BGS is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Roy Soiza as the new Editor-in-Chief of Age_and_Ageing. Professor Soiza is a Consultant Geriatrician at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary NHS Grampian and holds an Honorary Chair at University of Aberdeen. bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

Professor Rowan Harwood has steered Age_and_Ageing via Oxford Academic expertly over the last 6 years. He has developed the impact & quality of the journal’s output with its highest Impact Factor of 12.7 & highest usage rate of 2.5million downloads per year. bgs.org.uk/policy-and-med…

Excellent news - the British Geriatrics Society research and academic committee look forward to working with you Roy - and many congratulations to Rowan Harwood for an extraordinary effort at the helm of Age_and_Ageing through the Covid pandemic and beyond

More reasons to review antipsychotic medicines:
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'Current use (90 days after RX) associated with elevated risks of pneumonia (HR 2.19), acute kidney injury (1.72), VTE (1.62), stroke (1.61), fracture (1.43), MI (1.28) & HF (1.27)'
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At 31 St John's Sq London@ Home of British Geriatrics Society. President Elect highlighted 'Today BGS is a thriving multi-professional society with 5,000 active members across the UK. BGS Members are impactful contributors to clinical care, academia and healthcare leadership. 💪

Recommended Reading: 'Diagnosis of non-consensus #transientischaemicattacks with focal, negative, and non-progressive symptoms: population-based validation by investigation and prognosis' via The Lancet doi.org/10.1016/S0140-…

It is impossible to define a specific time cut-off that can distinguish whether a symptomatic ischemic event will result in brain injury with high sensitivity and specificity. 30% to 50% of classically defined TIAs show brain injury on an MRI #BGSconf

Exciting opportunity to join Academic Unit for Ageing and Stroke Research as a Research Fellow. Ready to enhancing social care for older adults' wellbeing? If yes, don’t miss your chance and apply by 28th of April: jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

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Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT
The Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research
NIHR Yorkshire & Humber ARC

Delighted to have been successful in my NIHR Senior Clinical and Practitioner Research Award application focused on Fibromyalgia. Thank you for all your amazing support Beth Fylan David Alldred 🏳️‍🌈Affinity Care🏳️‍🌈 UoBPharmMedSci University of Bradford Claire Anderson

Proud moment for the UofG SCMH older adult team.
The Dunhill Medical Trust recognise what I have known for a long time,
if you want an example of a researcher with passion, imagination and an absolute commitment to improving care for older adults - it's Jenni.

“We need a reorientation of how we understand health, from seeing it as a bill to pay to understanding it as a critical investment that underpins economic activity”

Read IIPP Director Mariana Mazzucato's latest The BMJ op-ed on delivering #HealthforAll ➡️ bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Really honoured to receive this award and I look forward to my role as an ambassador for the The Dunhill Medical Trust trust academy

So grateful to The Dunhill Medical Trust for this award, so excited by the opportunities the funding provides for involving others in #ageingresearch & supporting people living in #carehomes
Emotional day - this was the last good news I shared with Mum back in February #careaboutcare

NEW PAPER out today in @BMJ_latest TRIPOD+AI: reporting recommendations for studies developing or validating prediction models for use in healthcare that use #machinelearning methods

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Congratulations to BGS member Jenni Burton 💙💚 Well done and much deserved 👏👏👏

Delighted to announce the winner of the inaugural DMT Academy Excellence (Senior Leader) Award is Professor Ilaria Bellantuono Ilaria Bellantuono of The University of Sheffield #investorsinhealthyageing Congratulations Ilaria !

And the winner of the 2024 DMT Academy Excellence Award (Rising Star) is Dr Jenni Burton Jenni Burton 💙💚 of the University of Glasgow. Congratulations Jenni! #investorsinhealthyageing

BGS is holding an election for its next President Elect and candidates will be able to self-nominate from 29 April. The new President Elect will take office in November 2024 for a two-year term, supporting Jugdeep Dhesi as President. More information soon!

Reviewing current evidence on #hyponatremia in #heartfailure together with our bright visiting fellow Giulio Mondellini!

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1 week to go to apply for our The Dunhill Medical Trust PhD. It is part of our NIHR Research RCT (led by me and Andrew Clegg) of #CGA and #rehab for older people with #HFpEF and #frailty 👇👇 University of Exeter PenARC (NIHR ARC South West Peninsula) University of Exeter Faculty of Health & Life Sci