Absolutely delighted to have received this award from TASME Association for the Study of Medical Education to further and strengthen my collaboration with UofZimbabwe and Trust Zaranyika, increasing and innovating teaching in #GeriatricMedicine in the Global South with Celia Gregson 🥳

1 week to go to apply for our The Dunhill Medical Trust PhD. It is part of our NIHR Research RCT (led by me and Andrew Clegg) of #CGA and #rehab for older people with #HFpEF and #frailty 👇👇 University of Exeter PenARC (NIHR ARC South West Peninsula) University of Exeter Faculty of Health & Life Sci

So as expected, frailer older people falling and fracturing more post social restrictions and covid :( Sarah De Biase AGILE Sue Dewhirst Dr Hannah Barbour Lis Boulton 🌹 Miles Witham SarahLeyland RoSPA Royal Osteoporosis Society for professionals @gerisoc Tash Masud
more - academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

Great news PERFORM feasibility protocol paper has been published in the BMJ Open 🎉bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/4/e… WELL DONE to everyone who contributed👏PERFORM Trial Sally Singh Leicester Clinical Trials Unit Rachael Evans

To say it’s been an honour and a privilege to lead our specialty society doesn’t do it justice. Every day brings an opportunity to make a difference. And the next incumbent will work closely with Jugdeep Dhesi, which means the opportunities will flow fast and furious. Just do it!

Very excited that Newcastle University have written a blog about our recently published work!

Read the full paper here 👉academic.oup.com/ageing/article…

'The BGS congratulates Dr Tom Downes Tom Downes and we look forward to working with him in his NCD role. We also thank Dr Adrian Hayter Dr Adrian Hayter for his service to older people’s healthcare over the past 4 years.” - BGS President Adam Gordon bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

#BRCresearch themes collaborate and interact with each other, and this was very much in evidence at our Celebration of Research Excellence event.

Miles Witham shares his main takeaways of the day✍️🔗research.ncl.ac.uk/ageresearchgro…
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The team of the Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity Theme showcased studies, trials and findings to participants.

More about the theme🔗newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/ageing-sarcope…

#BRCresearch AGE Research Group Karen Suetterlin Miles Witham Avan Sayer Antoneta Granic Chris Hurst
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At the NIHR Newcastle BRC Celebration of Research Excellence event in March, our 8 research themes showcased their research through posters tours.

Find out more about our themes and research⤵️
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Delighted that results and recommendations from wave 1 of our #BEPOP national exercise benchmarking programme now out in #JFSF . jfsf.eu/accepted/JFSF-…. A great three way effort from NIHR Newcastle BRC AGILE and British Geriatrics Society. Now firing up for Wave 2 - get in touch! @newcastleage

✍️Great blog post from our very own Miles Witham reflecting on the fantastically successful NIHR Newcastle BRC Showcase of Research Excellence earlier this month.
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Our research themes benefit from patient and public involvement, but so does the wider health and research landscape.
The NIHR Newcastle BRC Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity theme share insights into how to design a public engagement event ⤵️ #BRCresearch newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/patient-and-pu…

Interested in doing a The Dunhill Medical Trust PhD on #bloodpressure and #rehab University of Exeter Faculty of Health & Life Sci 👇👇

🚨 Really Exciting Job Opportunity

Come and work in our Inflammation and Ageing Uni of Birmingham team and study dynamic resilience, frailty, and biology.

Take time off the treadmill of NHS working, be refreshed, and get a PhD out of it

Doctors/AHPs apply here 1/

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💡New case study out on our website today: How to design a public engagement event for an underserved group of older study participants✅
Helen Atkinson Miles Witham NIHR Newcastle BRC NIHR Research research.ncl.ac.uk/ageresearchgro…

Can't believe the wonderful Eileen Burns is riding off into the sunset next week. Thank you for your amazing advocacy for older people's care in so many arenas over so many years. You'll be missed! British Geriatrics Society

“We thoroughly enjoyed the experience and were blown away by the incredibly wide scope of the studies, networks and the obvious expertise of the speakers and teams.” – John & Joan Bedlington LIVErNORTH.

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A warm welcome by Justine Ina Davies and Rachel Jordan MPH PhD to this exciting showcase:

Thank you to Prof. Charlotte Watts from Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office for sharing insights with our very own Justine Ina Davies during our Global Health Research Showcase!