Dr Sophia Amenyah delivers a masterclass in working with older people to deliver inclusive, co-produced nutrition research.

Transforming understanding of multiple long-term conditions in people admitted to hospital.

AGE Research Group members make a powerful impact at BGS Spring Meeting 2026.

Congratulations to Dr Claire McDonald who has won a Vivensa Academy Rising Star Excellent award.

Highlighting the Power of Collaboration in MLTC Research.

Congratulations to Professor Miles Witham, co-lead of the AGE Research Group, who has been appointed as a Senior Investigator by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

New AGE Group research conducted with NIHR Newcastle HealthTech Research Centre shows that clinical guidelines do not account for multiple long-term conditions.

The AGE Research Group welcomed Professor Samantha Harrison to speak about her NIHR-funded research to prevent falls in people living with COPD and MLTC.

AGE Research Group members contributed to a successful webinar, sharing results and good practice in strength training as part of the national BEPOP quality improvement initiative.

We are pleased to announce the publication of a landmark review on the mechanisms of human muscle fibre ageing, in Ageing Research Reviews.

Participants in one of the AGE Research Group’s flagship studies are being invited to take part in follow-up assessments, five to six years after their first visits.

Members of the AGE Research Group have published a new paper in the journal European Geriatric Medicine reporting on current practice in the management and diagnosis of sarcopenia in the UK.

BEPOP (Benchmarking Exercise Programme for Older People) is a national quality improvement, benchmarking and feedback initiative to improve the quality of resistance exercise training for older people living with frailty or sarcopenia.

In October 2024, Professor Avan Aihie Sayer was honoured to deliver the Harveian Oration at the Royal College of Physicians. The oration is now published online in Clinical Medicine (London).

Uniting the UK MLTC research community to share actionable insights and deliver impact.

At the recent NIHR Newcastle BRC Celebration of Excellence: Community event delegates had the opportunity to have their grip strength measured as part of an interactive demonstration.

Members of the AGE Research Group and the Northumbria Primary Care Research Team hosted a successful first coffee morning together at Cramlington Medical Group on Wednesday 5 March.

Clinical trial results published in the prestigious Lancet Healthy Longevity journal

Published in European Geriatric Medicine: ‘Approaches to characterising multimorbidity in older people accessing hospital care: a scoping review’.

A day that explored research, innovative clinical practice and collaboration in ageing, sarcopenia and multimorbidity.