Welcome PhD Student Dr Lalit Yadav

Dr Lalit Yadav has joined the CRE in Frailty & Healthy Ageing as a PhD scholar.

Previously, he led the research looking at the care seeking behaviour and pathways of care for hip fractures within hospital settings in India, funded through the University of Oxford, UK.

Most recently as a research fellow at the George Institute for Global Health, he was involved in a multicentric study looking at the orthopaedic injuries funded through the NHMRC, Australia and part of Australia-India Trauma Systems Collaboration program. In addition, he worked with Public Health Foundation of India in implementing a comprehensive tobacco control program and has been part of the research team for Australia-India taskforce on plain packaging of tobacco products.

While in the UK, he worked with both commissioning and provider arms of the NHS, city councils and voluntary sector organisations, particularly looking at integrating health and social care in order to improve quality of life and outcomes among older people.