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The Centre for Ageing and Inequalities Team

Get to know our interdisciplinary team of experts.

Our team

Meet the team at The Centre for Ageing and Inequalities who are transforming our understanding of ageing. 

Our co directors

Professor Shirley Jordan 

Professor of French Studies, School of Modern Languages

Dr David Lain

Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies

Dr Jenny Liddle

Innovation Fellow

Professor Thomas Scharf

Professor of Social Gerontology, Population Health Sciences Institute

Professor Matthew Prina

Professor in Ageing and Epidemiology

Professor Rachel Cooper

McArdle Chair in Ageing

 

Our steering group

Bruce Davenport

Rose Gilroy

Jacob Jewusiak

Shirley Jordan

Andrew Kingston

David Lain

Jenny Liddle

Alex Mitchell

Andrew Newman

Heike Pichler

Tom Scharf

Gemma Spiers

Phillip Whitehead

Matthew Prina

Rachel Cooper

 

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    Dr Clare Abley
    Nurse Consultant Vulnerable Older Adults & Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
    +44 191 208 3802
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    Adetutu Sadiq
    Health Technology Evidence Synthesis and Horizon Scanning Researcher
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    Dr Viviana Albani
    Senior Research Associate
    +44 (0)191 208 2283
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    Dr Gwen Averley
    Research Funding Development Manager
    +44 (0) 191 282 6775 (From a University Ext. 21-26775)
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    Professor Clare Bambra
    Professor of Public Health

    Professor Melissa Bateson
    Professor of Ethology
    +44 (0) 191 208 5056

    Professor Katie Brittain
    Prof of Applied Health Research & Ageing
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    Dr Clare Butler
    Senior Lecturer in Work and Employment
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    Dr Andy Clark
    Research Associate in Oral History
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    Professor Rachel Cooper
    McArdle Chair in Ageing

    Dr Bruce Davenport
    Lecturer
    +44 (0)191 208 6571
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    Silvia Fisch
    Associate Researcher

    Dr Tash Fothergill-Misbah
    Research Associate

    Dr Kate Gibson
    Lecturer in Social Science
    0191 208 8287

    Professor Rose Gilroy
    Professor of Ageing, Policy & Planning
    +44 (0) 191 208 7864
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    Professor Peter Gore
    Professor of Practice
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    Dr Spencer Hazel
    Reader in Applied Linguistics & Communication
    0191 2086374

    Dr Sedighe Hosseinijebeli
    Research Associate
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    Dr Jacob Jewusiak
    Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature
    0191 208 2389
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    Dr Caleb Johnston
    Reader in Human Geography

    Professor Shirley Jordan
    Professor of French Studies
    +44 (0) 191 208 3542
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    Dr Narges Khakpour
    Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security
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    Dr Andrew Kingston
    Senior Lecturer in the Epidemiology of Ageing
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    Dr David Lain
    Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies
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    Rachael Lennon
    Strategic Cultural Partnerships Manager

    Dr Jenny Liddle
    Innovation Fellow

    Dr Ana Lopes
    Senior Lecturer in Work and Employment
    0191 208 1567
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    Dr Ríona McArdle
    NIHR Advanced Fellow

    Professor Andrew Newman
    Prof of Cultural Gerontology
    +44 (0) 191 208 7426

    Dr Heike Pichler
    Reader in Sociolinguistics
    +44 (0) 191 208 3519
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    Dr Colline Poirier
    Lecturer
    0191 208 8210
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    Dr Marie Poole
    Senior Research Associate
    +44 (0) 191 208 7215

    Professor Matthew Prina
    Professor in Ageing & Epidemiology
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    Professor Dame Louise Robinson
    Professor of Primary Care and Ageing; Regius Professor of Ageing
    +44 (0) 191 208 7013
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    Professor Sian Robinson
    Prof of Lifecourse & Lifestyle

    Alex Robson
    Institutes Officer
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    Professor Karen Ross
    Director of Impact
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    Dr Christos Salis
    Reader in Speech & Language Sciences
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    Professor Avan Sayer
    Director, NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre & Professor of Geriatric Medicine

    Professor Thomas Scharf
    Prof of Social Gerontology

    Professor Alison Shaw
    Prof. of Practice - Inclusive Learning

    Dr Robert Shiel
    Disability Liaison Officer
    +44 (0) 191 208 6922

    Dr David Sinclair
    Senior Research Associate
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    Lorraine Smith
    Senior Research Funding Development Manager
    +44 (0)191 208 5775
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    Dr Gemma Frances Spiers
    Senior Research Associate

    Dr Kate Swainston
    Senior Lecturer in Psychology
    0191 2087562

    Professor Liz Todd
    Prof of Educational Inclusion

    Dr Ilke Turkmendag
    Senior Lecturer in Law, Innovation, and Society
    +44 (0) 191 208 4342
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    Cyril Onwuelazu Uteh
    Research Assistant
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    Dr Judith Watson
    Lecturer
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    Professor Anne Whitehead
    Prof of Modern & Contemporary Literature
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    Dr Phillip Whitehead
    NUAcT Fellow: Medicine & Biological Sci

    Dr Yu-Tzu Wu
    NU Academic Track Fellow (NUAcT)

    Professor Natalia Yannopoulou
    Professor of Marketing
    +44 (0)1912081720

    Dr Eman Zied
    Research Associate
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