معرفی
Professor Avan Aihie Sayer at Newcastle University's Faculty of Medical Sciences is a leading figure in Geriatric Medicine and aging research. As Director of the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre and Co-Lead of the AGE Research Group, she has secured £41.6M in research funding across two BRC competitions (2017 and 2022). Her work focuses on
- Sarcopenia and frailty mechanisms
- Life course epidemiology of aging
- Translational multimorbidity research
- Geriatric pharmacology
Key research trends from her 2023-2025 publications include
- Metformin trials for sarcopenia (MET-PREVENT)
- Novel motor unit MRI applications
- Immunosenescence-muscle function interactions
- Electronic health record data mining
- Nutritional interventions for muscle health
Awards & Leadership:
- NIHR Senior Investigator (current)
- 2024 Royal College of Physicians Harveian Oration
- Co-Chair, NIHR Multiple Long-Term Conditions Collaboration
- Member, Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS)
- Former European Geriatric Medicine Society Academic Board member
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