Tags: health and life sciences

The team will develop a computer program to screen mutations for potentially increased transmission and potential immune escape

An ‘early warning system’ for Covid-19 variants

Northumbria University is set to develop new methods for detecting Covid-19 ‘Variants of Concern’ and identifying potential ‘Variants of Interest’ following new funding from the national genome sequencing consortium, COG-UK.

Professor Annette Hand, the first Clinical Academic Professor in Nursing for the region

Renowned expert on Parkinson's appointed the region's first Clinical Academic Professor in Nursing

A renowned expert on Parkinson’s Disease has been appointed the North East and North Cumbria’s first Clinical Academic Professor in Nursing – one of the first key roles of its type in the UK.

There is a need to better understand what people require at the end of their lives

Vital research for end-of-life care

Academics at Northumbria University, Newcastle, are evaluating Rapid Response Services to improve end-of-life care in new research funded by Marie Curie.

Dr Vikki Park

Senior lecturer is ‘on board’ with appointment to independent think tank

A globally influential charity which works to promote the benefits of workforce professional development has welcomed a Northumbria University academic to its national board.

Northumbria to lead chemical industries’ green recovery research consortium

Northumbria to lead chemical industries’ green recovery research consortium

Northumbria University has been named as part of a multimillion-pound research consortium that will help transform the UK’s manufacturing and construction sectors.

Professor John Dean

Exceptional service medal recognises voluntary work of Northumbria Professor

The Royal Society of Chemistry has bestowed a second major honour on a Northumbria University academic.Just 12 months after the Royal Society of Chemistry honoured Professor John Dean with an Inspirational Member Award, his outstanding service to the Society has won further recognition.Professor Dean, of the Department of Applied Sciences, has now been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Awar

Northumbria expert leads ground-breaking forensic study on 18th century Caribbean graveyard

Northumbria expert leads ground-breaking forensic study on 18th century Caribbean graveyard

The remains of skeletons found at one of the largest cemeteries for enslaved people in the Caribbean are being studied at Northumbria University.

Northumbria’s Summer 2021 Newspaper is out now!

Northumbria’s Summer 2021 Newspaper is out now!

The Summer 2021 edition of Northumbria University News is now available to read online.

Care workers have been at the forefront of battling Covid-19

Can Psychological First Aid help improve care workers’ wellbeing?

Academics at Northumbria University, Newcastle, and the University of Highlands and Islands, Scotland, are investigating Psychological First Aid training as a tool to support care workers’ wellbeing amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Previous research has revealed concerns around the suitability of current remote healthcare.

New funding for research into remote healthcare for eating disorders during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond

Northumbria University health and cyber psychologist Dr Dawn Branley-Bell has been awarded a Medical Research Foundation Fellowship – one of four projects supported by £1.1 million of new funding to tackle eating disorders and self-harm.

Professor Renata Gomes, Chief Scientific Officer at Blind Veterans UK and Visiting Professor at Northumbria University

Victory over Blindness: Northumbria University to welcome Blind Veterans’ Chief Scientific Officer for public lecture

Professor Renata Gomes, Chief Scientific Officer at Blind Veterans UK and newly appointed Visiting Professor at Northumbria University, is to deliver a virtual public lecture on Blind Veterans UK’s research - sharing knowledge for the benefit of wider humanity.

A Yellow-eyed penguin with her chick

Protecting endangered, Yellow-eyed penguins from fatal infections

A team of researchers, led by Northumbria University, have been working to understand and develop a vaccine for an infection that’s been killing off rare penguins in New Zealand. Yellow-eyed penguins, locally known as hoiho (Māori name), are one of the world’s rarest species. They are native to New Zealand and its outlying islands. Hoiho breeding pairs have been rapidly declining for over two deca

Promoting Covid-19 preventive behaviours in Guatemala

‘Languageless’ public health messaging to fight the pandemic

Academics from Northumbria University, Newcastle, have developed public health messaging materials with a difference to overcome communication challenges in Guatemala.

Since joining the consortium, Northumbria University has sequenced over 11,000 SARS-CoV-2 genomes.

Mapping Covid-19 – one year on

Over the last year, academics from Northumbria University have been working with partners in the Covid-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium to map how COVID-19 spreads and evolves.

New Alliance calls for urgent action from local authorities to ensure £220m school holiday programme works for the most disadvantaged

New Alliance calls for urgent action from local authorities to ensure £220m school holiday programme works for the most disadvantaged

Leading not-for-profit groups - including experts from Northumbria University - come together to offer invaluable practical expertise to help local authorities scale-up the Government’s £220 million Holiday Activities and Food programme.

PBM-HALETM (left) is currently being evaluated in European hospitals to demonstrate where aerosolised virus arises from in infected individuals. PulmoBioMed are working to reduce the product into a lipstick-sized device (concept version on the right)

New Northumbria University spinout - PulmoBioMed - to develop world-leading medical device

Scientists at Northumbria University have worked with the institution’s Research and Innovation Services to launch a medtech spinout company whose lead product for collecting breath samples could revolutionise diagnosis of a range of diseases, including Covid-19.

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EXPERT COMMENT: Six tips for coping when the news is getting to you

In an article written for The Conversation, Dr Dawn Branley-Bell, Chartered Psychologist and Research Fellow in Psychology at Northumbria University, shares some tips of what we can do to look after ourselves if we feel overwhelmed or 'triggered' by news stories.

Diphtheria risks becoming ‘major global threat’ again as it evolves resistance to antimicrobials

Diphtheria risks becoming ‘major global threat’ again as it evolves resistance to antimicrobials

Diphtheria is evolving to become resistant to a number of classes of antibiotics and in future could lead to vaccine escape, warn an international team of researchers from the UK and India. Their findings are published today (Monday 8 March) in Nature Communications.

The partnership between Northumbria’s Northern Hub for Veterans and Military Families Research and Fighting with Pride is the first of its kind in the UK. (Shutterstock: 1506427451)

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP TO REVOLUTIONISE SUPPORT FOR LGBT+ VETERANS

Northumbria University and Fighting With Pride - The LGBT+ Armed Forces Charity – have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a shared mission of transforming support for LGBT+ Veterans.

It is hoped that the antiviral coating could be used on high-contact surfaces such as handrails on public transport, hospital trolleys or shop till-points.

INNOVATIVE ANTIVIRAL COATING TO REDUCE SPREAD OF COVID-19

Academics at Northumbria University, Newcastle, have been backed by the Government’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) to develop an antiviral coating suitable for use on everyday surfaces.

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