Professor Caroline Wroe on ‘distributed leadership’ in research delivery
28 September 2023
In this blog, Professor Caroline Wroe illustrates the benefits of "distributed leadership" in research delivery.
28 September 2023
In this blog, Professor Caroline Wroe illustrates the benefits of "distributed leadership" in research delivery.
07 September 2023
Ambulance service research aims to support callers experiencing loneliness
04 August 2023
The Academic Centre for Surgery (ACeS) held its first annual regional networking event at the start of July. ACeS is a local partnership for collaborative surgical research and academic excellence.
29 June 2023
New figures have been announced that show research participation in the North East and North Cumbria.
23 June 2023
A summary of NENC's Primary Care Research event: CRN New Horizons - partnering for growth across the health system of North East and North Cumbria.
22 May 2023
29-year-old Sanjana Kochhar from Newcastle upon Tyne is the first patient in the UK to receive a donor heart transported via a new method, called the XVIVO Heartbox
17 May 2023
Newcastle University students help promote the Join Dementia Research initiative in Newcastle's Grainger Market
16 May 2023
The NIHR Clinical Research Network North East and North Cumbria is pleased to announce the launch of Routes to Research, a new website to engage health and care staff in research.
06 April 2023
The NIHR Clinical Research Network North East and North Cumbria has appointed Dr Hilary Lloyd to a new chief nurse role.
03 April 2023
One nurse and one midwife have been appointed as Senior Research Leaders from the North East and North Cumbria
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.