Prof. Janet Lord University of Birmingham, UK

Janet Lord is Emeritus Professor of Immune Cell Biology at Birmingham University, UK. Her primary research focus is in the effect of ageing upon immune function and how this limits the ability of older adults to resolve inflammation and predisposes them to chronic inflammatory disease such as Rheumatoid arthritis. She... read morealso researches the link between chronic systemic inflammation and physical frailty, notably sarcopenia, in old age and chronic diseases including chronic liver disease. More recently she has begun to research the inflammatory response to major trauma and how this varies with age and influences patient outcomes. In 2013 she was awarded the Lord Cohen of Birkenhead medal for her outstanding research in human ageing by the British Society for Research in to Ageing. She was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2015.