Knowledge sharing - how the findings will be used
HALCyon is strongly committed to bringing its research findings to groups who wish to use these findings to change policy and practice, and to inform the wider public.
Areas of HALCyon research of particular relevance for knowledge transfer include:
(1) the effects (to individuals and society) of lifetime social advantage and disadvantage on capability, wellbeing and underlying biological ageing
(2) the effects of diet, activity and other choices on ageing, and
(3) the effect of capability on wellbeing and
(4) the relationship between perceived experiences of ageing and independent assessments of capability.
To deliver these aims HALCyon has put together a Knowledge Transfer Steering Group (KTSG), which will operate across the duration of the programme. This is chaired by Dr Goodwin, who is Head of Research for Help the Aged and a member of the HALCyon core team. The KTSG will bring the HALCyon core team together with representatives from our partners, including older people. Twice a year during the programme, members of the KTSG will receive reports, presentations and updates from the scientists, and decide the best ways to communicate the results of these. This will allow good forward planning and clarity of communication, and will ensure that knowledge is shared effectively and in a timely manner.
The Knowledge Transfrer Steering group members are
· Prof James Goodwin - Help the Aged (Chair)
· Prof Di Kuh -MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and ageing
· Dr Marcus Richards - MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and ageing
· Dr Kate Green - Child Poverty Action Group
· Dr Sally-Marie Bamford - International Longevity Centre UK
· Dr Rachel Thomas - British Nutrition Foundation
· Prof Nick Tyler - University College London
· Dr Fraser H Anderson - Southampton University
· Dr Dan Perry - Alliance for Aging Research
· Prof Felicia A Huppert - Cambridge University
· Dr Suzanne Sorensen - Alzheimer’s Society
· Pauline Richards - NDA user group
· Norman Richards - NDA user group
As well as the academic staff and institutes involved in the study the following organisations are playing an active role in the KTSG:
