Geriatric Medicine
Academic research into Ageing in Nottingham provides a wide-range of training opportunities. Subspecialties are often led by internationally recognised experts in the field.
Our location in the Injury, Recovery and Inflammation Sciences (IRIS) academic unit within the School of Medicine enables us to conduct synergistic research with colleagues in anaesthetics, trauma and orthopaedics, academic rheumatology, and sports and exercise medicine. We have wider links to the department of academic general practice, the Institute of Mental Health including the Centre for Dementia Research and are heavily involved in the leadership of the new National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) at Loughborough.
Research opportunities
From a clinical perspective, the training rotation incorporates the Royal Derby Hospital, Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, Kings Mill Hospital in Mansfield, Chesterfield Royal Hospital and Lincoln General Hospital. It provides advanced training in the full range of subspecialties, including:
- Front door frailty
- Silver trauma
- Acute inpatient geriatric medicine
- POPS
- Oncogeriatrics
- Orthogeriatrics
- Stroke medicine
- Falls and syncope
- Parkinson's disease and movement disorders
- Community geriatrics and rehabilitation
From a research perspective, we can provide training in:
- early translational gap science including stable isotope tracer assays and imaging for muscle mass and quality as part of sarcopnenia research.
- inclusive clinical trials in older populations including complex interventions and CTIMPS.
- implementation science.
IRIS has a strong track record in:
- aetiological factors and management of sarcopenia
- the development and evaluation of complex interventions used in the rehabilitation of older people
- pre- and perioperative geriatrics
- orthogeriatrics
- pain management in frailty and dementia
- care home medicine
- the development and implementation of minimum datasets
More information
More information about IRIS
AcPD
Jemima Collins
"As a post-doctoral geriatric medicine ST6 in full-time training in South Wales, I was attracted to the NIHR-funded ACL post at the University of Nottingham because of the combined clinical and academic training infrastructure. Since joining the University in 2021, I have had superb mentorship from established academic geriatricians, and this, alongside inter-disciplinary collaboration opportunities has enabled my clinical academic career to be taken to the next level. I led a team in successfully bidding for an NIHR Research for Patient Benefit grant on pain in people with dementia in 2022 and am now working up several other projects along the same theme, in collaboration with the Pain Centre at the University of Nottingham.
"I am now a Clinical Associate Professor in the Care of Older People with the University of Nottingham and Honorary Consultant Geriatrician. Research into improving older people’s care has never been more exciting, with global initiatives for promoting healthy ageing. Training the next generation of academic geriatricians is vital in order to meet this need – investing in people and building capacity is key!"
Jemima Collins