Health & Social Care Research Across North East & North Cumbria.
Ageing
Meet the Team
In collaboration with charities, academic institutions and the life sciences industry, ageing research focuses on the mechanisms of ageing, specific interventional clinical trials and the effectiveness of ageing research both in and out of hospital settings.
Research areas of focus include; frailty, health promotion, early markers of poor health, links between disease and social functioning, environmental factors that influence ageing well and the effectiveness of current care models.
Gillian Johnson
Research delivery manager
CRN North East and North Cumbria
Claire McDonald
Ageing specialty group lead
Newcastle University
Gillian Johnson's research experience
I have experience in leading and supporting both commercial and non commercial research opportunities across a number of medical specialities, including ageing, dermatology, gastroenterology, infection, liver, neurological and respiratory disorders working collaboratively with our local NHS trusts, universities and stakeholders to increase recruitment to National Institute for Health and Care Research portfolio studies through novel ways of working.
Claire McDonald's research experience
I am a geriatrician and clinical lecturer with an interest in autonomic dysfunction and cognitive impairment in older adults and people with Parkinson’s disease. In 2006 I completed my undergraduate medical studies at Newcastle University.
I have trained clinically throughout the North East of England and in 2011 took time out of clinical training to undertake a PhD examining the prevalence and associations of neuro-cardiovascular instability in older adults. In 2014 I became a registrar in geriatric medicine and in 2015 was awarded a post as a NIHR academic clinical lecturer
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