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Elizabeth has been committed to improving the quality of life of older people for nearly 40 years. She was Chief Executive of the medical research charity, Research into Ageing. She raised considerable sums, and brought her influence to bear on Government, Research Councils and philanthropists alike. She led it to merger with Help the Aged

Sophie is an assistant professor in Life Sciences at the University of Nottingham. Her research focuses on the mechanisms that lead to skeletal muscle remodelling, with a particular interest on how these mechanisms are impaired in older adults and how they can be improved.