Newcastle University

Ageing, Health and Society

The Ageing, Health and Society Research Programme is led by Professor John Bond.

Ageing, Health and Society is a joint programme of work with the Institute for Ageing and Health to encourage research into our understandings of ageing and later life from cultural, environmental and social gerontological perspectives. It is both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary across a range of social and behavioural sciences involving joint working nationally and internationally with epidemiologists, basic and clinical scientists, technologists, health and social care professionals, policy makers, older people, NGOs and other end users of research. We do descriptive, explanatory, evaluative and theoretically informed research involving the whole range of methods and study designs. One focus of our work is around the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing St udy and Newcastle 85+ Study that provide epidemiological and social data about large cohorts of older people. Important themes of our work include cognitive ageing and dementia, the evaluation of treatment and health service interventions, the policy implications of ageing societies, social relations, quality of life and the role of assistive technologies in later life. Developing themes include ageism and attitudes to ageing, late life inequalities, anti-ageing medicine and the role of the built environment.

Current Collaborators

Staff List

Ageing, Health And Society

Claire Bamford Senior Research Associate	Email: claire.bamford@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7047
Professor John Bond Prof of Social Gerontology and Health Services Research	Email: john.bond@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6777
Dr Katie Brittain Lecturer in Social Gerontology	Email: katie.brittain@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8738
Dr Claire Dickinson Research Associate	Email: claire.dickinson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7445
Professor Martin Eccles The William Leech Professor of Primary Care Research and Professor of Clinical Effectiveness	Email: martin.eccles@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 8674
Dr Tracy Finch Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Health Care	Email: tracy.finch@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7257
Dr Helen Jarvis Reader in Social Geography	Email: helen.jarvis@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6959
Professor Nick Miller Prof of Motor Speech Disorders	Email: nicholas.miller@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5603
Dr Suzanne Moffatt Senior Lecturer	Email: suzanne.moffatt@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 5005
Marie Poole Junior Research Associate	Email: marie.poole@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7215
Professor Louise Robinson Professor of Primary Care and Ageing	Email: a.l.robinson@ncl.ac.uk Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 7013