Our director of scientific facilities, Dr Alex Laude, has been shortlisted for the @timeshighered.bsky.social Outstanding Technician of the Year! Alex transformed our procurement strategy for multi-user equipment, resulting in significant additional funding for our faculty. tinyurl.com/4k2ksnfu

£22m funding to strengthen UK health and life sciences innovation. @UniofNewcastle has been awarded £22M by @NIHRresearch to continue research identifying emerging medicines, diagnostics, devices and digital technologies. Read more: tinyurl.com/3um9jy5x

Congratulations to Cross-Sector Experience Award recipient @emmaaudreyadams.bsky.social 🎉 Emma is collaborating with local govt offices to explore how housing & homelessness data can better inform public health strategies. 👉 bit.ly/45a0VWy @fuseonline.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social

Join us Sept 4th, Howden Room, King George VI Building, Newcastle Uni. NIHR Newcastle PSRC ACD open session “From Fieldwork to Impact: "Using Creative Methods to Tackle Global Health Inequalities” with Dr Tash Fothergill-Misbah. @nclpharmacy.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @

🆕 Two of our scientists have been appointed as national cancer drugs experts to help patients benefit from a 'treatment revolution'. Read more, here: tinyurl.com/yc2muwm6

🎉 Congrats to PhD student Lauren Lawson, who published in BMC Geriatrics! 📚 Her review, "Do hospital-to-home transitions work for older adults with multiple long-term conditions including dementia?" Great achievement! bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social

We are proud to share that we have been ranked #7 worldwide for Gastroenterology & Hepatology in the @usnews.com 2025 global rankings of the World’s Best Universities. And #1 in the UK! Huge thanks must go to our clinicians, researchers, students, and staff! #WeAreNCL #WeAreFMS

@newcastleuni.bsky.social Medical Student Wins Top Prize at International Transplant Congress! Dharesh Amarnath, a 2nd year medical student has been awarded the prestigious Leonardo da Vinci Award for the best clinical research at the European Society for Organ Transplantation Congress! Congrats!

Huge congratulations to all our students graduating this week! You did it! Go well Class of 2025 🌟 Your journey is only just beginning ➡️ tinyurl.com/NCLalum

Last week a blue plaque was unveiled at the former site of Easton Hall accommodation for @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social alumna Dr Irene Ighodaro. Irene was Sierra Leone’s first female doctor, graduating from our medical school in 1944. Find out more www.ncl.ac.uk/alumni/news/... #WeAreNCL

The 3 Minute Thesis is a global competition for research students to present their research projects in just 3 minutes in a way that is accessible to all. We're showcasing the North East on Thursday 26 June, 3pm, Urban Sciences Building. All welcome, book here: tinyurl.com/3MinNE

Huge congratulations to Professor Judith Rankin on being awarded an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours! 🎖️ Read more here: tinyurl.com/Rankinobe

💥 Our Transformational Impact Awards are now OPEN! 💥 This call supports our larger-scale research investments covering high-quality discovery science through to translational and clinical research. Submission deadline: 1pm, 23 September 2025 Apply now 👉 buff.ly/eCSnnCM

Newcastle University researchers develop new blood test to rapidly diagnose rare genetic diseases. Read more here: www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... #WeAreNCL #WeAreFMS

Does sympathetic dysregulation observed in Parkinson's disease involve pathological changes caused by α-synuclein in stellate ganglia? Lee, Ahmad, Edling, Jeevaratnam (@uniofsurrey.bsky.social‬) and Fiona LeBeau (@medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social‬) investigate! 📜 buff.ly/bf7eu0r

Congrats to Professors Clare Bambra & Rob Taylor who have been elected into a @acmedsci.bsky.social Fellowship recognising their contributions to advancing medical science & translating developments into benefits for patients & the wider public. 👏 Read more www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl... #WeAreNCL

Coverage of this important work led by @daniellahock.bsky.social and @dstroudlab.bsky.social who support our @lifearc.bsky.social research to replicate this @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @neygenomics.bsky.social @mitocamb.bsky.social @londonmito.bsky.social @lilyfoundation.bsky.social

Check out our 2nd Vlog of 3. Learn about Equity, Diversity & Inclusion from our EDI Lead, Dr Anna Robison-Barella youtu.be/tnZ-z_X9Jbg @nclpharmacy.bsky.social, @newcastleuni.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @nihrpsrcs.bsky.social @yhpsrc.bsky.social @nihr-gmpsrc.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce the appointment of the new Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Professor Quentin Anstee. Quentin joined @newcastleuni.bsky.social in 2010 and is currently Dean of Research & Innovation in FMS. Read more: www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

This Dementia Action Week, we’re highlighting the power of sports to bring people together and support those living with dementia. Which sport are we talking about? Read our blog to find out: from.ncl.ac.uk/united-by-de... #WeAreNCL #DementiaActionWeek

We are excited to join friends and colleagues from @lilyfoundation.bsky.social , @mdukcharity.bsky.social , @uniofcam.bsky.social and @ucl.ac.uk at the House of Lords to launch the new LifeArc Centre for Rare Mitochondrial Disease #mitodisease

Less than a month to go, remeber to register to attend the Technology enabled Virtual Wards (Or Hosptital at Home Care) event. @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @hi-nenc.bsky.social @nihrpsrcs.bsky.social @arcnenc.bsky.social

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Type 2 #diabetes is potentially reversible via a rapid weight-loss diet, with long-term major benefits to health. This led to a successful NHS programme. A personal fat threshold concept explains why this is also successful with a ‘normal’ #BMI

