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Welcome to the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre

Our vision is transforming lives through world-leading research on ageing and multiple long-term conditions
Celebration of Research Excellence: Community Event 2025

In March, we welcomed over 170 people from the local community, partners and collaborators, research participants and our researchers.
£25.8m Investment to Turn New Discoveries into Treatments for Patients

The investment supports a five-year programme to better understand and treat a range of conditions for patients in the UK and beyond
International Professors of Geriatric Medicine Visit to Newcastle

AGE Research Group and the Ageing Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity theme of the NIHR Newcastle BRC welcomed an international group of Professors of Geriatric Medicine to Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle University
Training the Next Generation of Researchers

We have brought together expertise from across our partnership to design and deliver a range of training and career development opportunities at all levels

Our Impact at NIHR Newcastle BRC

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) brings together world-leading researchers and clinicians to turn early scientific breakthroughs into potential new treatments, diagnostics and health technologies for patients.

Our Research Themes

We have 8 research themes across the BRC

Projects and Stories

Our projects and impact stories spread across our research themes and showcase cutting edge research

News and Events

Event

18 March 2026 10 am - 4 pm

NIHR Newcastle BRC Celebration of Research Excellence - Research Capacity Building Event

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News

£3m Global Study Targets Drug-free Remission in Inflammatory Arthritis

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News

NIHR Newcastle BRC Welcomed EDI and PPIE Leads to a Joint Research Inclusion Meeting

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Our Impact

3600
Research Participants in 2024

315
Active Research Projects

74
Research Staff

31
PhD Students

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