The Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing launches recruitment for three professors

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Molly Hunt

Posted on
20 March 2024

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We have an exciting opportunity for three professors to join the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA).

ACHA is a new research, education and training centre with ambitious plans to lead innovative research on healthy ageing to improve care for older people.

Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London formed ACHA as a collaborative partnership, with funding from Barts Charity.

We are looking for internationally renowned academics with a significant track record of high-quality research in older adults’ health or social care, along with strong leadership and collaboration skills.

These appointments, based at Queen Mary University of London, but holding honorary contracts with Barts Health or other local partners, will each provide leadership to one of ACHA’s three main healthy ageing research areas:

  • Preventing frailty
  • Rehabilitation
  • Mental health

Funding and support will be provided to establish and grow research groups, enabling the professors to deliver an internationally leading and innovative research agenda to better support healthy ageing across north east London and beyond.

For more details and to apply, visit Veredus (reference number 15650). Applications close on 29 April 2024.

 

 

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The Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA) is a new centre focused on research, education and training to improve care and support for older people in North East London.

ACHA is a collaborative partnership between Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London and Barts Charity, uniquely co-located within Whipps Cross Hospital and Queen Mary University of London.

People are living longer, but not always with good health and wellbeing. We want to make sure older people’s lives remain as healthy, productive, independent and enjoyable as possible.

All our research happens in real world ‘frontline’ care settings and involving patients and caregivers. Because of this, we can produce high quality evidence of what works. Connecting with national experts and networks, we can use this knowledge to change services to better support healthy ageing.

The views and needs of our diverse local communities will inform everything we do: our research, our education programmes, and, mostly importantly, how we should design and deliver health and care services to improve the ways in which people can grow older.

For more information get in touch.

ACHA offers an exciting opportunity for Whipps Cross. By integrating academic expertise into our clinical structures, we can efficiently address local needs and set a dynamic research agenda. Together, we'll utilise the Living Lab structure to create impactful solutions for patients, healthcare workers, and the ageing population in north east London. ACHA will be the springboard for local innovation, with international impact.

Dr Mark Rawle

Consultant geriatrician and older person’s services research lead, Whipps Cross Hospital

We’re looking forward to working with the local community to understand their health priorities for older people in north east London. ACHA aims to be a step change, placing the health and wellbeing of older people at the forefront. By uniting academics, healthcare professionals, and public health colleagues, ACHA will focus on the best ways to support older people. Additionally, ACHA will develop training and dissemination initiatives to ensure research evidence is shared and embedded into practice.

Professor Steph Taylor

Professor of public health and primary care at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London

Whipps Cross is delighted to support this innovative partnership, which will contribute to improved services across our local area and to wider NHS policy and practice across the country. By working with, and listening to, diverse local communities, clinicians, and caregivers our new centre will mix innovative research with practical tools to enable better care to help all of us age more healthily.

Dr Amanjit Jhund

Chief executive, Whipps Cross Hospital

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