Research at the Institute for Ageing and Health
We pride ourself on world-class research with impact. Our wide-ranging programme of investigation involving a core of around 200 researchers and postgraduate students, and with an average grant income in excess of £6.5M per year. Much of that income is from competitive awards by national research councils.
Our research is co-ordinated in six multi-disciplinary themes:
- Biology of Ageing
- Experimental Medicine and Clinical Translation for Patient Benefit
- Nutrition and Oral Health
- Ageing Health and Society
- Technology for an Ageing Population
As a multi-disciplinary research institute with programmes linked across the University, our work is undertaken in a variety of environments, both established and emerging. Our core research is consistently rated 5 or 5* at RAE.
Because of the broad multi-disciplinary range of our research, a proportion of our research is undertaken within research centres and facilities lead from or strongly associated with the Institute. In particular, much of our clinical research is undertaken in the context of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre in Ageing, which the Institute took a lead role in establishing and which provides strong research links to a broad range of clinical activities in local NHS Trusts.
In addition, we host the Newcastle Brain Tissue Resource which holds a nationally recognised collection of well characterised post-mortem brain tissue from control subjects and people with Alzheimer's Disease and related conditions.
Information is available regarding our Institute's Research Assessment Exercise for 2008.
