
Chair in Old Age Medicine (Clinical)
- About
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- Email Address
- phyo.myint@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 437841
- Office Address
Room 4:013, Polwarth Building, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Professor Myint completed undergraduate and house officer training in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and held post graduate clinical training posts in Yorkshire, East Kent, Mersey and Eastern Deaneries. He was awarded the Stroke Association Clinical Fellowship and received clinical stroke training in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. He was trained in Clinical Epidemiology in Cambridge and Norwich, UK. He was conferred the Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 2007 with the Thesis “Healthy Ageing: Determinants and Outcomes of Functional Health in EPIC-Norfolk”. He completed higher medical specialist training in March 2008 with accreditations in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine with sub-specialty in Stroke Medicine.
He took up his first senior academic appointment with the Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia in 2008 as Clinical Senior Lecturer in Ageing and Stroke Medicine. He moved to Scotland in August 2013 to take up the position of Clinical Chair in Medicine (Old Age) with the University of Aberdeen. He led the Aberdeen Clinical Academic Training Pathways in North of Scotland between 2016 and 2022. He co-led the School EDI and Athena Swan (Gender Equality Steering Team (GEST)) between 2021 and 2024.
He has held many National Level Roles in the past including Executive Committee Member of the British Association of Stroke Physicians and involved in NICE guideline development group (2010 COPD update).
He is the Founding Co-Chair of the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit Programme. He sat on the Council of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) as the Royal College of Physicians London Representative (2014-2024) and is also a member of SIGN Sustainability Group. He was appointed as Co-Chair of Ageing & Frailty Standards Development Group, Healthcare Improvement Scotland (2023-2024). He is also a member of the NIHR Dementias Clinical Studies Portfolio Development Group.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Current
- Clinical Lead and Steering Group Member of the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s (ACONF)
- NHS Grampian Area Committee Member (University of Aberdeen Representative)
- Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research (ACER) Team Lead, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen
- Educational Supervisor-Foundation Doctors (Department of Medicine for the Elderly)
- Academic Mentor-Specialty Training Programme in Geriatric Medicine, North East Scotland, Scotland
- Geriatric Medicine Training Committee, North Region, NHS Education for Scotland, Scotland
- Academic Line Manager, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
- Member: TUTELAGE Committee
Previous
- School Co-Lead for EDI, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (2021-2024)
- School Co-Lead for Athena Swan, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (2021-2024)
- School Executive Team Member, SMMSN(2016-2024)
- School Teaching & Learning Committee Member (2024)
- Director of Clinical Academic Training and Development, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition (2016- April 2022)
- Co-ordinator of NIHR ACF programme- University of East Anglia (2009-2013 )
- Co-Course Director- MSc in Health Research, University of East Anglia (2011-2013)
- Norwich Academic Training Office (NATO) Board Member- Faculty of Health, University of East Anglia (2010-2013 )
- Postgraduate Research (PGR) LTQC Representative for Doctor of Medicine (MD), Degree, Norwich Medical School, Faculty of Health, UEA (Oct 2010-March 2012 )
- Postgraduate Research (PGR) Lead (MD) for Health and Social Sciences Research Institute (HSSRI) (2009-2010)
- Deputy Representative to TUTELAGE Committee for Geriatric Medicine (2014- July 2016)
- Educational Supervisor- Specialty Training in Geriatric Medicine & Core Medical Training Programme, Norwich, Eastern Deanery.
