Ageing and Health | Newcastle University

Health Innovation Neighbourhood

We’re creating the world’s first health innovation neighbourhood to shape the future of health and ageing. The Newcastle city-centre site will bring together research, business, government, and the community. 

This ambitious £500m project will grow our leading research on ageing. The neighbourhood will offer new and creative ideas for how we live, have fun, learn, and work. 

Learn more about the Health Innovation Neighbourhood 

Clinical Ageing Research Unit

Our Clinical Ageing Research Unit (CARU) is a £5.5m research facility funded by the Wellcome Trust and Wolfson Foundation. Our main goal is to develop early assessment and intervention strategies for age-associated degenerative conditions. CARU offers a patient-friendly setting for phase II-IV clinical studies in the older patient. 

Centres of Research Excellence

Several of our Centres of Research Excellence underpin our work in ageing and health including: 

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