AI study taking place in Newcastle exploring a pioneering new method which could increase number of successful life-saving organ transplants
20 March 2023
An AI study aiming to aid organ transplantation is taking place in Newcastle
20 March 2023
An AI study aiming to aid organ transplantation is taking place in Newcastle
08 February 2023
Members of the public and researchers at Newcastle University have launched a new animation and blog about public views of health inequalities.
18 January 2023
Sunderland Eye Infirmary are the top recruiter globally in the Hornbill trial, a study which aims to treat Diabetic Macular Ischaemia, a rare form of diabetic retinopathy which can lead to permanent loss of vision.
13 January 2023
The Learning Disability Research Support Group has changed its name. Read about how they support researchers through creative methods.
23 December 2022
Findings from the ground-breaking PANORAMIC trial show that antiviral treatment molnupiravir does not reduce hospitalisations or deaths in vaccinated people in high risk categories.
29 November 2022
A new national trial platform, launched today, aims to use pandemic lessons to help quickly find effective treatments for people hospitalised with severe flu.
28 November 2022
The NIHR Clinical Research Network North East and North Cumbria (CRN NENC) has recently appointed a new Senior Manager for Public Health Research.
15 November 2022
Parents across the North East are being urged to support a new respiratory virus study looking into the UK’s leading cause of infant hospitalisation.
11 November 2022
The world’s first pilot investigating the use of genomic ‘polygenic risk score (PRS) testing’ to support the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in NHS clinical practice has reported significant, positive results at the American Heart Association Annual World Congress in Chicago earlier this week.
24 October 2022
Today, a study conducted by staff at the NIHR Clinical Research Network North East and North Cumbria was published in the international journal BMJ Leader. The study draws learning from research conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, identifying an ideal recruitment situation which allowed participating sites to maximise recruitment to the RECOVERY trial
12 August 2022
Researchers in Newcastle are offering a new study of COVID-19 vaccine schedules to young people aged 12 to 15
09 August 2022
New data from the NIHR shows that the national Patient Recruitment Centres (PRCs) are achieving their study set-up and recruitment ambitions.
12 July 2022
Newcastle staff have recruited Europe’s first participant to a study investigating the effectiveness of stem cells in improving functional outcomes for people who have had a stroke.
06 July 2022
The National Institute for Health and Care Research Clinical Research Network (NIHR CRN) has today published its annual research statistics.
29 June 2022
Multiple GP practices across the North East and North Cumbria have been praised for their contributions to the COVID-19 antiviral trial, PANORAMIC.
22 June 2022
A research volunteer from North Tyneside received a Platinum Champions Award from the Royal Voluntary Service as part of the Queen’s jubilee celebrations.
20 May 2022
The NIHR has launched a new campaign to celebrate the contribution of research volunteers across the country.
18 May 2022
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking for participants for a study investigating whether wearing a knee brace provides more pain relief to people with knee osteoarthritis compared to best primary care.
13 April 2022
The RELIEVE IBS-D trial continues to revolutionise research delivery by sharing the study provisional findings directly with participants, within 12 months of the study closing.
06 April 2022
One of the world’s first Omicron-specific variant vaccines is to be trialled in Newcastle and Middlesbrough
08 March 2022
The NIHR-supported GenOMICC study, the world’s largest study of the genetics of critical COVID-19, has revealed details about some of the biological mechanisms behind the severe form of the disease.
04 March 2022
The NIHR-supported RECOVERY trial has found that baricitinib, an anti-inflammatory rheumatoid arthritis drug, reduces deaths in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 by around one-fifth.
04 March 2022
You are warmly invited to attend our annual network event on Wednesday 30 March 2022 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Durham.
22 February 2022
320 delegates signed up to attend a successful diabetes event hosted by four northern NIHR Local Clinical Research Networks (LCRNs) on 9 February 2022.
07 February 2022
ComBAT (Community-based Behavioural Activation Training) will develop, implement and evaluate Behavioural Activation, a brief psychological therapy, for young people aged 12-18 years who have mild to moderate depression.