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…
Reimagining the relationship between universities and the NHS: Dame Jackie Daniel
In a recent blog published on the NHS Confederation website, Dame Jackie Daniel writes on changing the way universities and the NHS work as anchor institutions to be even…
Coming together for older people’s medicine: an event to share knowledge and expertise on working as an academic multidisciplinary team
Colleagues linked to the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) lead a national event for clinicians and researchers, sharing best practice for multidisciplinary teams working with older patients.
At the…
Newcastle BRC and Newcastle Hospitals funding call now live
We are now accepting applications for our latest funding call, in collaboration with the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for projects that:
- meet with our…
Experts in Newcastle collaborate on COVID-19 research, examining the immune system in detail
In a recent pre-print paper, experts in Newcastle share research findings on a detailed examination of the immune system during COVID-19.
In collaboration with Cambridge University, Wellcome Sanger Institute, European…
Understanding the links between ageing and immune responses: a trainee’s story
Wezi Sendama is one of our clinical trainees, whose work focusses on the effect of ageing on…
How can we live longer in better health?
Newcastle experts contribute to House of Lords report on healthy ageing and make recommendations for improvements.
Today (Friday 15th January 2021), the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…