Understanding the links between ageing and immune responses: a trainee’s story
Newcastle BRC partners with European Consortium to prevent undernutrition in older age
Newcastle University experts who are part of the NIHR Newcastle BRC, are set to lead the UK arm of a new European consortium.
The consortium has been funded 1.2 million…
New NHS initiative: get fit in your own front room
People in Tyneside are set to benefit from a new exercise programme
Over 317,000 households across Gateshead, Newcastle and North Tyneside will have the new HowFit (Home Wellbeing and Fitness)…
Multiverse Lab: new online experience for patient involvement in the North East
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…
Challenge accepted! Patient and Public Involvement during COVID-19
As we restart non-COVID-19 research, Patient and Public Involvement Leads (PPI) from the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (Kasia Kurowska) and NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre…
Newcastle ageing researcher wins Rising Star Award
We’d like to congratulate Dr Richard Dodds, NIHR Intermediate Clinical Fellow at the Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, who has jointly won this year’s BGS Rising Star Award. He shares…
The challenges of COVID‐19 for people with dementia with Lewy bodies and family caregivers
Colleagues supported by the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre have written a paper on the challenges of COVID-19 on those living with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB)
DLB is a…
New hope for kidney revival for transplant
New research has demonstrated that kidneys can be revived prior to transplantation by delivering a cell therapy directly to the organ.
A team led by Newcastle University researcher, Dr…
Doctor shares advice on managing low blood pressure and dizziness in older adults
Former NIHR funded trainee has created an animation on orthostatic hypotension (OH), supporting those living with the condition to better manage their symptoms.
Dr James Frith is a Consultant Geriatrician…
New national study into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 launched
A major UK research study into the long-term health impacts of COVID-19 on hospitalised patients has been launched today.
The PHOSP-COVID study has been awarded £8.4million jointly by UK Research…
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Would you like to be involved in designing a research study to better understand multiple long-term health conditions and may improve how health care systems work for them?
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