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Institute of Gerontology
Brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines and has many long-standing research and teaching collaborations. Graduates work in strategic positions influencing the lives of older people.
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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.
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Ageing Research at King’s (ARK)
This cross-faculty multidisciplinary consortium brings together scholarship and research in ageing in several complementary areas. The primary purpose of ARK is to enhance multidisciplinary research collaborations within King’s to better understand the mechanisms of ageing and improving health-span.
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Glasgow Ageing Research Network
Combining clinical research, ecology and evolutionary biology, molecular and cellular biology, chemistry, engineering, psychology and social science, the Network explores all the facets of ageing, from the mechanisms underlying it to how ageing impacts on the lives of people and animals.
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Human Movement Science
Focuses on biomechanical and psychological interventions to support the maintenance of an active lifestyle in older age.
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Improving the Experience of Dementia and Enhancing an Active Life (IDEAL)
The largest study of living well with dementia in the UK. The evidence will enable the development of new policy, interventions and initiatives to transform the lives of people with dementia and their carers. The University of Exeter is now leading the second phase of this national study.
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Physical Activity and Health Across the Lifespan
Analyses influence of day-to-day behaviours including movement, inactivity and sleep on the health of individuals and populations across the lifespan into old age, to develop an understanding of how to measure and monitor health behaviours.
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Complex Disease (Epi)genomics Group
Utilises cutting-edge methods to explore the causes and consequences of molecular variation in the brain.
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Exeter Applied Neurophysiology Group
Performs biological and epidemiological research focusing on the causes of dementia and how to reduce the risk of developing dementia.
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The Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health (REACH)
Joint venture between the University of Exeter’s School of Psychology, Medical School’s Institute of Health Research, and PenCLAHRC. The aim of REACH is to improve the lives of older people and people with dementia.
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European Centre for Environment and Human Health (ECEHH)
Analyses the risks and benefits the environment poses to health and wellbeing. Research includes systematic reviews of older people’s sensory engagement with the natural world, including those living with dementia.v
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Centre for Regenerative Medicine
Located at Edinburgh BioQuarter. With new state-of-the-art facilities and a team of over 270 scientists and clinicians, the CRM is uniquely positioned to translate scientific knowledge to industry and the clinic. Research aims to develop new treatments for major diseases including cancer, heart disease, liver failure, diabetes and degenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s.
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Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology (CCACE)
Focus on the reciprocal influences of cognition and health across the human life course. The Centre is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
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