
A recent study conducted by Newcastle BRC’s Liver Disease theme PhD student, Jadine Scragg, and supervised by NIHR Clinical…
Newcastle University ranks top 30 in the world for liver disease research performance
In a recently published list of University rankings, Newcastle University ranked 30th for gastroenterology and hepatology across the world, as well as second in the world for numbers of…
Series of films on fatigue, available to the public
Experts across healthcare and academia in Newcastle have produced a number of short patient education films aimed at supporting people with symptoms of fatigue as they recover from COVID-19.
The…