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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 Viviana Albani
    Senior Research Associate
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    Dr Gwen Averley
    Research Funding Development Manager
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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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    Professor Katie Brittain
    Prof of Applied Health Research & Ageing
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    Dr Emma Burton
    Project Manager
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    Dr Clare Butler
    Senior Lecturer in Work and Employment

    Dr Andy Clark
    Research Associate in Oral History

    Professor Rachel Cooper
    McArdle Chair in Ageing

    Dr Bruce Davenport
    Lecturer
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    Dr Vanessa Davey
    Research Associate
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    Dr Hao Du
    Lecturer in Marketing
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    Silvia Fisch
    Associate Researcher

    Dr Tash Fothergill-Misbah
    Research Associate
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    Dr Kate Gibson
    Lecturer in Social Science
    0191 208 8287

    Professor Rose Gilroy
    Professor of Ageing, Policy & Planning

    Professor Barbara Hanratty
    Prof of Primary Care & Public Health

    Dr Deborah Harrison
    Research Associate
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    Dr Spencer Hazel
    Reader in Applied Linguistics & Communication
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    Dr Sedighe Hosseinijebeli
    Research Associate
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    Dr Jacob Jewusiak
    Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature
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    Dr Caleb Johnston
    Reader in Human Geography

    Professor Shirley Jordan
    Professor of French Studies
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    Dr Narges Khakpour
    Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security
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    Dr Nusrat Khan
    Research Associate
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    Dr Andrew Kingston
    Senior Lecturer in the Epidemiology of Ageing
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    Professor David Lain
    Professor of Work and Ageing

    Dr Rachael Lawson
    Senior Lecturer
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    Rachael Lennon
    Strategic Cultural Partnerships Manager

    Dr Jenny Liddle

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

    Professor Andrew Newman
    Prof of Cultural Gerontology
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    Dr Heike Pichler
    Reader in Sociolinguistics
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    Dr Colline Poirier
    Senior Lecturer
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    Dr Marie Poole
    Senior Research Associate and NIHR ARC Dementia Research Fellow
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    Professor Matthew Prina
    Professor of Ageing and Epidemiology
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    Dr Benjamin Rigby
    Lecturer in Behavioural Sciences
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    Professor Dame Louise Robinson
    Professor of Primary Care and Ageing; Regius Professor of Ageing
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    Professor Sian Robinson

    Alex Robson
    Research Post Award Manager
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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
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    Dr Gemma Frances Spiers
    Principal Research Associate

    Dr Karen Suetterlin
    NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Neurophysiology

    Dr Kate Swainston
    Director of Research (Psychology)
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    Professor Liz Todd
    Director of the Institute for Social Science
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    Dr Ilke Turkmendag
    Reader in Biomedicine and Society
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    Cyril Onwuelazu Uteh
    Research Assistant (Horizon Scanning and Evidence Synthesis)
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    Dr Margreet Vogelzang
    Lecturer in Psychology
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    Dr Judith Watson
    Lecturer

    Professor Anne Whitehead
    Prof of Modern & Contemporary Literature
    +44 (0) 191 208 3531
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    Professor John Wildman
    Peter & Norah Lomas Chair in Economics
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    Dr Yu-Tzu Wu
    NU Academic Track Fellow (NUAcT)

    Professor Natalia Yannopoulou
    Professor of Marketing
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    Dr Eman Zied
    Research Associate
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