Research - Institute for Ageing and Health

Project:

Centre for Brain Ageing and Vitality

From October 2008 to September 2013
Project Leader(s): Professor DM Turnbull
Staff: Professor RNH Kalaria, Professor JC Mathers, Professor TBL Kirkwood, Professor ZMA Chrzanowska-Lightowlers
Contact: Professor DM Turnbull
Sponsors: Medical Research Council (MRC)

Newcastle University Centre for Brain Ageing and Vitality supports world-leading research to answer key questions posed by an ageing society. By focusing on how intrinsic ageing plays into the pathogenesis of age related frailty, disability and disease, the Centre will deliver new approaches to increase understanding of human brain ageing and the importance of lifelong "fitness" to health and wellbeing in later life.

Staff
Professor Zofia Chrzanowska-Lightowlers Professor of Mitochondrial Biology	Email: zofia.chrzanowska-lightowlers@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8028
Professor Raj Kalaria Professor of Cerebrovascular Pathology (Neuropathology)	Email: raj.kalaria@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 248 1352
Professor John Mathers Professor of Human Nutrition	Email: john.mathers@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 248 1133
Professor Doug Turnbull Professor of Neurology	Email: doug.turnbull@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8334

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Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
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