About Us
Professor John Isaacs became Director of the Institute in January 2013
The Institute of Cellular Medicine was established in 2008 to carry out world-class research to deliver advances in the understanding of human disease and to translate that knowledge to improved diagnostics and therapeutics for patient benefit.
We are based in a number of locations across the University Medical School and currently have over 260 staff, including 87 academic members, 120 researchers, 37 technical staff and 160 post graduate students. Through Newcastle Biomedicine, we have a close working relationship with areas of clinical speciality within Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with over half of our academic staff being clinicians.
Our focus is on cutting edge medical research areas which explore the basis of disease, develop new methods for diagnosis and treatment, derive new treatments and assess their impacts in practice.
In the last 3 years we have been awarded more than £38m in research funding from Research Councils, Charities, Government and the European Union.
We contribute fully to the Newcastle University undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes as well as offering a stimulating environment for postgraduate research in fundamental science and translational medicine.
We have a varied academic seminar programme, and offer outreach and work experience to the next generation of scientists and clinicians through our engagement programme.
We are committed to providing excellent facilities and environment for research and are working towards achieving equality in career progression. In recognition of this we were awarded Athena SWAN Silver status in April 2013.
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