Andy is NIHR Research Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Head of Ageing and Stroke Research at the University of Leeds and Honorary Consultant Geriatrician at Bradford Royal Infirmary. He is Director of the global Ageing Research Trialist (ART) collaborative, established to support individual participant data meta-analysis in ageing research, and Co-Director for Health Data Research UK (HDRUK) in the North of England.
Andy leads a large portfolio of ageing-related research, with a focus on frailty as an especially problematic expression of multimorbidity in later life, and medicines optimisation. He holds research grants of around £44M as lead or co-investigator, including as Co-Director of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration in the Yorkshire & Humber region of England, and a workstream within the NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Musculoskeletal Theme. Research expertise spans clinical trials of interventions, prognostic modelling using routine data, applied epidemiology and advanced evidence synthesis.
Andy previously led the development, validation and national implementation of the multi award-winning and NICE Guideline-recommended electronic frailty index (eFI) using routine Electronic Patient Record (EPR) data from around 1M UK patients. This work has had major impact on UK health policy, and influence on international research practice, including in the US. More recently, Andy led the development of eFI2 using novel prediction modelling methods, and led the development and external validation of the first international falls prediction model using routine EPR data. He is also leading work to develop, validate and implement the Anticholinergic Medication Index as a measure of anticholinergic medication burden suitable for deployment within UK and international EPR systems.
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Currently, the UK and international guidelines support routine identification of frailty in primary care to enable timely and targeted care for older people. Our Older people with Frailty theme lead,...
The Community Ageing Research (CARE75+) Study is a longitudinal cohort study that recruits older people (≥ 75 years) via General Practices across England. The study is hosted at Bradford Teaching...