Research Capacity Development
We welcome trainees from diverse academic backgrounds with the aim of enabling them to develop essential skills in inter-disciplinary research.
Our alumni include medical doctors, epidemiologists and biomedical scientists undertaking everything from summer placements and undergraduate projects through to Masters level dissertations and PhDs. You can read about the range of research undertaken by our current trainees by viewing the profiles below.
If you are interested in training opportunities with us please contact our Research Capacity Development Lead: jonny.bunn@newcastle.ac.uk
Trainees and PhD Students
Please see our People page for current trainees and PhD students.
Masters Students
Details of previous Masters students can be found in the section below.
Placement Students and Alumni
Hermione Anderson
- Masters student
Dr Fred Barker
- Academic Foundation Programme Doctor
Matthew Birkbeck
- Clinical PhD Fellow & Clinical Scientist
- Email: matt.birkbeck@newcastle.ac.uk
- Matthews PhD focusses on the application of MRI in Neuromuscular ageing
Megan Boulton
- Undergraduate 3rd Year Medical Student
- Email: m.g.boulton2@newcastle.ac.uk
- Megan undertook a three-week placement in order to gain insight into the research carried out by the AGE research group.
Katherine Bowden-Brown
- Masters Student
Claudia Cheung
- Undergraduate 5th Year Medical Student
- Email: c.s.h.l.cheung1@newcastle.ac.uk
Rebecca Chungath
- Masters student
Finlay Clarkson
- Undergraduate Medical Student
- Finlay undertook a three-week placement to gain insight into the research activities of the AGE Research Group.
Joseph Dean
- Masters Student
William Doherty
- Masters Student
Amie Ellis
- MSci Biomedical Sciences Student
- Amie undertook a five-week placement to gain an insight into clinical research that takes place at the AGE Research Group.
Leena Habiballa
- NIHR Newcastle BRC PhD student
Alice Hari Soejono
- MRes Ageing Health Student
- Alice is an intercalating medical student from the University of Indonesia, enrolled in the Master of Research in Ageing and Health program at Newcastle University.
Dr Ashley Hart
- Academic Foundation Programme Doctor
Eleanor Hayes
- PhD Student
- Email: e.j.hayes2@newcastle.ac.uk
- Eleanor's PhD focused on characterising the magnitude and time-course of symptoms of exercise induced muscle damage in older adults.
Sharlene Jaiswal
- Masters student
Daisy Kershaw
- Masters Student
Raka Polyma
- 2nd Year Medical Student
- A second year medical student undertaking a summer NIHR studentship focusing on potential therapeutic interventions for sarcopenia.
James Prowse
- Masters student
Ni Putu Menganti Harum Putrinata
- Masters student
Dr Lucy Rimmer
- Academic Foundation Programme Doctor
- Email: lucy.rimmer@newcastle.ac.uk
Peter Robinson
- Undergraduate Medical Student
- Peter undertook a four-week placement in his third year as a medical student at Newcastle University.
Thomas Stubbs
- Masters Student
Rachel Turner
- Third year Biomedical Sciences Student (UG)
