The CRE Frailty at the 21st World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics

The research team attended the conference in San Francisco.

The researchers of the CRE Frailty & Healthy Ageing went to  attend and present at the 21st World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics hosted by the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics. This years theme was “Global Aging and Health: Bridging Science, Policy, and Practice” and the conference was held in San Francisco.

Our team led a number of conference events including poster presentations on frailty and falls research;  papers on chronic conditions in older adults and health promotion and prevention in ageing and presentations on recruiting older people at nutritional risk for clinical trials. The highlight for the team was hosting a symposium session on Trans-Disciplinary Research in Frailty to Achieve Healthy Ageing and chaired by CRE researchers Professor Renuka Visvanathan and Dr Olga Theou.

The conference has given the CRE Frailty & Healthy Ageing team the opportunity to hear from experts from around the globe and to meet with leaders in ageing such as Dr John Beard, the Director Ageing and Life Course at the WHO (pictured in the centre of image at right).

PhD students Mark Thompson and Dr Beatriz Martins kindly posted live updates of event highlights and a great collection of photos to the CRE Frailty Facebook page and Twitter feed.