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Healthy Lifespan Institute

At the Healthy Lifespan Institute we're uniting over 130 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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16 April 2021

Join our webinar

Join us for a lively discussion on the coming epidemic of chronic health conditions and frailty associated with an ageing population. And, how to prevent it.

Part of the Festival of Debate, the largest annual politics festival in the UK.

The Healthy Lifespan Institute presents, HELSI bites, a series of diverse, accessible lunchtime talks about research into healthy ageing.

19 April 2021

HELSI Bites series launched

An engaging series of lunchtime talks on a diverse range of accessible topics has been launched by the Healthy Lifespan Institute. Just grab your lunch and listen in to a range research related to healthy ageing across the lifecourse.

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31 March 2021

University of Sheffield team receive award to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to tackle multimorbidity in South Yorkshire

Researchers have been awarded an £118,500 NIHR Development Award to establish frameworks for a new AI tool to analyse multiple long-term conditions and multimorbidity in South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw.

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30 March 2021

Boosting healthy ageing in South Yorkshire with Age Better in Sheffield

The Healthy Lifespan Institute and the Age Better in Sheffield (ABiS) partnership are working together to ensure the legacy of ‘Age Friendly Sheffield’ is delivered for the South Yorkshire region.

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