Steering Group

Dr Joanna Collerton

  • Frailty Lead, Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria

Dr Joanna Collerton leads the ‘Frail Elderly’ Programme for the Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria (http://www.ahsn-nenc.org.uk/programmes/elderly-care/). The programme aims to improve care for frail older people, whether living in a care home or in the wider community, by supporting the implementation of improvement and innovation initiatives, and the dissemination of best practice across the North East and North Cumbria.

 

Prior to this, Joanna was a lead member of the research team for the Newcastle 85+ Study, a ground-breaking epidemiological study examining health and ageing in the 85+ age group. This study has provided valuable background data for the James Lind PSP on Ageing and Multimorbidity, and Joanna is the lead author on papers describing the multimorbidity burden in this cohort.