Ageing: Science, Technology and Healthy Living Contents

Appendix 2: List of witnesses

Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/work/1/ageing-science-technology-and-healthy-living/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).

Evidence received by the Committee is listed below in chronological order of oral evidence session and in alphabetical order. Those witnesses marked with ** gave both oral evidence and written evidence. Those marked with * gave oral evidence and did not submit any written evidence. All other witnesses submitted written evidence only.

Oral evidence in chronological order

**	Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)	QQ 1–10
*	Professor James Nazroo, Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester	QQ 11–21
**	Professor Marcus Richards, Programme Leader at the MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, University College London (UCL)
*	Dr Stuart Ritchie, Lecturer in the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King’s College London
*	Dr Jordana Bell, Head of Epigenomics Research Group, King’s College London	QQ 22–27
**	Professor Avan Aihie Sayer, Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Newcastle University
*	Professor Richard Faragher, Professor of Biogerontology, Brighton University
*	Professor David Melzer, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Exeter University
*	Professor Graham Kemp, Professor of Metabolic and Physiological Imaging, Liverpool University	QQ 28–34
*	Dr Riccardo Marioni, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Edinburgh University
**	Professor Sir Michael Ferguson CBE, Regius Professor of Life Sciences, University of Dundee; Wellcome Trust Board of Governors	QQ 35–42
*	Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed, David Weatherall Chair of Medicine, University of Liverpool
**	Professor Dame Linda Partridge CBE, Managing Director, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, and Institute of Healthy Ageing, UCL
*	Professor Miles Witham, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
**	Professor Lynne Cox, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford	QQ 43–50
*	Professor Jesus Gil, Professor of Cell Proliferation, Imperial College London and group leader at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences
**	Professor Arne Akbar, President, British Society for Immunology
*	Dr Marina Ezcurra, Lecturer in Molecular Biosciences, University of Kent	QQ 51–57
**	Professor Kay-Tee Khaw, Professor of Clinical Gerontology, University of Cambridge
*	Professor John Mathers, Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Newcastle
*	Professor Paul Greenhaff, Professor of Muscle Metabolism, University of Nottingham	QQ 58–64
*	Professor Alun Hughes, Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology, UCL
**	Dr Samuel Nyman, Interim Deputy Head for Research, Department of Medical Science and Public Health, Bournemouth University
**	Elaine Rashbrook, Consultant Specialist, Life Course, Public Health England (PHE)	QQ 65–71
**	Dr Alison Giles, Associate Director for Healthy Ageing, Centre for Ageing Better
**	Councillor Ian Hudspeth, Chair, Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board and Leader of Oxfordshire County Council
*	Professor Maggie Rae, President, Faculty of Public Health	QQ 72–78
**	Ruthe Isden, Head of Health Influencing, Age UK
**	David Sinclair, Director, International Longevity Centre
*	Stuart Butterfield, Managing Director, Canary Care	QQ 79–94
