Newcastle Biomedicine http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/ Marketing sub-brand for biomedical activity at Newcastle University en-gb Catherine.McDonald@newcastle.ac.uk webmaster@ncl.ac.uk Sir Liam Donaldson appointed Chancellor http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/university-appoints-sir-liam-donaldson-as-chancellor-copy Newcastle University has appointed Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, the UK's Chief Medical Officer, as its Chancellor. 0000-00-00T00:00:00 2009-06-22T11:23:00 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/university-appoints-sir-liam-donaldson-as-chancellor-copy AllFaculty of Medical SciencesNews Research survey confirms world class status http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/research-survey-confirms-newcastle-university-s-world-class-status-copy Newcastle University has reaffirmed its position as one of the UK’s top 20 research institutions, with the publication of the UK’s official survey of research quality, the Research Assessment Exercise 2008. 0000-00-00T00:00:00 2008-12-18T11:29:00 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/research-survey-confirms-newcastle-university-s-world-class-status-copy AllFaculty of Medical SciencesNews Newcastle to lead the way in drug development http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/newcastle-to-lead-the-way-in-drug-development-copy A ;20m centre that will train the scientists of the future in a bid to plug the gap in the UK’s drug development industry is being launched at Newcastle University. 0000-00-00T00:00:00 2008-12-04T11:51:00 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/newcastle-to-lead-the-way-in-drug-development-copy AllFaculty of Medical SciencesNews Pop legend supports vital research http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/pop-legend-supports-vital-research Sir Cliff Richard is fronting a TV appeal for research into Alzheimers at Newcastle University. 0000-00-00T00:00:00 2008-10-16T09:21:00 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/pop-legend-supports-vital-research AllFaculty of Medical SciencesNews University academic leads the way for NHS http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/university-academic-leads-the-way-for-nhs Health minister, Lord Darzi, has announced a new role for Professor John Burn 0000-00-00T00:00:00 2008-10-09T14:22:00 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/university-academic-leads-the-way-for-nhs AllFaculty of Medical SciencesNews Newcastle and Durham scientists to get over £2 million for cancer imaging http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/newcastle-and-durham-scientists-to-get-over-2-million-for-cancer-imaging Newcastle University scientists are set to receive a major cash boost to develop the latest cancer imaging technologies. 0000-00-00T00:00:00 2008-10-04T09:21:00 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/newcastle-and-durham-scientists-to-get-over-2-million-for-cancer-imaging AllFaculty of Medical SciencesNews Parents should stop trying to be perfect, suggest researchers http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/parents-should-stop-trying-to-be-perfect-suggest-researchers Parenting is no more in crisis today than it has ever been, says Newcastle University researchers. 0000-00-00T00:00:00 2008-10-01T09:18:00 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/parents-should-stop-trying-to-be-perfect-suggest-researchers AllFaculty of Medical SciencesNews Children's physical activity levels hugely overestimated http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/copy3 Children's physical activity levels have been greatly overestimated, with true levels likely to be around six times lower than national data suggests, researchers have found. 0000-00-00T00:00:00 2008-09-29T18:00:00 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/copy3 AllFaculty of Medical SciencesNews Older people in supermarket fact-finding visit to Berlin http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/older-people-in-supermarket-fact-finding-visit-to-berlin1 A group of older people together with a researcher from Newcastle University are visiting a German supermarket designed for the over- 50s to see what could be adopted by British supermarkets. 0000-00-00T00:00:00 2008-09-11T10:45:00 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/older-people-in-supermarket-fact-finding-visit-to-berlin1 AllFaculty of Medical SciencesNews Contraceptive pill influences partner choice http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/contraceptive-pill-influences-partner-choice The contraceptive pill may disrupt a woman’s natural ability to choose a partner genetically dissimilar to themselves, research at the Universities of Liverpool and Newcastle has found. 0000-00-00T00:00:00 2008-08-13T13:57:00 http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/news/item/contraceptive-pill-influences-partner-choice AllFaculty of Medical SciencesNews