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We are a group of challenge-led interdisciplinary research networks bringing researchers and stakeholders from different disciplines together to create new knowledge and better outcomes for older people.

Each networks facilitates the development of new research approaches to the challenges and opportunities of our ageing population
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Our networks

AGENTS
Ageing and Nutrient Sensing Network
ATTAIN
Interdisciplinary approaches to develop effective and attainable physical activity for older communities living with heath inequalities
Ageing Research Translation (ART) of Healthy Ageing Network
Building the capacity to translate discoveries in ageing biology and epidemiology to intervention studies in humans across the life course
BLAST (Building Links in Ageing Science and Translation)
The BLAST network will develop new knowledge and interventions to improve the health of older people
CARINA
Improving our understanding of the immunology of ageing
CELLular metabolism Over a life-course in socioeconomically disadvantaged populations
CELLO network wishes to address the biological cause for healthy ageing inequality.
CFIN
Harnessing knowledge of lifespan biological, health, environmental and psychosocial mechanisms of cognitive frailty for integrated interventions
ECMage
Extracellular Matrix (ECM) ageing across the life course interdisciplinary research network
Food4Years: Food for-added-life-years: putting research into action
The development, integration and communication of healthy, affordable foods and diets for all older adults across our food landscape.
MyAge
Muscle resilience across the life course: from cells to society
Skin Microbiome in Healthy Ageing (SMiHA)
SMiHA explores how changes in the skin microbiome reflects healthy ageing

Our news

10 March 2022

BLAST Launches

Building Links in Ageing Science and Translation
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