Dr John Beard visits the CRE frailty and healthy ageing

Posted on Apr 1 2019 by a1616403
Dr John Beard visits the CRE frailty and healthy ageing

Former director of the WHO Department of Ageing and Life Course visited during April 2019. On Monday 1st April the CRE in Frailty & Healthy Ageing researchers and clinicians spent time with Dr John Beard.

Dr Beard has been Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Department of Ageing and Life Course since January 2009. Ageing has been identified by the World Health Assembly as a priority area of work for WHO and Dr Beard leads a “whole of Organization” response that has drawn on the extensive capacity of the Organization’s many Departments, Regions and Country Offices. He was a lead writer and editor of the first World report on ageing and health (2015), and oversaw the development of the Global strategy and action plan on ageing and health, adopted by WHO Member States in May 2016. In 2010, he launched the Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities.

Dr Beard gave a presentation to Professor Renuka Visvanathan and her research and clinical teams on “Current WHO Strategy for Ageing Moving Forward”. He then took a tour of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Geriatric Evaluation and Management unit with A/Prof Solomon Yu.

In the afternoon he spent time discussing the various research projects under way in a round table research discussion session with the students and early career researchers of the CRE in Frailty & Healthy Ageing. He then met with our collaborating partners, the Registry of Older South Australians led by Dr Maria Inacio. Dr Beard’s insights and understanding about the current picture of ageing and the future of ageing worldwide were invaluable for the clinicians and researchers of the CRE in Frailty and Healthy Ageing.

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