Funding Ageing Research - SPARC/NDA
Hosted by: The School of Psychology, The University of Birmingham
Event organisers:
Professor Zoe Kourtzi, School of Psychology, The University of Birmingham
Verity Smith, SPARC Coordinator
Date: 07 April 2008
Venue:
Learning Centre LG32
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
United Kingdom
This is a special workshop, one in a series to be organised by SPARC to promote the value of scientific ageing-related research for older people and opportunities for further research. The workshop will cover a wide variety of issues concerned with the maintenance of good health in old age, and recovery and rehabilitation from illness or accident.
Outline: The workshop will bring together leading-edge researchers from a range of backgrounds to discuss some of the latest findings from research into the maintenance of good health and recovering good health. It will cover issues relating to cognitive, sensory, motor and physical decline and recovery and better practice within the health service sector.
SPARC (Strategic Promotion of Ageing Research Capacity)5 is funded by EPSRC and BBSRC which was established in 2005 to extend the previous remit of the EQUAL Network. SPARC is designed specifically to provide a platform, publicity and policy representation for existing researchers and to encourage newcomers into ageing research. A key aspect of its activities is working in partnership with the users of research - older people and those organisations which represent the interests of older people and which provide older people and their carers with services, advice and other support. As well as organising workshops SPARC is providing 34 pump-priming awards to newcomers to ageing research in the fields of design, engineering and biology.
The School of Psychology, The University of Birmingham, is one of the largest and most active psychology departments in Britain. Its research work is organised into three main areas: Behavioural Neuroscience; Language, Cognition & Perceptual Systems; Applied, Social & Health Psychology. The School has three research centres: The Behavioural Brain Sciences Centre, specialised facilities for cognitive neuroscience research; The Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology, the focus for research on forensic and family research; and The Birmingham University Imaging Centre (BUIC).
The workshop will be of interest to a wide range of practitioners and policy makers, health and social care practitioners, employers, charitable and government bodies concerned with the needs of older people, as well as researchers and academics from engineering, biological, social science, medical and health care disciplines.There is no charge for attendance just an enthusiasm and interest in extending the quality of life of older people through informed user-focused research and its application. Registration is required to book a place, please refer to the registration page.
Draft Programme at 17th December 2007 (Order may change, titles certainly will change, it is possible that there will be a further presentation)
9:45 Arrival, Registration, Light refreshments
10:15 Welcome, Introduction to Workshop, Professor Zoe Kourtzi, School of Psychology, The University of Birmingham (Chair of Morning Session).
10:30 SPARC: an update on progress, Professor Peter Lansley, Director, SPARC
10:45 Theme 1. Cognitive, Sensory and Motor Skills
10:45 Cognitive recovery after brain damage, Professor Glyn Humphreys, Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Head of School of Psychology, The University of Birmingham
11:10 Rewiring the Brain, Dr Heidi Johansen-Berg, Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital
11:35 Coffee
11:55 Keeping Control of your Movement, Professor Alan Wing, Professor of Human Movement, School of Psychology, The University of Birmingham
12:20 Don't put a Foot Wrong! Dr Mark Hollands, Lecturer in Motor Control, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, The University of Birmingham
12:45 Discussion
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Introduction to the Afternoon Session, Professor Janet Lord, Professor of Immune Cell Biology, Division of Immunity and Infection, The Medical School, The University of Birmingham (Chair of Afternoon Session)
2:10 Theme 2: Physical Skills and Health Care
2:10 Is Exercise still good for your Health? Dr Sarah Aldred, Lecturer in Exercise Biochemistry, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, The University of Birmingham
2:35 Improving Care Delivery: a study of hip fracture, Dr Christos Vasilakis, Principal Research Fellow, Clinical Operational Research Unit, University College London
3:00 Holding on Tight: loss of bladder control in later life, Professor Cath Sackley, Professor of Physiotherapy, The Department of Primary Care & General Practice, The University of Birmingham
3:25 Discussion
3:45 Summing Up from the Chair, Professor Janet Lord
3:55 Coordinator's Comments, Verity Smith, Coordinator, SPARC
4:00 Close and Tea
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