Prof. Ólöf Guðný Geirsdóttir is currently a professor
of nutrition at the University of Iceland’s Faculty of Food and Nutrition. Her
main subjects of the research are the nutritional status of the elderly and
age-related loss of function related to nutrition. The study investigates how
food choices and nutritional status can impact well-being and skills in ageing
or following a hospital stay. She has also worked on recommendations for food
and nutrition for older age groups in collaboration with the Swedish National
Institute of Public Health and on updating the new Nordic recommendations for
protein intake. Her research interests focus on the nutritional status of older
adults and how nutrition can influence age-related loss of function. In
addition, she was part of the working group that published the Icelandic
recommendations for food and nutrition for older age groups and contributed to
the new Nordic recommendations for protein intake.
Prof. Antony Johansen was the UK’s first full time
consultant orthogeriatrician, and has worked in the trauma unit of the
University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff since 1997. He has championed the
specialty of orthogeriatrics; co-authoring the British Orthopaedic
Association’s ‘Blue Book’ on Fragility Fracture, and the NICE Guidelines on Hip
Fracture. Since 2013 he has been clinical lead for the National Hip Fracture
Database (NHFD) at the Royal College of Physicians. As an honorary professor in
Cardiff University, his research interests embrace the whole field of geriatric
medicine, with a focus on quality improvement for older trauma patients.
Dr. Emma Sutton is a Clinical Academic. She is a
musculoskeletal Physiotherapist (practicing in Leicester), and an academic at
the University of Birmingham and the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS
Foundation Trust. At the University of Birmingham, Emma contributes towards a
variety of undergraduate and post graduate courses including the Advanced
Clinical Practice Degree and Degree Apprenticeship and MNurs. Her teaching
includes Musculoskeletal Assessment, anatomy, quality improvement and
implementation science. Emma also maintains a strong publication track record
in the field of surgical research, quality improvement and implementation. Her current
research involves leading a study to identify what works to reduce avoidable
re-admission after hip fracture in Birmingham. At the University Hospital
Birmingham (UHB), Emma co-leads a regional (West Midlands) Health Education
England funded Clinical Academic programme and she also supports clinical
academic career development within the trust (UHB).