*	Professor Praminda Caleb-Solly, Professor of Assistive Robotics and Intelligent Health Technologies, University of the West of England (UWE)
**	Sarah Weir OBE, Chief Executive, Design Council
**	Professor Ann Blandford, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction, UCL	QQ 95–106
*	Professor Esther Rodriguez Villegas, Professor in Low Power Electronics, Imperial College London
*	Professor Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena, Professor of Medical Robotics, Imperial College London
**	Dr Ewa Truchanowicz, Managing Director, Dignio Ltd
*	Professor Barbara Sahakian, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge	QQ 107–123
*	Professor Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience, University of Oxford
*	Dr Sana Suri, Alzheimer’s Society Research Fellow, University of Oxford
*	Professor Jane Raymond, Professor of Visual Cognition, University of Birmingham
*	Catherine McClen, Founder and CEO, BuddyHub	QQ 124–130
**	Sinead Mac Manus, Senior Programme Manager, Digital Health, Nesta
**	Simon Ommundsen, Head of User Experience, No Isolation
*	Dr Chris Blackmore, Lecturer in Mental Health, University of Sheffield
*	Dame Fiona Caldicott, National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care in England	QQ 131–138
**	Chris Roebuck, Chief Statistician, NHS Digital
**	Dr Jem Rashbass, Executive Director of Master Registries and Data, NHS Digital
*	Matthew Gould CMG MBE, CEO, NHSX
*	Charles Lowe, CEO, Digital Health and Care Alliance (DHACA)	QQ 139–146
**	Professor Julian Peto, Professor of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
*	Dr Paola Zaninotto, Associate Professor in Medical Statistics, UCL
**	Dr Jeni Tennison, CEO, Open Data Institute
**	George MacGinnis, Challenge Director, Healthy Ageing, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)	QQ 147–158
**	Professor Judith Phillips OBE, Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) Research Director, Healthy Ageing Challenge, UKRI; and Professor of Gerontology and Deputy Principal (Research), University of Stirling
**	Rosamond Roughton, Director for Care and Transformation, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
**	Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, Founding Director, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, UCL	QQ 159–169
**	Dr Anna Dixon, Chief Executive, Centre for Ageing Better
*	Ami Shpiro, Founder, Innovation Warehouse
*	Luella Trickett, Director of Value and Access, Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI)
*	Professor Fiona Watt, Executive Chair, Medical Research Council	QQ 170–180
**	Dr Alison Cave, Challenge Director, Data to Early Diagnosis and Precision Medicine Challenge, UKRI
**	Tamsin Berry, Director, Office for Life Sciences
**	Dr Louise Wood CBE, Director of Science, Research and Evidence, Department of Health and Social Care, and Co-lead of NIHR
**	Dr Fiona Marshall, Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences, and VP Head of Neuroscience and Head of UK Discovery Research, MSD	QQ 181–187
*	Jim Mellon, Co-Founder and Chairman, Juvenescence
*	Dr Sheuli Porkess, Executive Director, Research, Medical and Innovation, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
**	Dr Lauren Walker, Chair of StR Committee, British Pharmacological Society, and Academic Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool
*	Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Director, UCL Institute of Health Equity	QQ 188–198

