Northover was awarded a research fellowship at University College London and St Mark's Hospital from 1980 to 1983, and a further research fellowship in 1983–84 at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London.
Northover was granted two research fellowships during his career: one at University College London and St Mark's Hospital from 1980 to 1983, and another at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London from 1983 to 1984.