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NHS COVID-19 Vaccine Research Registry
Join the national effort and sign up for the NHS COVID-19 vaccine research registry Be part of the fightback against the virus by volu...
- 26/01/2021
- Health & wellbeing, Health & Social Care Research, Infectious diseases
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Member Blog: A Scarf a Week keeps coronavirus away
After a minor stroke in early March, I had the idea in the middle of the night I would write a blog about my large collection of silk s...
- 10/12/2020
- Innovation for Ageing, Health & wellbeing
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Usability testing of coronavirus antibody kits: From a Zoom call with the public to a study of 14,400 people
When Imperial College was approached to run a programme of antibody testing that could estimate how many people in England had already ...
- 28/08/2020
- Health & wellbeing, Health & Social Care Research, Ageing, Big Data & Digital Health, Blood & Immune System, Infectious diseases
- Philippa Pristera
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BelleVie Care
BelleVie Care is a home care services company primarily based in Oxfordshire who are looking to improve the user experience of their cu...
- 26/08/2020
- Innovation for Ageing, Health & wellbeing, Housing
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onHand in the North East
We have been working with an innovative Tech for Good company to pilot their service in the North East of England. They match vetted vo...
- 05/08/2020
- Innovation for Ageing, Culture & Society, Health & wellbeing, Mobility & Transport
- Meera Vijayaraghavan
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Newcastle UNI-Health Programme - A brief summary of the week
This last week we finally enjoyed the second edition of UNI-Health program held in Newcastle University! The topic of this very special...
- 07/10/2019
- Housing, Mobility & Transport, Culture & Society, Health & wellbeing
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UNIHealth: A Personal Perspective - Barbara Douglas
Barbara Douglas of Elders Council of Newcastle participated in two visits to the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid as part of the UNI H...
- 24/09/2019
- Housing, Mobility & Transport, Culture & Society, Health & wellbeing
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Countdown to the UNI Health Newcastle Programme begins!
We’re now just a few days away from the start of Newcastle UNI Health programme week on 30 September. “UNIversity exchange programme cr...
- 19/09/2019
- Health & wellbeing, Culture & Society, Mobility & Transport, Housing
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Creative arts therapies can help people with dementia socialise and express their grief
People with dementia can flourish and show creativity in ways they, their caregivers and loved ones never thought possible. Under the g...
- 26/08/2019
- Health & Social Care Research, Culture & Society, Dementia, Brain & Mind, Health & wellbeing
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Isabel Allende: How to live passionately—no matter your age
Author Isabel Allende is 71. Yes, she has a few wrinkles—but she has incredible perspective too. In this candid talk, meant for viewers...
- 23/08/2019
- Innovation for Ageing, Culture & Society, Health & wellbeing
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Jane Fonda: Life's third act
Within this generation, an extra 30 years have been added to our life expectancy -- and these years aren't just a footnote. Jane Fonda ...
- 16/08/2019
- Culture & Society, Health & wellbeing
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Susan Pinker: The secret to living longer may be your social life
The Italian island of Sardinia has more than six times as many centenarians as the mainland and ten times as many as North America. Why...
- 09/08/2019
- Culture & Society, Health & wellbeing