Alphabetical list of witnesses

**	Academy of Medical Sciences (QQ 181–187)	INQ0078
	Action on Hearing Loss	INQ0013
**	Age UK (QQ 72–78)	INQ0077
	Agile Ageing Agency	INQ0052
	Aging Analytics Agency	INQ0043
	Alzheimers Research UK	INQ0092
	Professor Katherine Appleton	INQ0035
	ARCO (Associated Retirement Community Operators)	INQ0085
*	Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) (QQ 159–169)
*	Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) (QQ 181–187)
	Babraham Institute	INQ0070
*	Dr Jordana Bell, Head of Epigenomics Research Group, King’s College London (QQ 22–27)
	Birmingham Health Partners (BHP) (University of Birmingham College of Medical and Dental Sciences)	INQ0051
*	Dr Chris Blackmore, Lecturer in Mental Health, University of Sheffield (QQ 124–130)
**	Professor Ann Blandford, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction, UCL (QQ 95–106)	INQ0086
	British Academy	INQ0024
	British Dietetic Association (BDA)	INQ0080
	British Geriatrics Society	INQ0101
	British Geriatrics Society and Royal College of Physicians	INQ0049
**	British Pharmacological Society (BPS) (QQ 181–187)	INQ0031
**	British Society for Immunology (BSI) (QQ 43–50)	INQ0057
	Buddi	INQ0084
*	Dame Fiona Caldicott, National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care in England (QQ 131–138)
*	Professor Praminda Caleb-Solly, Professor of Assistive Robotics and Intelligent Health Technologies, University of the West of England (UWE) (QQ 79–94)
*	Canary Care (QQ 79–94)
	Professor Roxana Carare, Lead for Interdisciplinary Ageing and Dementia Centre (IDEAC), University of Southampton	INQ0083
	Sarah Cartmell, University of Manchester	INQ0054
**	Centre for Ageing Better (QQ 65–71) (QQ 159–169)	INQ0016 INQ0088 INQ0099
	Centre for Applied Dementia Research, University of Bradford	INQ0038
	Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare, University of Sheffield	INQ0026
	Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care, University of Hertfordshire	INQ0059
	The Challenge	INQ0073
	Christians on Ageing	INQ0015
	Professor Simon Conroy	INQ0003
**	Professor Lynne Cox, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford (QQ 43–50)	INQ0034
	Mrs Sheila Darzi	INQ0018
	Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), University of Stirling	INQ0047
	Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)	INQ0103
**	Design Council (QQ 79–94)	INQ0062
*	Digital Health and Care Alliance (DHACA) (QQ 139–146)
**	Dignio Ltd (QQ 95–106)	INQ0060
	Dr Adam Dobson	INQ0069
	Evergreen Life	INQ0006
*	Dr Marina Ezcurra, Lecturer in Molecular Biosciences, University of Kent (QQ 51–57)
	Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine	INQ0040
*	Faculty of Public Health (QQ 72–78)
*	Professor Richard Faragher, Professor of Biogerontology, Brighton University (QQ 22–27)
	Dr Michael Fossel MD, PhD	INQ0009
*	Professor Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience, University of Oxford (QQ 107–123)
*	Professor Jesus Gil, Professor of Cell Proliferation, Imperial College London and group leader at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (QQ 43–50)
	Professor Peter Gore	INQ0063
*	Professor Paul Greenhaff, Professor of Muscle Metabolism, University of Nottingham (QQ 58–64)
	Healthy Ageing Research Group, University of Manchester	INQ0072
	Dr Vanessa Heaslip and Professor Debbie Holley, Bournemouth University	INQ0045
	Hft and Tunstall Healthcare	INQ0036
**	HM Government (QQ 1–10) (QQ 65–71) (QQ 131–138) (QQ 147–158) (QQ 170–180)	INQ0023
	Professor Debbie Holley and Dr Vanessa Heaslip, Bournemouth University	INQ0045
*	Professor Alun Hughes, Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology, UCL (QQ 58–64)
**	innovative Therapeutics for Ageing consortium (iTAC) (QQ 35–42)	INQ0042
*	Innovation Warehouse (QQ 159–169)
	Institute of Health and Research Innovation, University of the Highlands and Islands	INQ0028
	Institute of Public Health in Ireland	INQ0048
**	International Longevity Centre UK (ILC) (QQ 72–78)	INQ0079
	Dr Zhenbao Jin	INQ0044
*	Juvenescence (QQ 181–187)
	Dr Maggie Keeble, Co-Founder of GeriGPs Group, British Geriatric Society	INQ0100
*	Professor Graham Kemp, Professor of Metabolic and Physiological Imaging, Liverpool University (QQ 28–34)
**	Prof Kay-Tee Khaw (QQ 51–57)	INQ0082
	Mrs Elizabeth Legge	INQ0075
	Lifelong Health Research Theme, University of Surrey	INQ0017
**	Local Government Association (QQ 65–71)	INQ0087
	Mr Richard Lock	INQ0014
	Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA)	INQ0033
*	Dr Riccardo Marioni, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, Edinburgh University (QQ 28–34)
*	Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Director, UCL Institute of Health Equity (QQ 188–198)
	Dr Hannah Marston and Dr Charles Musselwhite	INQ0010
**	Professor Mariana Mazzucato (QQ 159–169)	INQ0097
*	Professor John Mathers, Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Newcastle (QQ 51–57)
*	Catherine McClen, Founder and CEO, BuddyHub (QQ 124–130)
	Helen McDowall	INQ0004
