{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Themes"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Dementia, Mental Health and Neurodegeneration"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Digital Health, Ageing Innovation and Inclusion"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Informatics and Precision Care for an Ageing Population"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Liver Disease, Multimorbidity and Lifestyle"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Musculoskeletal Disease and Inflammation Medicine"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Neuromuscular Disease, Rare Diseases and Mitochondrial Dysfunction"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Skin Disease, Oral Disease and Immunogenomics"}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The NIHR Newcastle BRC’s vision is to transform lives through world-leading research in ageing and multiple long-term conditions. We take 21st-century approaches to driving discoveries from the laboratory into the clinic to advance diagnosis, treatment and prevention for complex patient groups often not represented in experimental medicine research."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Our eight research themes bring a breadth and depth of world-leading experimental medicine research expertise where we can drive forward health improvements in areas that matter to patients and the NHS. As the only NIHR funded BRC dedicated to the study of ageing and multiple long-term conditions we are a national centre of excellence committed to the development of a skilled interdisciplinary academic workforce focused on tackling the increasing health and societal challenges of ageing and multiple long-term conditions in the UK."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Our BRC has five overarching strategic objectives:"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Excellence through themes with breadth and depth of world-leading research enabled by an actively inclusive research culture to foster diversity"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Impact through research meeting patient need and embedded patient and public involvement"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Synergy through BRC-wide programmes of research to maximise effectiveness of NIHR BRC funding and leverage funding for onward translation "}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Partnership building through a network of collaborations involving the AHSC, TRCs, other BRCs, wider NIHR infrastructure, research charities and industry"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Capacity building though collaborative leadership and training opportunities to build a flourishing interdisciplinary pipeline of translational researchers for the future"}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"https://newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk","target":"_blank","rel":"noopener noreferrer nofollow","class":null}}],"text":"https://newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Contact: "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"href":"mailto:Newcastle.BRC@newcastle.ac.uk","target":"_blank","rel":"noopener noreferrer nofollow","class":null}}],"text":"Newcastle.BRC@newcastle.ac.uk"}]}]}
