Research pillars

The Healthy Lifespan Institute at the University of 91Ö±²¥ is unique for its focus on delaying and preventing age-related multimorbidity and frailty across the life course, combining a wide range of research, from medical to social science, to produce new products, practices and policies.

Healthy lifespan hiking

Preventing and delaying multimorbidity and frailty

We are devising practical solutions to slow down the rate of ageing.

Prevention and delay

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Changing society

We will promote change in society by co-producing with individuals, community groups, care providers and policy makers.

Sharing knowledge

Understanding ageing

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Understanding ageing

We are investigating both the biological and social processes that cause ageing, and how the two interact.

What causes ageing

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Artificial Intelligence and data analytics

We are identifying the determinants and predictors of multimorbidity and frailty (including socio-economic and environmental factors and biological processes) using Artificial Intelligence approaches.

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