Top Researchers
Top Medicine Researchers at Newcastle University for 2026
Newcastle University’s recent work in Medicine spans a wide clinical and translational range, from imaging and eye health to geriatrics, neurology, surgery, and cardiovascular science. The papers below reflect a research community engaging with practical questions in patient care, diagnosis, and long-term outcomes.
Across the last year, these researchers have contributed to studies on care homes, kidney disease, dementia, ophthalmic imaging, and more. Together, their output offers a useful snapshot of how medicine at Newcastle University is connecting specialist inquiry with everyday clinical challenges.
Featured Researchers
David Steel
David Steel’s recent work at Newcastle University centers on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Ophthalmology, with studies on retinal pigment scoring and OCT biomarkers in macular disease.
Activity over the last year: 28 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Machine learning derived retinal pigment score from ophthalmic imaging shows ethnicity is not biology (Jan 2025)
- Baseline OCT Biomarkers Predicting Visual Outcomes in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Jun 2025)
- Baseline OCT Biomarkers Associated with Visual Acuity in Diabetic Macular Edema (Aug 2025)
Barbara Hanratty
Barbara Hanratty focuses on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Geriatrics and Gerontology, including care-home data, quality of life, and disability-free life expectancy.
Activity over the last year: 25 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Piloting a minimum data set for older people living in care homes in England: a developmental study (Jan 2025)
- Assessing the feasibility of measuring residents’ quality of life in English care homes and the construct validity and internal consistency of measures completed by staff proxy: a cross-sectional study (Jan 2025)
- Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in activities of daily living disability-free life expectancy in England: a modelling study (Mar 2025)
John A. Sayer
John A. Sayer’s recent Newcastle University output spans Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, alongside guideline and consensus work on kidney disease and urolithiasis.
Activity over the last year: 24 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- European Association of Urology Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urolithiasis (Apr 2025)
- Chronic Kidney Disease of unexplained cause (CKDx): a consensus statement by the Genes & Kidney Working Group of the ERA (May 2025)
- Characterization of the Cystic Phenotype Associated with Monoallelic ALG8 and ALG9 Pathogenic Variants (Feb 2025)
Linda Sharp
Linda Sharp’s work at Newcastle University combines Oncology and Economics and Econometrics, with attention to colorectal polyp management, symptomatic testing, and endoscopy services.
Activity over the last year: 22 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- BSG/ACPGBI guidance on the management of colorectal polyps in patients with limited life expectancy (Apr 2025)
- Practitioner perspectives on symptomatic faecal immunochemical testing in the UK: a qualitative interview study (Jan 2025)
- Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) services across the UK (Sep 2025)
Ajay Malviya
Ajay Malviya’s Newcastle University publications are concentrated in Surgery, including platelet-rich plasma for trochanteric pain syndrome, osteotomy outcomes, and hip preservation surgery.
Activity over the last year: 19 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Efficacy of Platelet-Rich Plasma Versus Placebo for the Treatment of Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (Jan 2025)
- Increased Risk of Stress Fractures Following Second-Side Periacetabular Osteotomy: A Retrospective Cohort Study (Oct 2025)
- The trajectory of patient‐reported outcomes after hip preservation surgery: A National Registry Study (Aug 2025)
Tiago F. Outeiro
Tiago F. Outeiro works across Neurology, Physiology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, with recent papers on pesticides, Alzheimer’s disease, and blood–brain barrier integrity.
Activity over the last year: 22 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The neurotoxicity of pesticides: Implications for Parkinson's disease (Apr 2025)
- The role of insulin resistance and APOE genotype on blood–brain barrier integrity in Alzheimer's disease (Feb 2025)
- Glycation in Alzheimer’s Disease and Type 2 Diabetes: The Prospect of Dual Drug Approaches for Therapeutic Interventions (May 2025)
Robert H. Anderson
Robert H. Anderson’s Newcastle University contributions connect Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Molecular Biology through consensus statements and anatomical studies of atrial conduction.
Activity over the last year: 20 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Ethical Use of Cadaveric Images in Anatomical Textbooks, Atlases, and Journals: A Consensus Response From Authors and Editors (Jan 2025)
- Regionalization of the atria for 3D electroanatomical mapping, cardiac imaging, and computational modelling: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the ESC (Jul 2025)
- The anatomy of atrial conduction: A review of anatomic landmarks integrated with computed tomographic virtual dissection to provide a road map for right atrial pacing (Oct 2025)
John‐Paul Taylor
John‐Paul Taylor’s recent research at Newcastle University spans Psychiatry and Mental health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Neurology, including work on Charles Bonnet syndrome, dementia with Lewy bodies, and brain normative modelling.
Activity over the last year: 23 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
What Newcastle University's Medicine Community Is Working On
The most common subfields point to a community working across molecular biology and neurology, with strong additional activity in imaging, ophthalmology, public health, geriatrics, cardiology, psychiatry, and surgery. That mix suggests a medicine environment focused on understanding disease mechanisms, improving diagnosis, and refining care pathways for patients across both specialist and everyday clinical settings.- Molecular Biology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Neurology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging - seen across 1 of the featured researchers
- Ophthalmology - seen across 1 of the featured researchers
- General Health Professions - seen across 1 of the featured researchers
These highlights show a medicine community with breadth as well as depth, moving between method development, clinical guidance, and applied patient research. Explore the profiles below to see how different specialties are shaping the university’s recent output, and consider using Resub to support your own citation discovery, manuscript formatting, and submission preparation workflows.
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