Who we are

Our unique approach aims to transform understanding of ageing, multimorbidity and frailty, and paves the way to a better quality of life for everyone.

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Healthy Lifespan Members

The Healthy Lifespan Institute brings together over 180 world-class researchers from across 30 departments and schools and 5 faculties including Medicine & Dentistry, Arts & Humanities, Science, Engineering and Social Science.  

Our expertise is wide-ranging, from age-related diseases and the underlying mechanisms of ageing to social policy and practice. Our mission is to apply this expertise to design and test interventions throughout the life course to help everyone live healthier independent lives for longer.

Our unique approach aims to transform the understanding of ageing, multimorbidity and frailty, and to pave the way to a better quality of life for everyone. 

Areas of expertise

Advisory board

The Healthy Lifespan Institute Advisory Board is comprised of internationally recognised academics, leaders from industry, government and non-governmental organisations.

The primary function of the Advisory Board is to provide a strategic steer to the achievement of the overall aims and objectives developed by the Executive Board, to guide quality improvement, and to assess effectiveness and performance of the Institute’s activity against its mission (to lead multidisciplinary efforts to prevent multimorbidity and frailty by the development of new policies, services and products).

The Advisory Board meets once a year and is chaired by the Advisory Board Chair (Lord Robert Kerslake).

Advisory board members

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