📷INSIGHTS Public Lectures @newcastleuni.bsky.social ◼ Thursday 15 May, 5.30pm Celebrating 25 years of the Centre for Life: The Newcastle Way: Leading advancements in neuromuscular research Prof Volker Straub In-Person | Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building tinyurl.com/InsightL

Check out the first vlog in a series of three. Learn about Clinical Research. Click the link below youtu.be/m_ZlKTKne4Q @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social @nclpharmacy.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social @nihrpsrcs.bsky.social

New guidelines for monitoring patients with #IBD to prevent #BowelCancer developed by academics @ndm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk, @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social, @uclan.ac.uk and others have been published in the UK journal Gut. newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Our experts have been part of a study which found that, on average, patients funded by the NHS and treated by private providers waited half as long as those treated in NHS hospitals. #WeAreNCL #NHS #Research

Dr Charlotte Richardson & Dr Laura Lindsey from @newcastleuni.bsky.social will be running a workshop about supporting carers in the North at our Woman of the North Summit next Wednesday, May 7. Book your place at www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/woman-of-the...

Researchers from @ndm.ox.ac.uk @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @uclan.ac.uk have developed major new guidelines for monitoring patients with #IBD to prevent them going on to develop #BowelCancer oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk?p=20934 @nihr.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk

Our Integrated Health theme is looking for a Research Software Specialist to work on digital technology projects in delivering health and care to patients. Closes: 14th of May 2025. jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl... @newcastleuni.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @nihrpsrcs.bsky.social

Amazing opportunity to join @carrerasleaders.bsky.social postdoctoral programme in blood cancers. Apply at www.carrerasleaders.eu by 1 June! #WeAreNCL #WeAreFMS

We've teamed up with our business school to offer a new simulation game that offers interprofessional education. Learn more about Scrubs 'n' Suits here: www.ncl.ac.uk/business/new... #WeAreNCL #WeAreFMS

Move your #research culture away from valuing output and prestige over #wellbeing towards a more supportive and collaborative approach, with these tips from @n8research.bsky.social's Annette Bramley and @newcastleuni.bsky.social 's Candy Rowe: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/five-... #edusky

Our researchers have been awarded a multi-million pound grant from @nihr.bsky.social to help tackle challenges facing healthcare workers in remote and deprived areas. Read more here: www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

There are still spaces available for April's NIHR Newcastle PSRC Academic Career Development Open Session, next Thursday, 3rd April 11.30 - 12.30, Howden Room, King George VI Building, Newcastle Uni. @newcastleuni.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

Leading Oral Health Research! We're excited to announce the Oral Health Research Incubator, supported by @nihr.bsky.social. Led by our own Prof Chris Vernazza & @sheffielduni.bsky.social Prof Zoe Marsham, this new scheme is set to build capacity & enhance dental careers. tinyurl.com/oralincub

Time is running out! The NIHR Newcastle Patient Safety Research Collaboration (PSRC) Pre-Application Support Fund JAN 2025 closes next Monday, 31st March 2025 at 5pm.

Looking for a PhD opportunity in Microbiology? Consider joining one of the strongest clusters of microbiology research in UK at @newcastleuni.bsky.social, Biosciences Institute, and @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social. See thread for BBSRC DTP PhD studentships currently advertised.

CLOSING SOON: Our call for abstracts for presentation at the Technology-enabled Virtual Wards (or Hospital at Home Care) Event deadline is this Friday, 21st of March at 23.59. @newcastleuni.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @yhpsrc.bsky.social @nihr-gmpsrc.bsky.social

We are looking forward to this event hosted by @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social and the NIHR Innovation Observatory. There is still time to register and find out how support the health technology industry. Sign up through the link below ⬇️

Today is #WorldKidneyDay2025! Our scientists have shown that thousands of kidney patients could be saved with a global change to donor policies. Read more: tinyurl.com/WorldKidney #WeAreNCL #WeAreFMS

We are extending the deadline!!! The revised deadline is 21st of March 2025 at 23.59, spread the word! @newcastleuni.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social @healthwatchncl.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

We're delighted that 2 of our subjects have been ranked within the world's top 100 in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject. Congratulations to our colleagues in Anatomy & Physiology, and Medicine for this fantastic achievement! #WeAreNCL #WeAreFMS #QS

Calling healthcare professionals working in practice, come join our focus group on using artificial intelligence in clinical practice. Get in touch [email protected] or [email protected] @newcastleuni.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

We are looking forward to sharing our expertise in health economics at this hybrid event hosted by our colleagues at @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social and NIHR Innovation Observatory. There is still time to register through this link: buff.ly/GX1dY6N

Huge congratulations to our colleague Professor Chris Stewart on receiving the esteemed Life Sciences Laureate at the Blavatnik Awards 2025! This is a first for @newcastleuni.bsky.social and we couldn't be more proud of Chris & his ground-breaking research! tinyurl.com/LaureateAward

Wishing a meaningful Lent to all those observing it in our community. If you would like to learn more about Lent, check out this article from our Chaplaincy team: sway.cloud.microsoft/ZNFbBkiZjYGa...

This #RareDiseaseDay, we spoke to Prof Neil Rajan (@derm-scientist.bsky.social) about his research into ichthyosis - a rare skin disease that causes dry, scaly skin. His work could lead to new vital treatments. ➡️ bit.ly/4khNo4K #Ichthyosis @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social