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> From: Martin White <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 5 June 2010 09:56:42 GMT+01:00
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> 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
>
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