Project

Name of Project leader/team

 Start Date

Host Institute

Amount awarded

Neuro-developmental outcomes of  twins with different birth weights

Dr Ravi Swamy & Dr Nicholas Embleton Neonatology, Ward 35, Royal Victoria Infirmary 

Began in January 2008

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust

 £4,000

Are improvements in speech intelligibility by children with cerebral palsy associated with changes in the loudness and clarity of their voice?

Dr Lindsay Pennington School of Clinical Medical Sciences/Institute of Health & Sciences Newcastle University

September 2008

Newcastle University

 £9,277

Epigenetic programming of childhood obesity

Caroline Relton,PhD Paediatric & Lifecourse Epidemiologoy Research Group Newcastle University

 April 2008

Newcastle University

 £17,546

Development of an instrument to measure participation for adolescents with cerebral palsy

Dr Catherine Tuffrey Teaching Research  Fellow, North Tyneside General Hospital

 October 2008

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust

 £19,134

 TOTAL

 £49,957