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Begin forwarded message: > From: Martin White <[log in to unmask]> > Date: 5 June 2010 09:56:42 GMT+01:00 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: MRC MRes/PhD Studentship at Newcastle University, UK - > healthy ageing phenotype > Reply-To: Martin White <[log in to unmask]> > > MRC MRes/PhD Studentship - Healthy ageing phenotype: > characterisation and measurement > Institute for Ageing and Health > Reference Code: IA005 > > Closing Date: 11th June 2010 > > Project start date: September 2010 > > Eligibility and Value of the Award: > Depending on how you meet the MRC's eligibility criteria, you may be > entitled to a full or a partial award. A full award covers tuition > fees at the UK/EU rate and an annual stipend of £13,290 (2009/10). A > partial award covers fees at the UK/EU rate only. > > Person Specification > You should have, or expect to achieve, an upper-second-class or > first-class Honours degree in a biomedical subject. We also welcome > applications from candidates with a relevant Master's award. An > aptitude for quantitative research would be a distinct advantage. > > How to Apply: > To apply for the studentship please complete the University's > postgraduate application form (http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/applicationforms/ > ), selecting 'Master of Research/Doctor of Philosophy (Medical > Sciences) - Ageing' and quoting the reference number IA005. Please > attach a copy of your CV and a covering letter to your application. > > Supervisors: Professor John Mathers and Professor Martin White > > Institute: Institute for Ageing and Health > > Sponsor: MRC (on behalf of the Lifelong Health and Wellbeing > initiative) > > Duration of the award: 4 years (MRes Medical and Molecular > Biosciences followed by a three-year PhD) > > This studentship is one of three studentships based within the > LIVEWELL programme - a major research project which is funded > through a prestigious Collaborative Grant awarded by the Medical > Research Council on behalf of the Lifelong Health and Wellbeing > initiative. > > The LIVEWELL programme aims to develop and pilot an integrated suite > of well-founded, pragmatic interventions which can be delivered in > the retirement window to promote health and well-being in later > life, and to define a panel of outcome measures, including > biomarkers of the healthy ageing phenotype. > > We will focus on the 'retirement window' i.e. the period before and > after the main income provider in a household retires from primary > employment. In discussion with older people, and based on both > rigorous systematic reviews of the literature and behaviour change > theory, we will develop interventions to address each of the main > modifiable behavioural and social factors. This will include novel > interventions in the areas of diet, physical activity and social > interactions. We will develop novel ways of delivering these > interventions which will be feasible and cost-effective and which > will encourage sustained behaviour change and improved social > circumstances. > > The candidate appointed to this studentship will: > > i) conceptualise the healthy ageing phenotype (HAP) > ii) identify key features of the ageing process which can be used to > characterise healthy ageing > iii) develop, test and validate tools for measuring the HAP which > are suitable for use in lifestyle intervention studies in older > people. > > This project will use the facilities and resources in the Human > Nutrition Research Centre at Newcastle University. > > Closing date for applications: 11th June 2010 > You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.