Ageing and Dementia Research Matters: Public Engagement Event

Event Programme

10:45-11:15 - Registration and Welcome

11:15-11:45 - What is the Clinical Research Network?

• Overview of the Clinical Research Network (CRN)
  Professor Stuart Parker, Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Newcastle University; CRN Ageing Local Specialty Lead for North East and North Cumbria; CRN Specialty Cluster Lead, NIHR
• CRN Ageing Portfolio 
  Professor Stuart Parker
• CRN Dementias Portfolio
  Dr Andrew Byrne, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust; CRN Dementias Local Specialty Lead for North East and North Cumbria, NIHR
• James Lind Alliance: Multiple Conditions in Later Life
  Professor Stuart Parker

11:45-12:30 - Study Showcase: Past, Present and Future

• Evaluating non drug therapies in older people with orthostatic hypotension
  Dr James Frith, NIHR Clinician Scientist Fellow, Senior Clinical Lecturer, Consultant Physician, Institute for Ageing and Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University and Ruth Pearce, Research Assistant, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University
• MASS: Muscle Ageing and Sarcopenia Study
  Dr Antoneta Granic, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
• DIAMOND-Lewy: Improving the diagnosis and management of neurodegenerative dementia of Lewy body type in the NHS
  Dr Joseph Kane, Clinical Research Associate, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
• DECIDE: Delirium and Cognitive Impact in Dementia 
  Dr Sarah Richardson, Alzheimer's Society Clinician Trainee Fellow, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
• Exploring perceptions for the consequence of alcohol use in later life
  Bethany Bareham, PhD Researcher, Newcastle University
• Early Dementia Study
  Dr Andrew Byrne

12:30-13:15 - Lunch

Grab a bite to eat, chat with the speakers and find out more about the Clinical Research Network, Voice North, the Dementia Innovation Hub, Biomedical Research Centre and meet some of our NIHR funded PhD students.

13:15-13:45 - How can I get involved in research?

• Getting Involved in Clinical Research
  Tracy Scott, Patient, Carer and Public Involvement Manager for Research and Development for the Newcastle Hospitals, NHS and Dr Sheila Kennedy, Research Fellow, Sheffield University; Patient and Public Involvement Lead, CRN Ageing National Specialty Group, NIHR
• Join Dementia Research (JDR)
  Andrew Brown, Patient Representative, Join Dementia Research, NIHR 

13:45-14:15 - Over to you: Question and Answer session

Meet the panel and ask your questions - what would you like to know?

Professor Stuart Parker (Chair); Dr Andrew Byrne; Dr Joseph Kane; Dr Sarah Richardson; JDR Representation; PPIE Representation

14:15-14:30 - Feedback and Close