- Newcastle's Instutute of Ageing & Health (IAH) is recognised as Europe's leading centre for research into Ageing.
- The IAH's wide-ranging programme of investigation involves a core of around 200 researchers and postgraduate students, and attracts average grant income in excess of £6.5M per year.
- The IAH's core research is consistently rated 5 or 5* at RAE.
- The IAH hosts the Newcastle Brain Tissue Resource which holds a nationally recognised collection of well characterised post-mortem brain tissue from control subjects and people with Alzheimer's Disease and related conditions.
- Research undertaken at the centre has contributed to ground-breaking developments, including the Face, Arm, Speech, Time – or FAST – test for strokes, together with work to raise public awareness of the issues associated with ageing.
- The 'Newcastle 85+ Study' is a groundbreaking study which aims to identify the complex factors contributing to health in old age and help society plan for the health and care needs of today's and tomorrow's populations.
- A number of global companies, including Microsoft are working with researchers at Newcastle University’s Institute of Ageing & Health.
- The Newcastle University Medical School is one of the oldest in the world celebrating its 175th Anniversary in 2009
- The Newcastle NHS Foundation Trust Surgical Training Centre is unique in Europe and one of the only centres where students get to practice on cadavers.
- Healthcare and life science sector annual turnover is £8 billion employing 16% of the North East’s population
- £200m has been invested in healthcare facilities across the North East
- 33% of the UKs pharmaceutical GDP is generated in the North East
To find out more about the region's pioneering work in this area visit the IAH website
