The House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee, under the Chairmanship of Lord Patel, is conducting an inquiry into ageing and CMAR Director Janet Lord has been appointed as Special Advisor
Nima Gharahdaghi and Natalie Shur won prestigious Young Investigator Prizes for their oral presentations at the annual meeting of the European College of Sports Sciences
CMAR-funded PhD student Dan McCormick received a poster prize at this week’s annual meeting of the Physiological Society
The MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research is currently inviting applications for the following 9 funded PhD studentships to begin in October 2019
In October 2018, bespoke Centre training included two-days across both Universities sites, with a focus on the Centres research platforms and technologies.
Centre Co-Director Professor Paul Greenhaff will be awarded an honorary doctorate in Medicine by the University of Copenhagen next month at a ceremony attended by the Queen of Denmark.
We are delighted to announce that Centre Principal Investigator Dr Beth Phillips, Assistant Professor in Clinical, Metabolic & Molecular Physiology in the Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine has been chosen as the recipient of The Physiological Society’s inaugural 2018 R Jean Banister Prize Lecture.
CMAR Researchers at the University of Birmingham and researchers at King’s College London have found that staying active keeps the body young and healthy.
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.
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.
We are now accepting applications from enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals for 10 PhD studentships funded through the MRC-ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing. These are fully funded 3-year studentships, beginning on 1st of October 2018.
CMAR funded clinical PhD student, Dr Daisy Wilson, won the scientific prize at the British Geriatrics Society (BGS).