Our History

1982

Opening of the Newcastle University Cancer Research Unit (CRU)

The CRU provided the first laboratory home for cancer research in Newcastle, with 7 principal investigators.

1993

Opening of the Newcastle University Paediatric Oncology Unit

The POU laboratories were the first dedicated home for Newcastle’s childhood cancer researchers, focussing on research in leukaemia.

2005

Opening of the Paul O’Gorman Building

The £11M O’Gorman building was developed to provide state-of-the-art biomedical research facilities for our NICR principal investigators and their research teams.

2009

Cancer Research UK Centre status

We are home to the Cancer Research UK Newcastle Centre. It is one of 15 national centres delivering world-leading research that accelerates the transition of lab-based discovery to the clinic for the benefit of people affected by cancer.

• Find out more about CRUK research centres

2010

Opening of the Great North Children’s Hospital

The 246 bed Great North Children’s Hospital ensures that the care we offer to each and every child is second to none. As the regional referral centre for North East England, it serves a >3 million population and houses our childhood clinical research teams and paediatric ECMC centre.

 

2019

Launch of the Newcastle University Centre for Cancer

Our multi-disciplinary Centre opened in 2019, replacing the NICR. The Centre brings together all cancer and cancer-related researchers from across all three Faculties at Newcastle University, to make research advances and translate them to the clinic. It provides the research environment for >100 principal investigators and their teams.