	medconfidential	INQ0098
**	Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit and Institute of Healthy Ageing (IHA), University College London (QQ 11–21) (QQ 35–42)	INQ0007
*	Medical Research Council (QQ 170–180)
*	Professor David Melzer, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Exeter University (QQ 22–27)
	Professor Louise Moody	INQ0068
**	MSD (QQ 181–187)	INQ0055
	Muscle Health Public Involvement in Research	INQ0071
	Dr Charles Musselwhite and Dr Hannah Marston	INQ0010
*	National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (QQ 170–180)
	National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Devices for Dignity (D4D) MIC	INQ0065
	National Physical Laboratory (NPL)	INQ0050
*	Professor James Nazroo, Professor of Sociology, University of Manchester (QQ 11–21)
**	Nesta (QQ 124–130)	INQ0076
	Newcastle University Institute for Ageing	INQ0025
**	NHS Digital (QQ 131–138)	INQ0095
	NHS England and NHS Improvement	INQ0102
**	NHSX (QQ 131–138)
**	No Isolation (QQ 124–130)	INQ0039
	Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA)	INQ0053
**	Dr Samuel Nyman, Interim Deputy Head for Research, Department of Medical Science and Public Health, Bournemouth University (QQ 58–64)	INQ0030
**	Office for Life Sciences (QQ 170–180)
**	Open Data Institute (QQ 139–146)	INQ0093
	Open University	INQ0061
	Oxford Brookes University	INQ0041
**	Professor Julian Peto, Professor of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (QQ 139–146)	INQ0090 INQ0096
	The Physiological Society	INQ0066
*	Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed, David Weatherall Chair of Medicine, University of Liverpool (QQ 35–42)
	Positive Ageing Institute, Anglia Ruskin University	INQ0020
**	Public Health England (QQ 65–71)	INQ0091
*	Professor Jane Raymond, Professor of Visual Cognition, University of Birmingham (QQ 107–123)
*	Dr Stuart Ritchie, Lecturer in the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King’s College London (QQ 11–21)
	Professor Helen Roche, University College Dublin and Queen’s University Belfast	INQ0008
*	Professor Esther Rodriguez Villegas, Professor in Low Power Electronics, Imperial College London (QQ 95–106)
*	Professor Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena, Professor of Medical Robotics, Imperial College London (QQ 95–106)
	Royal College of Physicians and British Geriatrics Society	INQ0049
*	Professor Barbara Sahakian, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge (QQ 107–123)
**	Professor Avan Aihie Sayer, Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Newcastle University (QQ 22–27)	INQ0019
	Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU), Imperial College London	INQ0037
	Society for Applied Microbiology	INQ0029
	Dr Andrew Steele	INQ0067
	Professor Claire Stewart	INQ0046
	Studio Meineck Ltd	INQ0021
*	Dr Sana Suri, Alzheimer’s Society Research Fellow, University of Oxford (QQ 107–123)
	Third Age Trust	INQ0064
	Professor Anthea Tinker, King’s College London	INQ0012
**	UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) (QQ 147–158) (QQ 170–180)	INQ0032 INQ0094
	University College London (UCL)	INQ0027
	University of Birmingham MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research	INQ0056
	University of Glasgow College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences	INQ0058
	WaveLength	INQ0089
**	Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) (QQ 1–10)	INQ0081
*	Professor Miles Witham, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University (QQ 35–42)
*	Dr Paola Zaninotto, Associate Professor in Medical Statistics, UCL (QQ 139–146)

List of seminars

The Committee held a series of seminars in preparation for the inquiry, in private at the House of Lords.

On 2 July 2019, the Committee held a seminar with:

Professor Chris Todd, Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Older People and Frailty Policy Research Unit, University of Manchester;
David Wood, Chair, London Futurists, and Principal, Delta Wisdom; and
Stuart Butterfield, CEO, Canary Care.

On 2 July 2019, the Committee also held a seminar with:

Baroness Bakewell; and
Sue Armstrong, author of Borrowed Time.

On 4 July 2019, the Committee held a seminar with:

Sir Michael Ferguson CBE, FRS, FRSE, Regius Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee, and Wellcome Trust Board of Governors;
Professor Peter Clegg, Dean, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool; and
Professor Janet Lord, Director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing Director of the MRC-Arthritis Research UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, University of Birmingham.

On 9 July 2019, the Committee held a seminar with:

Sinead Mac Manus, Senior Programme Manager, Digital Health, Nesta; and
Baroness Greengross OBE.

On 9 July, the Committee also held a discussion with six members of the public who gave their perspectives on the topic of healthy and independent living in old age.

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