Under the Researcher Links scheme offered within the Newton Fund, the British Council and FAPESP will be holding a workshop on the above theme in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 16th to 18th of March 2016.
Age Well went ahead as planned on Thursday the 10th of September 2015. This was the 6th annual event of its kind since it began in 2010. Once again, this year saw us move to a bigger venue as the event continues to grow in popularity with approximately 200 ‘delegates’ or attendees from the Birmingham 1000 Elders group.
On the 16th April 2015, members of the wider Nottingham community and local groups and organisations such as Age Concern, AgeUK, The University of the Third Age (U3A) and The Nottingham Elders’ Forum, met at the Nottingham Council House to engage in a discussion about healthy ageing with leading experts from the our Research Centre (CMAR) and those from our sister Centre CIMA (MRC/ Arthritis Research UK Centre for Integrated Research into Musculoskeletal Ageing)
‘Ho Ho Ho, A Story of Biology’ was the theme for Dr Rick Dunn‘s Christmas Lecture to year 7 pupils this year.
The British Science Festival is coming to Birmingham from the 6th to the 11th September and many of our Centre colleagues will be getting involved with various different events
Dr Michael Grey will be hosting this workshop for the Centre on Thursday 26th June 2014 in Lecture Theatre 1 in the School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences.
The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Birmingham visited the Centre to talk about the ‘Move-it-or-Lose-it‘ scheme with Professor Janet Lord and Move-it-or-Lose-it Director Julie Robinson.
The Geriatrics & Gerontology Section at the Royal Society of Medicine are organising a meeting on Thursday 20 March 2014: ‘Dignity and high-quality care for older people’ offering people the unique opportunity to hear Robert Francis QC, Serjeants’ Inn Chambers, to speak about the Francis Report and its effect on care.
CMAR PI Dr Rick Dunn, the systems biology theme lead, provided two Christmas science lectures to year 7 children on December 17th, 2013 to engage with the public about the importance of food and its impact on the human body in relation to health and ageing.