Trainee Showcase goes digital
Newcastle BRC trainees showcased their research to peers and the public at an online Trainee Showcase event last month.
The NIHR Newcastle BRC trainees, who come from a range…
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…
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…
BioResource Centre Newcastle celebrates 1 year of e-consent for Newcastle Hospitals
In August 2019 the NIHR BioResource Centre Newcastle became the first project sponsored by Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals (NuTH) to begin using electronic consent (e-Consent) to sign up volunteers.
e-Consent…
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…
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…
Latest from Trust Chief Executive on research and innovation
As Chief Executive of the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dame Jackie Daniel sits on the Strategic Leadership Team for the NIHR Newcastle BRC; playing a…
Relationship between skeletal muscle disorders and neurodegeneration
In this NIHR Newcastle BRC funded study, researchers examine what links can be made between sarcopenia, an age-associated progressive muscle disorder, and neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s disease (PD)
Lead…
Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT): insights with Dr Ashley Price
An international trial which recruited patients in Newcastle Hospitals shows improved recovery rate
Results announced last week have shown that patients given the Ebola drug Remdesivir in the Adaptive COVID-19…
Newcastle BRC theme lead engages with thousands at online conference
Professor of Clinical Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Disease theme lead with the NIHR Newcastle BRC engaged with thousands of online conference delegates as he presented at the virtual EULAR Congress…
MIlkMAN Project event: virtual research engagement with the public
Experts funded by the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) engaged audiences across the country with the first Faculty of Medical Science virtual Research Coffee…
Five reasons to take part in research
Each year, on 20th May we celebrate International Clinical Trials Day, as this is believed to be the date when the first ever clinical trial took place.
While the current…