Professor Avan Sayer of NIHR Newcastle BRC is delighted to be hosting Professor Sian Robinson of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton on Wednesday 11th April 2018. Professor Robinson will be giving a seminar in Great Gable Seminar Room, First Floor, Biomedical Research Building, Campus for Ageing and Vitality at 12.30pm.
Title: “Lifestyle across the lifecourse: opportunities for intervention to promote healthy ageing?”
Bio: Professor Sian Robinson is an MRC Scientist and Professor of Nutritional Epidemiology who leads MRC and NIHR funded research on the role of nutrition and lifestyle across the lifecourse as determinants of inequalities in adult health and disease – with a particular interest on early life influences on growth and development, and subsequent effects on sarcopenia and ageing. Her current focus is on translating the findings into beneficial interventions for older people and she is lead for Lifestyle and Healthy Ageing at the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre.
Lunch is available from 12pm, please RSVP to Miriam.Lowes@newcastle.ac.uk if you would like to attend the lunch.
