Sayer, Avan Aihie - University of Southampton

个人简介

Professor Avan Aihie Sayer is Professor of Geriatric Medicine within Medicine at the University of Southampton. Avan Aihie Sayer is Professor of Geriatric Medicine and a Principal Investigator at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton. She leads an MRC funded research programme on sarcopenia, frailty and clinical practice in older people. The goal is improving the health and healthcare of older people through translation of high quality research into improved clinical practice, innovative service development and relevant evidence for policy.

研究领域

Her key research contributions have been i) discovery of early life influences on human ageing ii) development of a lifecourse approach to understanding loss of muscle strength, sarcopenia and frailty combining clinical, epidemiological and muscle biology approaches and iii) leadership of observational and intervention studies of older people from across the health spectrum in hospital and community settings. Her group includes researchers from clinical medicine, epidemiology, statistics and social science together with a flourishing NIHR funded academic geriatric medicine training programme. She is a member of the Healthy Ageing across the Life Course (HALCyon) network which enables collaborative epidemiological research across the major UK ageing cohorts. She has developed a number of national and international collaborations in muscle biology and was recently Raine Visiting Professor at the University of Western Australia.

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Frailty, prefrailty and employment outcomes in Health and Employment After Fifty (HEAF) Study - Palmer, Keith, D'angelo, Stefania, Harris, Clare, Linaker, Catherine, Gale, Catharine, Evandrou, Maria, Syddall, Holly, van Staa, Tjeerd, Cooper, Cyrus, Aihie Sayer, Avan, Coggon, David and Walker-Bone, Karen Published:2017Publication:Occupational and Environmental MedicinePage Range:1-8doi:10.1136/oemed-2016-104103PMID:28062832 Sleep disturbance and the older worker: findings from the Health and Employment after Fifty study - Palmer, Keith, D'angelo, Stefania, Harris, Clare, Linaker, Catherine, Aihie Sayer, Avan, Gale, Catharine, Evandrou, Maria, van Staa, Tjeerd, Cooper, Cyrus and Coggon, D Published:2017Publication:Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & HealthPage Range:1-10doi:10.5271/sjweh.3618.PMID:28052164 The impact of trained volunteer mealtime assistants on dietary intake and satisfaction with mealtime care in adult hospital inpatients: a systematic review - Howson, Fiona, Aihie Sayer, Avan and Roberts, Helen Published:2016Publication:The Journal of Nutrition Health & AgingPage Range:1-12doi:10.1007/s12603-016-0847-2 Influences on diet quality in older age: the importance of social factors - Bloom, Ilse, Edwards, Mark, Jameson, Karen, Syddall, Holly, Dennison, Elaine, Gale, Catharine, Baird, Janis, Cooper, Cyrus, Aihie Sayer, Avan and Robinson, Sian Published:2016Publication:Age and AgeingPage Range:1-17