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Healthy Lifespan Institute

At the Healthy Lifespan Institute we're uniting over 140 world-class researchers to tackle the global epidemic of multimorbidity – the presence of two or more chronic conditions – to help everyone live healthier, independent lives for longer and reduce the cost of care.

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Transforming our understanding of ageing, multimorbidity and frailty to pave the way for a better quality of life for everyone.

30 May 2022

Fully funded Dunhill Medical Trust Healthy Lifespan Institute DTP & EPSRC PhD Studentship Opportunities

Funding is available for PhD candidates of outstanding calibre to help deliver the urgently needed knowledge, intervention and impact to tackle multimorbidity, transform ageing and provide a healthy lifespan for all.

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24 March 2022

UK’s first ever Sexual Rights Charter launched to tackle aged based discrimination

The UK’s first ever Sexual Rights Charter designed to help tackle discrimination older adults face regarding sex and relationships, has been launched by researchers at the Healthy Lifespan Institute at the University of Sheffield.

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18 March 2022

Major study shows that improving sleep leads to better mental health

Improving sleep quality leads to better mental health and reduced feelings of depression, anxiety, and stress according to a major review undertaken by researchers at ScHARR, The Department of Psychology and The Healthy Lifespan Institute.

14 January 2022

Heart disease causes early brain dysfunction and can treble key Alzheimer’s protein

Heart disease can directly cause brain dysfunction early on which could lead to dementia and can treble the amount of an Alzheimer’s protein in the brain, say scientists.

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