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Art and academia: Healthy Lifespan Institute members present research at the Festival of the Mind

This year, Professor Ilaria Bellantuono and Dr Lee Pretlove shared their research discoveries with the general public at Sheffield’s Festival of the Mind.
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Early career researchers present findings to public in lecture series

Ameli Vidanearachchi and Haoyang Liu presented their research findings as part of the Sheffield u3a showroom lecture series.
Rahul Sidhu presenting at Dementia Futures

Dementia Futures 2024 - Bringing dementia research to the general public

Dementia Futures is a public-facing conference funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK. Members of the Neuroscience and Healthy Lifespan Institutes presented their research to the public for discussion.
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New ‘Tasty Spoon’™ will enhance food flavours for people living with dementia

A spoon, designed to enhance the flavour of food for dementia patients experiencing a loss of taste, could help combat high levels of malnutrition.
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Join our team of world-leading academics

The Healthy Lifespan Institute is inviting applications from exceptional candidates to join our team of talented researchers.
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Should we treat ageing like a disease?

Could reclassifying ‘ageing’ as a disease or condition alleviate the suffering that accompanies getting older?

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Mind the gap! Tackling health-related early exit from work

Professor Alan Walker, Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology, and Dr Daniel Holman, Research Fellow in the Department of Sociological Studies, discuss what needs to be done to increase healthy life expectancy and reduce early exit from work.