Ageing Lives Cluster
We currently have 28 members of Ageing Lives from across the University: School of Life & Health Sciences (Psychology, Optometry and Pharmacy); Aston Business School (Work & Organisational Psychology); School of Languages and Social Sciences (Public Policy, Sociology); and School of Engineering & Applied Science (Computer Science). Within the cluster there are four post-doctoral researchers and seven PhD students.
Dr Hannah Bartlett
Interested in nutrition in ocular disease. Age-related macular disease and dry eye syndrome.
Dr Alexis Boukouvalas
Interested in statistics, quality of life in ageing, longitudinal data sets.
Dr Christopher Buckingham
Interested in risk and safety issues for old-age adults.
Amy Burton (Post-doc)
Interested in psychological impact of age related vision loss, helping older people live with vision impairment.
Dr Danielle Clarkesmith (Post-doc)
Interested in the design of health interventions to promote healthy behaviours.
Dr Jill Collins (Post-doc)
Interested in health economics and statistical exploration of well-being and health indicators.
Interested in preventative screening, older people's alcohol consumption, diet and age-related macular degeneration.
Interested in age-related macular degeneration, long term eye health.
Interested in quality of life in patients with visual impairment.
Dr Barbara Hagger (Post-doc)
Interested in the elderly in residential and day care settings.
Lilit Hakobyan (PhD Student)
Interested in mobile assistive technology for persons with age-related macular degeneration.
Interested in factors affecting cognitive changes in normal older age, and the impact of such changes on quality of life and engagement.
Phillippa Locke (PhD Student)
Interested in older people and social care services.
Interested in class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and ageing, 'lay' understandings of health and illness, ageing and embodiment.
Interested in human-computer interaction, mobile assistive technologies, quality of life, active healthcare interventions, participatory design approaches.
Sara McCracken (PhD Student)
Interested in technology in health care and health informatics.
Professor Ian Nabney
Interested in Bayesian pattern analysis and data visualisation with application to understanding diagnostic indicators and the drivers of change in quality of life.
Interested in dementia care, conversation and communication; gender, sexuality and ageing; qualitative methods.
Judith Preston (PhD Student)
Interested in older workers and their active participation in the workplace.
Interested in facilitating sport and exercise in older people and the impact on wellness and social functioning.
Interested in medication optimisation in older age and dementia care.
Interested in health service management, patient and public involvement and innovation in the private, public and third sector.
Interested in the health and wellbeing of older adults.
Interested in patients' experience of polymyalgia rheumatica.
Rebekah Stevens (PhD Student)
Interested in diet, supplements and age-related macular degeneration.
Joanne Tutt (PhD Student)
Interested in type 2 diabetes and optometry education.
Dr Karen West
Interested in policies and public services directed towards the ageing population, older peoples participation in service design and commissioning decisions.
Updated 12 Nov 2012, E Peel
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