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Advisory Committee

Management of SPARC

SPARC was supported by a single joint grant from BBSRC and EPSRC and was managed by members of the research community. The management team comprised:

Network Director
Professor Peter Lansley
School of Construction Management and Engineering
Urban and Regional Studies Building
University of Reading
Whiteknights
PO Box 219
Reading RG6 6AW
United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 (0) 118 378 8202
Fax: + 44 (0) 118 931 3856
Email: p.r.lansley@reading.ac.uk

Network Co-Director
Dr Richard Faragher
School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Science
University of Brighton
Cockcroft Building
Brighton BN2 4GJ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1273 642124
Fax: +44 (0) 1273 679333
Email: rgaf@brighton.ac.uk

Advisory Committee Members

Non-academic members

Mrs Elizabeth Mills OBE - Chair of the Committee
Eminence Grise Consulting

Dr Lorna Layward - Deputy Chair of the Committee
Research Manager, Research into Ageing, Help the Aged

Dr Elizabeth White
British Association of Occupational Therapists/College of Occupational Therapists

The late Professor Janet Askham
Special Adviser to the Department of Health on Older People's Use of Services
Director of Research, Picker Institute Europe

Academic members

Professor Bernie Conway
Department of Bioengineering, University of Strathclyde

Dr Deborah K. Dunn-Walters
Department of Immunobiology, GKT Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London

Dr Sian Henson
Department of Immunology and Molecular Pathology, University College London

Professor David Kipling
Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University

Professor Constantinos N. Maganaris
Centre for Biophysical and Clinical Research into Human Movement, Manchester Metropolitan University

Professor Kevin Morgan
Department of Human Science, Loughborough University

Professor Marcus Ormerod
SURFACE Inclusive Design Research Centre
School of Construction and Property Management, The University of Salford

Research Council Representatives

Dr Lesley Heppell
Head, Animal Sciences Branch
Science and Technology Group

BBSRC
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon SN2 1UH
United Kingdom
Email: lesley.heppell@bbsrc.ac.uk

Dr Louisa Jenkin
Science and Technology Group
BBSRC
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon SN2 1UH
United Kingdom
Email: louisa.jenkin@bbsrc.ac.uk

Dr Linda Sayers
Portfolio Manager, Engineering, Economy, Environment and Crime
EPSRC
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon SN2 1ET
United Kingdom
Email: linda.sayers@epsrc.ac.uk

In attendance

Ms Verity Smith, Dr Nicky Hewson & Dr Lucy Chappell, SPARC Secretariat

SPARC Steering Committee Photo
The Inaugural Meeting of the Advisory Committee

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The SPARC Story

Welcome to SPARC and KT-EQUAL: Knowledge Transfer for Extending Quality Life

SPARC brings together researchers, practitioners and policy makers in ageing. It specialises in communicating the latest design, engineering and biological ageing-related research to all stakeholders, making the case about the benefits for an ageing population of scientific research, and it encourages new blood into ageing research. Although funding for SPARC ended in December 2008, SPARC is continuing to function from the University of Reading within a new initiative - KT-EQUAL which commenced in January 2009. Soon KT-EQUAL will have its own website but for the time being news and information about SPARC and KT-EQUAL events are being handled by the SPARC website.

SPARC Mission Statement

Supporting Older People by
Putting Research into Practice and
Actively Promoting Needs and Solutions through
Research Leadership and
Commitment

Partners

BBSRC - Biotechnological and Biological Sciences Research Council EPSRC - Engineering and Phsyical Sciences Research Council