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Read more about the article Government is missing its key healthy ageing targets and must act now, report finds

Government is missing its key healthy ageing targets and must act now, report finds

  • Post author:Lisa Fuller
  • Post published:16th January 2021
  • Post category:Other/Public Engagement/Publications/Report/Science Communication

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted stark inequalities in healthy life expectancy, according to a report into ageing published on Friday 15 January The report into healthy ageing has been published by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, following an in-depth inquiry for which CMAR's director  was Special Adviser

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Read more about the article Did you watch “The Truth about Getting Fit at Home” on BBC1

Did you watch “The Truth about Getting Fit at Home” on BBC1

  • Post author:Lisa Fuller
  • Post published:15th January 2021
  • Post category:Public Engagement/Science Communication

If you managed to catch this episode of “The Truth about Getting Fit at Home” at 9pm on the 13th of January, you might have caught a glimpse of CMARs Beth Phillips.

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Read more about the article ‘The ageing immune system and COVID-19’ now published on the British Society for Immunology’s website

‘The ageing immune system and COVID-19’ now published on the British Society for Immunology’s website

  • Post author:Lisa Fuller
  • Post published:11th November 2020
  • Post category:Public Engagement/Publications/Report/Research/Science Communication

CMAR Director Professor Janet Lord contributed to the Taskforce’s latest report, ‘The ageing immune system and COVID-19’ which has now been published on the British Society for Immunology’s website. It is currently being sent to all parliamentarians in the House of Commons, House of Lords, the Senedd, the Scottish Parliament, and the Stormont, as well as a multitude of other stakeholders.

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Read more about the article Professor Paul Greenhaff contributes to  National Covid-19 Resilience Programme

Professor Paul Greenhaff contributes to National Covid-19 Resilience Programme

  • Post author:Lisa Fuller
  • Post published:9th November 2020
  • Post category:Public Engagement/Publications/Report/Research/Science Communication

CMAR Deputy Director Professor Paul Greenhaff contributed to 'A National Covid-19 Resilience Programme: Improving the health and wellbeing of older people during the pandemic' launched today. The Physiological Society and the Centre for Ageing Better brought together physiologists, nutritionists, geriatricians, physiotherapists and clinicians to discuss three critical areas where the impact of the pandemic and lockdown on older people required greater consideration.

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Read more about the article CMAR Student shortlisted for the 2020 Max Perutz Writing Award

CMAR Student shortlisted for the 2020 Max Perutz Writing Award

  • Post author:Lisa Fuller
  • Post published:1st October 2020
  • Post category:Award/Prize/Public Engagement/Science Communication

CMAR PhD student Jonathan Lewis has been shortlisted for the 2020 Max Perutz Science Writing Award, the MRC’s annual writing competition. Jonathan who is currently in his third year, wrote a piece titled ' To Infinity and Beyond: Finding Treatments for Space Travel Bone Loss '.

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#CoopedUp!

  • Post author:Lisa Fuller
  • Post published:2nd April 2020
  • Post category:Other/Public Engagement/Science Communication

Wondering how you can keep your immune system working efficiently whilst you are self-isolating? Professor Janet Lord, Director of CMAR and the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, tells us just how important exercise is for our immune system.

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Read more about the article Centre investigator brings science and art together to explore healthy ageing in a new exhibition

Centre investigator brings science and art together to explore healthy ageing in a new exhibition

  • Post author:Lisa Fuller
  • Post published:27th January 2020
  • Post category:Event/Public Engagement/Science Communication

The ‘CollAge’ exhibition will run from the 1 - 23 February and there will be a special launch event on Friday 31 January from 5.30pm to 7pm at Hockley Arts Club in Nottingham. CollAge was…

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Read more about the article Did you see one of CMAR’s researchers on BBC One with Michael Mosley last week?

Did you see one of CMAR’s researchers on BBC One with Michael Mosley last week?

  • Post author:Lisa Fuller
  • Post published:6th February 2018
  • Post category:Public Engagement/Science Communication

Dr Beth Phillips appeared on the new program called ‘The Truth About Getting Fit’. Beth who has previously featured in Michael Mosley’s ‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’ series, stepped up to put Michael through his paces with a set of high-intensity exercises she has devised based on squats, star jumps and running on the spot to get the maximum benefit in a short amount of time.

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Read more about the article The Eldest Elder

The Eldest Elder

  • Post author:Lisa Fuller
  • Post published:2nd February 2018
  • Post category:Birmingham 1000 Elders/Other/Public Engagement

Don Anderson, a member of the Birmingham 1000 Elders, celebrated his 100th birthday at the end of January. Centenarian Don celebrated his big day in style with a party for friends and family, and Professor Janet Lord went along to wish him well.

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Read more about the article Agewell 2017

Agewell 2017

  • Post author:Lisa Fuller
  • Post published:20th September 2017
  • Post category:Birmingham 1000 Elders/Event/Meeting/Public Engagement/Research/Science Communication

This year we broke from tradition and went off-campus to Carrs Lane Conference Centre in Birmingham City Centre for our annual Agewell event.

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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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