Emma Vardy

Professor Emma Vardy is a Professor of Geriatric Medicine and Honorary Clinical Chair at the Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre (MAHSC), University of Manchester. She holds roles as NIHR Ageing Specialty Lead for North West England and Deputy Ageing Theme Lead at Greater Manchester Applied Research Collaboration. Her clinical and academic career spans geriatric medicine, with expertise in delirium, dementia, and frailty. She completed a PhD at the University of Leeds (2007) on Alzheimer's biomarkers and a PGDip in Digital Health Leadership (Imperial College London, 2020).

Education:

• MB ChB Medicine, University of Sheffield (1998)
• PhD, University of Leeds (2007)
• PGDip Digital Health Leadership, Imperial College London (2020)

Research Interests: Her work focuses on delirium prevention, digital health innovations in aging, frailty indices, and quality improvement in geriatric care. She leads projects like the Global Digital Exemplar delirium program and contributes to dementia policy via Dementia United.

Key Contributions: Senior Editor for Age and Ageing, European Delirium Association Executive Committee member, and NIHR Research Delivery Network leader. Her recent work emphasizes community-based geriatric care and hospital-at-home models.

Awards:

• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London, 2016; Edinburgh, 2024)
• NHS Digital Academy Alumni

Labs/Teams: Co-leads the Healthy Ageing Research Group (HARG) and contributes to multi-disciplinary teams addressing aging challenges through digital health and clinical research.