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Article featured in MRC Life Publication

  • By Lisa Fuller

Professor Janet Lord, Director of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research appeared on the BBC’s How to Stay Young programme on Thursday 7th April at 9 pm, offering her expertise on the ‘Sit to Rise’ test, an easy-to-administer test, measuring flexibility and strength in older people. Clips from the show, which was presented by Angela Rippon, have been wide-reaching and featured on a number of other programmes including The One Show (Thursday 7th of April), BBC Woman’s Hour (listen at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b075mdvm), and in the Guardian.

This month the MRC has featured an article, written by Janet herself detailing the experience of working with the BBC and Angeal Rippon to produce the hour-long show. The article which can be found in the June/July 2016 edition of MRC Life (pages 6 and 7). Read the article here.

View photographs from the filming

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Medical Research Council Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research

We are funded by the Medical Research Council and Versus Arthritis, we are a Centre of Excellence in Musculoskeletal (MSK) Ageing Research. We are integrating and expanding complementary research and postgraduate training activity of the two leading Midlands based Universities, the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham, together with their associated NHS hospital trusts.

Versus Arthritis came to life in September 2018 as a result of the merger of two of UK’s largest arthritis charities – Arthritis Research UK and Arthritis Care

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