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.

Dr Lucy Rimmer helps develop the Let’s Talk Research poster, postcards and booklets

Narrative review of current evidence on nutrition in the prevention and treatment of sarcopenia using a single nutrient, a whole food, and a whole diet approach.

Professor Avan Aihie Sayer delivers prestigious Harveian Oration at Royal College of Physicians.

Susan Hillman, Research Assistant in Medical Statistics, shares her thoughts on activity monitors.

AGE group members present work from the BEPOP programme at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Annual Conference.

AGE Research Group member Professor Miles Witham delivered an invited talk at the Drug Discovery 2024 conference in October 2024.

The final paper from the Lifestyle in Later Life – Older People’s Medicine (LiLL-OPM) Study has recently been published in BMC Geriatrics by members of the AGE Research Group.

This year the AGE Research Group welcomed 3 summer placement students and 1 MRes student with an interest in ageing research.

The AGE Research Group were delighted to host NUAct Fellow Dr Lizeth Sloot as part of our lunchtime seminar series.

The MASS Lifecourse study recruited its 260^th and final participant at the end of September 2024.

Professor Miles Witham presented work from the ADMISSION Research Collaborative as part of the recent Personalised Care Institute Annual Conference

We’re pleased to announce the publication of a new paper in BMJ Open.

Celebrating the last 5 years of our Muscle Ageing Sarcopenia Study (MASS Lifecourse) with over 70 of our research participants, guests and colleagues.

We’re delighted to announce the publication of a Nature Reviews Disease Primer on Sarcopenia