News and Events

NIHA awarded £773k from the BBSRC
Menopause and cognition
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NIHA Director gives Podcast
How does what you eat affect brain function?
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NIHA One Year workshop Event
In collaboration with Eastern ASHN, NIHA are proud to offer an all day workshop titled: "Enabling lifestyle behaviour change in your communities - a practical introduction"
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NIHA Bulletin August 2022
The latest news from Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing can be found in our bulletin. Please download the most recent issue below.
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UEA RECEIVES FUNDING BOOST FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is receiving two new Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Awards from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
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NIHA member awarded first ever Clinical Associate Professor post to enhance NNUH research
Eight Consultants have been awarded the posts in translational and clinical medicine at the NNUH
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NIHA Co-Production Partnership Listening Exercise – Briefing paper now out
Key findings from a listening exercise with disadvantaged individuals across Norfolk and Suffolk
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NIHA 2022 Engagement Award winner
NIHAs Co-Production Partnership win Project Award
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NIHA monthly seminar – 1st July 2022 @ 12 noon
"My Research Journey" presented by Prof Ketan Dhatariya
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The Impact of Our Collaborative Research – Annual Report Launch – UEA Health and Social Care Partners
Speaker NIHAs Theme Lead Prof Wendy Hardeman
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Evaluation of the Community Champions programme
Creating a network of ‘Community Champions’
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The social supermarkets on our doorstep….
NIHA visits Social Supermarket in Thetford, Norfolk
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Targeting food poverty across Norfolk
'Nourishing Norfolk' - A campaign targeting Food Poverty in Norfolk
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Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 Results
92.6% of NIHA associated research deemed to be world leading (4*) or internationally excellent (3*) for quality and impact
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UEA Citizen Academy Launch May 2022
The NIHA team had a great day at the Citizen's Academy launch speaking to the public about healthy ageing
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NIHA virtual seminar
Friday 6th May 2022 12 noon
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Fully Funded 3-year PhD opportunity
Application Deadline 11th April 2022
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NIHA monthly Seminar: 4th March 2022
We are delighted to welcome Dr Felix Naughton as our keynote speaker for our monthly seminar being held on 4th March 2022
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NIHA Director presents at Alzheimer’s UK Event
NIHA Director, Prof Anne-Marie Minihane presents at the Alzheimer's UK Event: 'Gender Diet and Brain Health'
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Funding boost to co-produce interventions to support multiple behaviour change in socially deprived communities (CHarMINg)
Funding awarded to NIHA Theme Lead Professor Wendy Hardeman
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NIHA Co-Production Partnership met to discuss the impact inflation rises are having on local communities
NIHA meet to evaluate the impact on local families as cost of living squeeze intensifies
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Could a Mediterranean Diet be key to prevent dementia?
Researchers in MED (led by Prof Anne Marie Minihane, director of the Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging) are launching a new study to see if a Mediterranean diet could help prevent dementia
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Professor recognised as the world’s top expert for diabetic ketoacidosis
NIHA Deputy Theme Lead for Cardiometabolic Health and Brain Ageing has been recognised as the world’s top expert for diabetic ketoacidosis
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BBC Radio Norfolk interview NIHA Director – Prof Anne Marie Minihane
Interview with NIHA Director Prof. Anne Marie Minihane
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NIHA Virtual Seminar – 7th January 12noon – Nikki Morris, CEO at Age UK Camden
The virtual January seminar will feature a presentation by Nikki Morris, CEO at Age UK Camden, who will discuss the role of the third sector in health and wellbeing as we grow older...
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NIHA Virtual Seminar: Kelly Lindsay, Friend in Deed
Come to our next academic seminar at 12pm on Friday 1st October. We'll be joined by Kelly Lindsay, Director of Friend in Deed.
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NIHA Virtual Seminar Recording: Prof Ailsa Welch, University of East Anglia
The recording of our August 2021 seminar with Prof Ailsa Welch and Dr Matthew Pontifex, both Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, is now available to view!
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NIHA Virtual Seminar Recording: Prof Dame Theresa Marteau, University of Cambridge
The recording of our July 2021 seminar with Prof Dame Theresa Marteau is now available to view!
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Launch of NIHA Co-Production Partnership
On 21st July 21, twenty representatives from statutory, voluntary and academic organisations working in the healthy ageing arena are coming together to form the NIHA Co-Production Partnership.
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NIHA Virtual Seminar Recording: Dr Katharina Mattishent, University of East Anglia
The recording of our June 2021 seminar with Dr Katharina Mattishent is now available!
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NIHA Virtual Seminar: Prof Carol Brayne, CBE, University of Cambridge
Join us at 12pm on Friday 7th May for a seminar titled 'Dementia trends and prevention – generating an evidence base and translating to impact'
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Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing – Initial Partner Symposium
Join us online on Monday, 1st of February at 13.00, for the Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing (NIHA) Initial Partner Symposium with keynote speaker Professor Sir Michael G. Marmot.
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Flour power in our daily bread
There are few foods more satisfying than a chunk of white bread when we are seeking comfort food. Unfortunately, white bread is not one of our healthiest food choices.
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We drank more, exercised less, in lockdown – study shows
Lockdown saw people in the UK eating less fruit and veg, getting less exercise and drinking more alcohol – according to research from the University of East Anglia.
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New research institute for healthy ageing launched
The Eastern Daily Press has recently published an article on the launch of the our Institute.
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UK Nonagenarians surpass 600,000
The number in the UK aged 90 years and over, known as nonagenarians has reached record levels of more than 600,000 for the first time, according to government ONS data.
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NIHA Public Launch event summary
The Public Launch of the Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing (NIHA) took place on the evening of the 26th November 2020.
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Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing Community Lay Representatives
NIHA seeks two 'lay' representatives to be members of the NIHA team.
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Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing – Launch
Join us online on Thursday 26 November (6-7:30pm), as we officially launch the Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing (NIHA).
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UEA Professor appointed chair of new health claims committee
A nutrition expert from UEA has been appointed as Chair of Public Health England’s new national committee helping to protect the public from misleading food marketing.
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Nutrition Society’s Winter Conference organised by Prof Aisla Welch (UEA)
Prof Ailsa Welch of Norwich Medical School (UEA) is organising an online conference about micronutrient malnutrition Dec 8-9
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Research shows that Mediterranean-style plant-rich diets are cognitively protective
Professor Anne-Marie Minihane discusses how changing our eating habits and behaviours, including adopting a Mediterranean-style diet, can protect against cognitive decline.
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E-cigs better than gum or patches to help people quit smoking
Electronic cigarettes could increase the number of people who stop smoking compared to nicotine replacement therapy – such as chewing gum and patches – according to research involving UEA.
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Stopping ‘risky’ medicines for older people
A £2.4 million initiative to stop the use of potentially harmful medicines prescribed to older patients will be trialled across hospitals in England, following research led by UEA.
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New app to forecast life expectancy
Researchers from the University of East Anglia have developed a new app that shows the effect of various medical and lifestyle factors on life expectancy.
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How lockdown could affect our long-term health
Researchers at the University of East Anglia are launching a new project to track the health of the nation during lockdown, and they are looking for volunteers to take part.
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New evidence for the protective role of the microbiome in early life
A new study has provided insights into how microbes protect gut health from the moment of birth.
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Older people in poor countries should be considered in global responses to covid-19
Current guidance on coronavirus “largely ignores” the implications for public health and clinical responses in light of those most at risk, according to an international group of global health experts
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How heartbreak and hardship shape growing old
From being raised by an emotionally cold mother to experiencing violence, war and bereavement, difficult life events have a profound effect on our physical and mental wellbeing in later life.