Why I Research

Chris leads on research focused on the microbiome and host responses in human health and disease, particularly focusing on early life from neonatal to childhood.

Alice is a PhD student at Newcastle University exploring opportunities to improve the food and drink environment in UK secondary schools. The research Alice runs is looking at opportunities to alter the secondary school food and drink environment with the aim of improving adolescents’ health-related behaviours.

Helen is an NHS researcher scientist and PhD student at Newcastle University. Helen is working on a project looking at a new medical device for imaging breast tissue with the aim of detecting more breast cancers in tissue which is difficult to image with mammography.

Andy is a Professor of Practice in Enabling Technologies at Newcastle University and aims to bring together technologists and methodologists from all job families in the faculty toward a true "team science", collaborative attitude to conducting cutting-edge research.

Courtney is a PhD researcher focussing on food insecurity and how this may affective cognition. Courtney’s research has predominantly focussed on the negative outcomes of not having enough, producing a body of literature concerned with the deficits of people in poverty.

Dr. David Hamilton joins us for a chat. David is a consultant ENT, head, neck, and thyroid surgeon at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.  David’s research focuses on patient centred decision making, informed consent and functional outcomes after cancer treatment.

This week we are delighted to have Dr. Laura Booi on the podcast. Laura is a social gerontologist focused on research and advocacy relating to brain health equity and dementia, globally and locally.

We spoke to Charlotte about her journey into dentistry and the importance of dentistry in the community.

We spoke to John about the future of organ transplants and the current research carried out by the NIHR blood and transplantation research unit into improving the longevity of organ transplants

We spoke to Doyin about the importance of having patients involved in training future doctors, and why this makes them better prepared for working in medicine.

We spoke to Claire about the importance of person focused research and the impacts of her work.

We speak to Emma about her research journey which has led her to the post she works in now, and the importance of the work of the BioResource centre.

Zach is a lecturer in psychology at Newcastle University. Zach chats to us about his research areas in psychology looking at things like drinking behaviours and experiences of women in STEM.

Laura is a senior Research Associate, investigating physical activity in childhood, and the associations between physical fitness and mental wellbeing. We spoke to Laura about what fitness means and why its important for young people.

This week we are delighted to start of the new series of Why I Research with Giorgia Perri. Giorgia is a final year PhD student just finishing up her thesis. We spoke to Giorgia about her research into nutrition and bone health, and how her childhood influenced her love of science and the natural world!

We talk to Louis Goffe about the research he's involved with investigating vaccine hesitancy around COVID-19.

We talk to PhD student Jennifer about her incredible journey into science, and the impacts she's hoping to make with her brilliant research in head and neck cancer.

We chat with Harley, a Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, about his research looking at computational modelling of arrhythmia.

PhD student Alison Jane talks about her research around Universal Credit in South Tyneside and the COVID-19 pandemic.

A chat with PhD student Charlotte, who is researching microbiology and how to treat C. Difficile without using antibiotics.

As she embarks on her PhD, Beth Nichol talks to the team about what got her interested in science, the Octahedron project and how it feels to be about to start a PhD.

A podcast discussing the fascinating topics in medical sciences and the people behind the science.