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Dr Emily Henderson is an Associate Professor of Ageing and Movement Disorders at the University of Bristol and Honorary Academic Consultant Geriatrician. She leads the Ageing and Movement Research Group (AMRG) in Population Health Sciences running a translational programme of research in neurodegenerative disease, falls and cognition. This spans basic science through to phase III, multicentre clinical drug trials, healthcare service innovation and education. This >£20million collaborative portfolio improves quality of life for older people and those with neurodenerative conditions through clinical trials, service innovation and pedagogical research.
Preventing falls in Parkinson's disease
In 2011, Emily set up and ran the ReSPonD (Rivastigmine to Stabilise Gait in Parkinson’s Disease) trial. This double blind, placebo controlled, randomised control trial sought to determine whether cholinesterase inhibitor therapy can stabilise gait and balance in people with Parkinson’s disease. She recruited 130 participants in <6 months to time and target and published the positive findings as first author in the published in the Lancet Neurology in 2016.
Emily is the Chief Investigator of the £2.1 million NIHR multicentre durg trial, CHIEF PD. The trial has now recruited over 380 participants across the UK and will provide definitive evidence as to the clinical and cost effectiveness of rivastigmine for falls in Parkinson's.
Innovating Parkinson's care
In 2019 she was awarded, as co-Principal Investigator, a £10 million grant from the Gatsby foundation to innovate Parkinson’s care. Proactive and Integrated Mangement and Empowerment in Parkinson's Disease (PRIME Parkinson’s) is a collaboration with Radboud University in the Netherlands, the University of Bristol and Royal United Hospitals Bath, that shares expertise and facilities to deliver this world-leading research.
Pedagogical research
Emily led development of the novel 18-week Complex Medicine in Older People (CMOP) geriatrics curriculum in the new MB21 Medical School undergraduate curriculum. This undergraduate teaching programme is now successfully delivered across all 7 Clinical Academies in the South West. A funding award from the Dunhill Medical Trust has enable a doctoral position to evaluate the effectiveness of new innovative educational methods on attitudes towards older people and knowledge of geriatrics.
Clinical expertise
Emily is a Consultant Geriatrician at the Royal United Hospital in Bath and clinical expert in Parkinson's and related disorders and medicine in older people.
Wider academic citizenship
From inception until 2018, she was the Lead for the South West Parkinson’s Excellence Network. She has organised conferences and delivered lectures at national and international meetings and at the Royal College of Physicians in London. She is Lead for Ageing in the West of England Clinical Research Network (CRN). Nationally, she is immediate past Chair of the British Geriatric Society - Movement Disorder Section (BGS-MDS), sits on the National Parkinson’s Disease Portfolio Development Group (PD-PDG) and is a Faculty member of the Parkinson's Academy. She is Vice President of Academic Affairs for the British Geriatrics Society and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
External positions
Honorary Consultant Geriatrician, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
2016 → …
Keywords
- Randomised Controlled Trials
- Parkinson's disease
- Ageing
- Cognition
- Gait
- Movement disorders
- Frailty
- Curriculum Evaluation
- Curriculum Development
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Undergraduate education in geriatric medicine
Pearson, G., Henderson, E. J., Ben-Shlomo, Y. & Redwood, S. M.
1/07/20 → 31/05/23
Project: Research
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How can medical schools help in this crisis of care?
Pearson, G., Winter, R. & Henderson, E. J., 16 Feb 2023, In: The BMJ. 380, p. p318 380.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Proactive and Integrated Management and Empowerment in Parkinson's Disease protocol for a randomised controlled trial (PRIME-UK) to evaluate a new model of care
Lithander, F. E., Tenison, E., Ypinga, J., Halteren, A., Smith, M. D., Lloyd, K., Richfield, E. W., Brazier, D. E., Ó Breasail, M., Smink, A. J., Metcalfe, C., Hollingworth, W., Bloem, B., Munneke, M., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Darweesh, S. K. L. & Henderson, E. J., 27 Feb 2023, In: Trials. 24, 1, p. 1-13 147.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Statistical and Health Economic analysis plan for the CHolinesterase Inhibitor to prEvent Falls in Parkinson’s Disease (CHIEF-PD) study: Version 1.0 (23.03.23)
Young, G., Metcalfe, C., Annaw, A., Hollingworth, W., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Brazier, D. & Henderson, E. J., 5 Apr 2023, (Unpublished) 32 p. University of Bristol.Research output: Other contribution
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COVID-19 and undergraduate education in geriatric medicine: A mixed-methods study of medical students’ attitudes towards older people during a global pandemic
Grace Pearson (Speaker), Anisha Cullen (Contributor), Sabi M Redwood (Advisor), Yoav Ben-Shlomo (Advisor) & Emily J Henderson (Advisor)
11 Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk, debate, discussion
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Updating the British Geriatrics Society Recommended Undergraduate Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine: A curriculum mapping and nominal group technique
Grace Pearson (Speaker), Rebecca Winter (Contributor), Adrian Blundell (Advisor), Tahir Masud (Advisor), Adam L Gordon (Advisor) & Emily J Henderson (Advisor)
29 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk, debate, discussion
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students’ attitudes towards older adults: implications for the future of geriatric medicine
Grace Pearson (Speaker), Anisha Cullen (Contributor), Sabi M Redwood (Contributor), Yoav Ben-Shlomo (Contributor) & Emily J Henderson (Contributor)
12 May 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk, debate, discussion