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.

The AGE Research Group is proud to spotlight our latest cohort of outstanding PhD students, funded by the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre's Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity theme.

Members of the AGE Research Group have been awarded funding to undertake public engagement work about delirium and multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) with older people.

A visit from renowned neuromuscular physiology expert results in a collaborative publication on sarcopenia and periodic paralysis

We are delighted to announce that Dr Catherine Dotchin has joined the AGE Research Group as Clinical Senior Lecturer

Professor Avan Sayer Co-Leads a Cross-NIHR Collaboration (CNC) Launched to Tackle Multiple Long-term Conditions (MLTC)

Two clinical researchers from the AGE Research Group have been awarded highly sought-after Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers from the Academy of Medical Sciences.