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 secured two research fellowships during his career: one from 1980 to 1983 at University College London and St Mark's Hospital, and another from 1983 to 1984 at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London.