Child Health Research Group
Mission statement
To conduct high quality Child Health research within Newcastle University, the Health Services and the Community.
Research Achievements
The Child Health Research Group includes several research teams focussing on research in children:
- The Neurodevelopment and Disability Groups have programmes of work around: assessment and amelioration of neural damage; developmental underpinnings and evaluation of interventions for autism and mental health disorders; quality of life of children with cerebral palsy.
- The Paediatric Epidemiology Group have a focus around epidemiology and population studies, many related to Neurodevelopment and Cancer;
- The Paediatric Immunology Group has major research interests in the epidemiology of primary immunodeficiency and treatment, long term results of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for primary immunodeficiency, and identification and characterisation of the molecular aspects of selected primary immunodeficiency disorders.
- The Childhood Cancer Research Group is involved in laboratory-based and translational cancer research and in major national and international randomised controlled trials.
- Other teams: Endocrinology, Gastroenterology (with strong links to the MRC overseas Research Laboratory in Gambia), Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Nephrology, Rheumatology and Respiratory Diseases.
Research Strategy
- To develop a perspective and voice for academic Child Health amongst doctors and other health professionals who work with children, in the context of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, the Great North Children’s Hospital and local health service Trusts;
- To strengthen and develop the existing research topics within Child Health;
- To foster, support and integrate the research of new clinician scientists;
- To educate and mentor future clinical academics;
- To use regular meetings to realise some of the above, especially for those working at the Great North Children’s Hospital
Research in Child Health in Newcastle University is organised through
Institutes:
- Institute of Cellular Medicine
- Institute of Health and Society
- Institute of Genetic Medicine
- Institute of Neurosciences
- Northern Institute for Cancer Research
Research Groups:
- Childhood Cancer
- Applied Immunobiology and Transplantation
- Neural Development, Plasticity and Repair
- Musculoskeletal Research
in collaboration with NHS Trusts:
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Children’s Services and Women’s Services)
- Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Staff List
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Professor Andrew Cant
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Dr Timothy Cheetham
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Professor Allan Colver
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Nicholas Embleton
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Professor Janet Eyre
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Dr Rob Forsyth
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Professor Helen Foster
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Dr Andrew Gennery
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Professor Andy Hall
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Professor Ann Le Couteur
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Professor Helen McConachie
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Dr Richard McNally
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Dr Jeremy Parr
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Dr Mark Pearce
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Dr Lindsay Pennington
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Professor Judith Rankin
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Dr Christopher Redfern
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Dr Julian Thomas
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Dr Gareth Veal
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Professor Josef Vormoor
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Dr Kevin Windebank
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Dr Christopher Wren
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