Congratulations 🎉 to Dr Kenneth Baker, member of the BRC Leadership Track for the Musculoskeletal Disease and Inflammation Medicine Research Theme who was awarded the Michael Mason Research Award by the British Society for Rheumatology. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

NIHR Newcastle BRC Celebration of Research Excellence Event - Newcastle upon Tyne (18th March 2026) @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

Congratulations to AGE group member Dr Claire McDonald winning a @vivensa.bsky.social Academy Rising Star Excellence Award 🎉for her outstanding work in translational geroscience, trialling new treatments for age related conditions and #MLTC Well deserved!👏 @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

@nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social has launched REVITALiSE, the first platform trial for sarcopenia. We'll test up to five interventions in one flexible trial. First up: fisetin! Great early response already, with home based screening making participation easy for older people. @newcastleage.bsky.social

Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease linked to several long-term health conditions. Experts from @newcastleuni.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social and @qmul.bsky.social have led an analysis of data from a large cohort of patients. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

Each January, @newcastleuni.bsky.social invites children to the Holmes Lectures, an event that inspires the next generation of scientists. This year, NIHR Newcastle BRC Researchers presented the lectures, bringing science to life for children and families. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Colette Kirk started her academic career with the support by the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) that enabled her to embark on an Integrated Clinical Academic (ICA) Doctoral Research Fellowship. Read more about her research journey 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Delighted to share our latest review about how human Vastus Lateralis muscle ages, a collaborative work between @newcastleage.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social, @northumbriauni.bsky.social, and @universityofleeds.bsky.social. 🥳🎉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ar...

Registration for our FREE #GeneticsMatters patient and public information day is now open. Join us for presentations, experiments, meet our scientists, and find out more about research at @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social and @newcastleuni.bsky.social. Register here: tinyurl.com/4j4fxhnh #raredisease

With support from the NIHR Newcastle BRC, researchers Professor Neil Rajan @derm-scientist.bsky.social and Dr Mark Eisner from the Skin Disease, Oral Disease and Immunogenomics Theme attended the recent Ichthyosis Support Group (ISG) Family Day. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis increased their leg muscle volume when treated with an anti-rheumatic drug, offering new hope for improved muscle health. A recent paper was publishing in the prestigious journal The Lancet Rheumatoloy. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

Newcastle is among three UK universities granted over £1.7m by the Medical Research Council to establish a network of lymph node research centres across the UK. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

The world’s largest-ever clinical trial of treatments to slow or stop the progression of Parkinson’s disease has launched, led by researchers at UCL and Newcastle University, and brings cutting edge science to the North East. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

We are delighted to welcome Andrew Blamire as Co-Director to the NIHR Newcastle BRC. Professor Blamire was appointed following a competitive process and his knowledge, skills and experience will help to strengthen the BRC, our wider partnership and NIHR. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Members of our Informatics and Precision Care for an Ageing Population and Skin Disease, Oral Disease and Immunogenomics Themes were part of the IBD-RESPONSE team running the Great North Run to raise vital funds for Crohn's & Colitis UK. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

Join the next PHIRST Webinar, Healthy Place Making: Improving Public Health through Planning ⏰Monday 20 October, 12-1.30PM on MS Teams. eventbrite.co.uk/e/1664383829... How local governments in England have been working to design and deliver healthier places

Over June and July, researcher Jack Lumsdon and Claire Wilkinson from the NIHR Newcastle BRC Digital Health, Ageing Innovation, and Inclusion Research Theme engaged with people and patients at two public engagement events. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

This week we were part of the Community Open Day at @newcastleuni.bsky.social We had a fantastic day demonstrating how we use brain tissue, discussing our work in #dementia and #Parkinson's research with the local community in the West End of #Newacastle @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

🧠 “The JPR registry will revolutionise how people like me find out about research.” – Phil, who has Parkinson’s & helped design JPR. Help us connect more people to studies! 📰 Read more: tinyurl.com/JPRRegistry 🔗 Sign up: redcap.link/jpr1 📽️ Watch here: youtu.be/g900EDLZo5k #ParkinsonsResearch

A national research registry has been launched for people with Parkinson’s disease. “The JPR registry will revolutionise how people like me find out about research.” – Phil, who has Parkinson’s & helped design JPR. Read more 📰 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve... Sign up 🔗 redcap.link/jpr1

BRC Theme Co-Lead Prof Quentin Anstee is appointed new Pro Vice-Chancellor of @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social. “I look forward to working with colleagues across the university, our students & partners in the NHS & across the region to build on this legacy.” 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

New paper: "From bench to bedside and beyond: new horizons for translational ageing research" by BRC Director Prof Avan Aihie Sayer highlights pioneering work in the biology of ageing, clinical trials, and life-course epidemiology. 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.cl... 📺 player.rcp.ac.uk/ee/live/harv...

NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow Dr Chung Mun Alice Lin recently received a BRC Bursary to attend the European Workshop for Rheumatology Research (EWRR) in Budapest. Read more 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Lately we have been actively growing and expanding the involvement of the public in all that we do. This includes being part of different activites held in honour of national awareness days. Find out more: buff.ly/AJZvbqd @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social‬ @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social‬

A study led by member of the Skin Disease, Oral Disease and Immunogenomics Theme Dr Shoba Amarnath has revealed why some patients don’t respond to immune checkpoint blockade therapy for solid cancer tumours and identifies a new combination treatment. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

💪 Muscles matter! We've been raising awareness of #sarcopenia at the recent @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social Celebration of Excellence: Community event, by giving delegates the opportunity to have their grip strength measured and see how it compared to published norms. #publicengagement #PPIE

Members of the Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration Theme are celebrating the publication of the results from a study looking at the underlying changes in brain function associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms in Lewy body dementia. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

We really enjoyed exhibiting at the Celebration of Research Excellence: Community event hosted by @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social Find out more about the event and attendee's feedback in the video below ⬇️

Two PhD students from the NIHR Newcastle BRC Skin Disease, Oral Disease, and Immunogenomics Theme have shared their experiences of engaging with patients and the public. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

The NIHR Newcastle Clinical Research Facility (CRF) invites the public to the Royal Victoria Infirmary for 'A Day in the Life of a Research Participant'. Registration is essential. Email Suzanne Alderson via [email protected] to register. 🗓️ 23 May 2025, 10:30am-4:30pm #BePartofResearch

NIHR Newcastle BRC Theme Co-Lead for Neuromuscular Disease, Rare Diseases and Mitochondrial Dysfunction Professor Volker Straub will give the INSIGHTS Public Lecture: The Newcastle way: Leading advancements in neuromuscular research on 15 May, 17:30 - 18:30. 🔗 www.ncl.ac.uk/university-e...

Opportunity for a #PDRA in exercise science, population health sciences or a related discipline to contribute to research on strength-based training interventions for people with multiple long-term conditions #MLTC jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl... @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

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

Co-l Prof Nick Reynolds @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social presented findings from @qmul.ac.uk collaborators on analysing #readmission using #burstydynamics: it's not just about events, it's about patterns too! #clinicians do this subliminally - can we define it informatically& #informpractice? #MLTC #AI

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...

☕ We loved meeting the patients at Cramlington Medical Group and talking to them about #research at our #publicengagement coffee morning on 5th March, which we co-hosted with the lovely Northumbria Primary Care Research Team 🤝 @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social research.ncl.ac.uk/ageresearchg...

In March, we welcomed over 170 people from the local community, partners and collaborators, research participants and our researchers to NIHR Newcastle BRC Celebration of Research Excellence: Community Event. Here is what they told us about their experience of the event 🎬 ⬇️ youtu.be/lzZ8Hg63yLk?...

Our NIHR Newcastle BRC Celebration of Research Excellence: Community Event gave local communities the chance to come along and learn more about our research, and see how we involve patients and communities at every stage. Read more 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Building on 12 years of partnership with the Jain Foundation, the International Clinical Outcome Study for Dysferlinopathy (COS) has received a new grant (£5.1m) to support a further three year extension. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

Interesting panel discussion at the Newcastle Health Research Partnership conference on 'The power of partnership working - Driving impact through collaboration' yesterday. 🔗 newcastlehealthresearchpartnership.org

📻 Podcast! 📻 The Lancet Healthy Longevity in conversation with our very own @oldertrialsprof.bsky.social discussing the findings from our MET-PREVENT #clinicaltrial and the importance of designing clinical trials for #olderpeople @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/multimedia/p...

Our next Academic Career Development Open Session will be "Big data and cardiovascular disease prevention“ Dexter Canoy, MD MPhil PhD, Newcastle University on Thursday, 1st May 2025, 11.30-12.30, Howden Room, King George VI Building. Register forms.office.com/e/ZiiYtXkfL1 @newcastleuni.bsky.social

Our NIHR Newcastle BRC funded MET-PREVENT trial now published - no improvement in physical performance or quality of life with 4 maths of metformin in older people with sarcopenia and frailty (but lots of side effects) @nihr.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social

Are you a clinician looking for a fully-funded postdoctoral research opportunity? 🩺 Take a look at our postdoctoral career development fellowships for clinicians, and see how you can join our vibrant community of clinician scientists. Apply by 30 April ⤵️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...

We had a wonderful time welcoming the public, local partners and collaborators, research participants and our researchers to our Celebration of Research Excellence: Community Event 2025 on Wednesday. It is great to see so many people interested in health research and our work! 📷 ⬇️

We are excited to be at @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social's "Celebration of Research Excellence: Community Event". We hope you can come and meet us at our stand!

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 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

Together with @newcastleage.bsky.social, the Ageing Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity theme welcomed an international group of 13 Professors of Geriatric Medicine to @newcastleuni.bsky.social and The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 🔗 www.newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/internationa...

Skin Disease, Oral Disease and Immunogenomics Co-Theme Lead Muzlifah Haniffa shared updates from ongoing work on the Human Cell Atlas in a recent @wellcometrust.bsky.social Guest Lecture. 🔗 youtu.be/SOLSffa-ZVE?...