Awards announcement: 2025/26 Joint British Geriatrics Society Undergraduate Research Placements
We’re delighted to have funded four awards – together supporting 12 placements – under the first round of this new scheme.
Awards announcement
Introducing our Joint MRC / Vivensa Foundation clinical research training Fellow
Introducing our Joint MRC / Vivensa Foundation clinical research training Fellow, Dr Ben Gabbott (Queen Mary University of London).
Laying the foundations for translational geroscience: A spotlight on our 2026 Rising Star
Dr Claire McDonald is one of two recipients of our 2026 Rising Star Vivensa Academy Excellence Award, alongside Dr Mahmoud Bukar Maina. We speak to her about combining clinical medicine with research, why older people with multiple long‑term conditions shouldn’t be excluded from trials, and how she plans to use her award to build a more inclusive, cross‑disciplinary research ecosystem for ageing.
Leading with inclusion and positivity: A spotlight on our 2026 Senior Leader
Professor Nathan Davies is the recipient of our 2026 Senior Leader Vivensa Academy Excellence Award. We spoke to him about leadership rooted in personal values, his plans to build research capacity and his commitment to creating lasting change in the field of ageing research.
Introducing our 2026 Early Career Postdoctoral Fellows
We are delighted to introduce Dr Emily Fisher, Dr Jack Roberts, Dr Nuno Koch Esteves and Dr Xiaowen (Shirley) Ma as our 2026 Early Career Postdoctoral Fellows
Alzheimer’s research has a genetic ancestry gap: How our 2026 Rising Star is working to close it
We talk to Dr Mahmoud Maina – our 2026 Rising Star in the Vivensa Academy Excellence Awards – about his research spanning two continents.
Working towards a shared goal: A spotlight on our 2026 Team Achievement winners
We talk to the winners of the new ‘Team Achievement’ category in our annual Vivensa Academy Excellence Awards – the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG). Here, members share their approach to co-production, plans for their 10th anniversary celebration and their hopes for the future of the research group.
2026 Academy Excellence Award winners announced
We were delighted to recognise Professor Nathan Davies, Dr Claire McDonald, Dr Mahmoud Bukar Maina and Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group as the 2026 Vivensa Academy Excellence Award holders.
Sponsoring the Drs Confess podcast
We are delighted to share the news that Vivensa Foundation is sponsoring Dr Helen Nuttall and Dr Kate Slade’s ‘Drs Confess’ podcast for the next year.
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Introducing our 2025 Joint RNID / Vivensa Foundation Fellow
We are delighted to introduce Samuel Webb as the seventh recipient of our Joint Fellowship with the RNID.
Introducing our 2025 Joint British Geriatrics Society / Vivensa Foundation Doctoral Training Fellow
We are happy to introduce Kirandeep (Kiri) Marsh as the seventh recipient of our Joint Doctoral Fellowship with the British Geriatrics Society.