Our task is to act as a Global Observatory and the National focal point and catalyst for research and innovation by companies, universities, research and development centres. It is a tangible collective of UK and Global Intelligence around ageing and longevity, which we are committed to identifying, collating, and sharing.
Aims to improve the understanding of the development of obesity, including the associated comorbidities (CVD and type 2 diabetes) and psychosocial conditions to identify effective preventative and management approaches.
Visit websiteAims to facilitate a cross-disciplinary research community to support the conduct of applied dementia research that will lead to improvements in the lives of people living with dementia and those who provide care and support to them.
Visit websiteConducts research on the science of pain and its management including pain sensitivity response, response to electrophysical stimuli, pain perception, epidemiology of pain, pain education and pain from injuries.
Visit websiteIts projects include ‘multifaceted podiatry intervention for falls prevention in older people’ and ‘detecting/managing pain in dementia patients in acute care settings’.
Visit websiteFocus on understanding how people work in (and experience) systems and services, helps them design and evaluate ways of improving those systems and services to benefit members of the public. Projects include ‘Frail older people and informal carers in primary care based clinical encounters’ and ‘prevalence, care and management of frailty in care home residents’.
Visit websiteGlobal centre of excellence in medical and biological engineering dedicated to improving the quality of life of an ageing population. Its major strengths are its multidisciplinary nature and its proactive combination of expertise in science, engineering, innovation and medicine which focuses on longer lasting joint replacements, and tissue sparing interventions.
Visit websiteDedicated to improving diagnosis, therapy, intervention and outcome across the spectrum of rheumatic and musculoskeletal medicine, including wide-ranging clinical, translational and basic research.
Visit websiteAt the forefront of advancing the healthcare agenda, driving positive change and developments in national and international healthcare policy and practice. Areas of expertise relevant to Ageing Society include research on the healthcare workforce and on long-term conditions, including teams focussing on wound care and prevention and utilising technologies to promote self-care and management.
Visit websiteHosted in Bradford Institute for Health Research, the unit has become one of the largest elderly care applied health research units in the UK and has an established record of addressing key, clinically relevant questions in elderly care and stroke.
Visit websiteUses world-class research to improve quality of life of millions of people on an international scale. Finds new insights into musculoskeletal biology, eye and vision sciences, as well as examining functions like movement, metabolism and sight.
Visit websiteThis international centre is focused on tackling the biggest challenge in healthcare today: helping people to live as long and as healthily as possible. The £41 million campus will provide the physical space to support researchers, healthcare providers, businesses, local authorities and policy makers in working together to overcome significant health challenges.
Visit websiteConducting high quality interdisciplinary research and promoting research-led teaching around ageing, older people and age-related diseases.
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