- AGEING theme lead, Epidemiology Group, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen
- Educational Supervisor-Specialty Training Programme in Geriatric Medicine, North East Scotland, Scotland (2013-2018)
- External Memberships
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Current
- Co-Chair, Healthcare of Older People/Ageing and Frailty National Standards Development Group, Scotland, Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Aug 2023-2024)
- Development Group Member: National Healthcare Standards (Scotland), Healthcare Improvement Scotland (June 2024-2025)
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Medicine & Health Sciences Board (MHSB): External Representative (Dec 2023- )
- Co-Chair, Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit Project (2017-)
- NIHR Dementias Portfolio Development Group (PDG) Member (2015-)
- Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) Council (Observer: Royal College of Physicians of London) (2013-2024)
- External Professional Advisor for Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Office (2012 -)
- Senior Editor (American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease) (2012- )
- Associate Editor (Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease) (2022- )
- Editorial Board Member (Geriatrics (Basel)) (2014-); Section Editor-in-Chief (2018-)
- Editorial Board Member (Annals of Translational Medicine) (2016- )
- Associate Editor (Frontiers in Neurology) (2017 - )
- Editorial Board Member (Medical Journal of Islamic Republic of Iran) (2018 - )
- Editorial Board Member (Healthcare) (2019- )
- Editorial Board Member (BMC Public Health) (2024- )
- Expert peer reviewer for more than 70 academic journals in general medicine, clinical epidemiology, cardiovascular, respiratory, public health, nutrition, cognitive neuroscience, and ageing
- Peer reviewer for the Medical Research Council (UK), the Wellcome Trust, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), British Heart Foundation, ESRC and Heart Research UK
- Funding Panel Member (DTC), Health Research Board, Republic of Ireland (2021)
- THET Myanmar Community Member (Feb 2021-)
- Member: Health Education Support Group (June 2021-)
- Trustee and Honorary Treasurer Health Education Support Group Charity (May 2024-) (Registration:1207663)
Previous
- Royal College of Psychiatrists: the Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health (POMH) QI Project Expert Advisor (2023-2024)
- The Scottish Clinical Research Excellence Development Scheme (SCREDS) Operational Board member; NHS Education for Scotland (2016- April 2022)
- INSPIRE Lead, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (2016-April 2022)
- Visiting Professor (University of Medicine I, Yangon) (2016-2021)
- Funding Panel Member, Health Research Board, Republic of Ireland (2017, 2019)
- NIHR Dementia & Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN) Dementia Clinical Studies Group member (2013-2015)
- National Executive Committee Member (British Association of Stroke Physicians) (2012-2014)
- Member of National Age & Ageing CLRN Group (2012-2013)
- East of England National Institute for Health Research RfPB Funding Advisory Committee Member (2012-2013)
- Funding Panel Member for the Life and Health Sciences panel. Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT), the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2013)
- Honorary Regional Deputy Secretary, East of England British Geriatrics Society (2012-2013)
- External Examiner-MSc in Geriatric Medicine- University of Salford, Manchester, UK
- Topic Expert Group Member (NICE)- COPD (2010-2011)
- Associate Editor (BMC Health Services Research) (2009- 2017)
- Editorial Board Member (Scientific Reports) (2017- 2020)
- International Editorial Board Member (Open Heart Failure Journal) (2008-2010)
- Guideline Development Group Member- COPD Guidelines Update 2008 National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (2008-2010)
- Steering Committee Member- National COPD Resources and Outcomes Project (NCROP) (2007-2009)
- Elected Chair of Trainees, British Geriatrics Society (2005-2007)
- Elected Vice-Chair of Trainees, British Geriatrics Society (2003-2005)
- Founding Member, Trainees Committee, British Association of Stroke Physicians (2003-2005)
- Research
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Research Overview
Academic Lead, Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research Team
His research interests include clinical epidemiology and outcome research in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, determinants of physical and mental ageing (healthy ageing), clinical geriatrics (extreme old age, disability, pneumonia, clinical nutrition, dementias) and health services research of conditions prevalent in older age.
Research Areas
Biomedical Sciences
Research Specialisms
- Healthcare Science
- Databases
- Gerontology
- Dementia Studies
- Epidemiology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
Current research spans across above research areas using various methodologies and data source
Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research (ACER) Team
Collaborations
- Academic Centre for Applied Clinical & Translational Research into Ageing (ACTRA), Aberdeen http://www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/research/actra.php
- Aberdeen Cardiovascular & Diabetes Centre (ACDC)
- UK Stroke Registers Collaboration (UKSRC)
- Norwich Research Park Cardiovascular Research Group
- Keele Cardiovascular Research Group, Centre for Prognosis Research
- Older Persons Surgical Outcome Collaboration (OPSOC)
- International Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Collaboration Cohort (ICCC)
- Peking University Clinical Research Institute (PUCRI)
- Ageing & Age-associated Disorders Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
- Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research (MELoR) Study
- Clinical Gerontology Unit (University of Cambridge)
- MRC Epidemiology Unit (Cambridge)
Funding and Grants
- Alzheimer's Society
- Alzheimer's Research UK Scotland Network
- Chief Scientist Office
- Dunhill Medical Trust
- Digital Healthcare Institute, Scottish Funding Council
- Medical Research Scotland
- Morningfield Association
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grant for Applied Research (PGAR)
- NHS R&D (Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)
- NHS Grampian Endowment Research Grant
- Oral and Dental Research Trust
- Sir Halley Stewart Trust
- Tenovus Scotland
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Undergraduate teaching/education
- Regent
- Clinical Specialty Lead (Geriatric Medicine)
- Clinical Teaching (year 3, 4 and 5)
- TUTELAGE Committee Member
Postgraduate teaching/supervision
- MSc Epidemiology Module 2013-2015 (MSc in Public Health)
- Master of Public Health (MPH) (2016- )
- MSc in Human Nutrition (2017- )
- MSc in Clinical Nutrition (2017- )
- MSc in Global Health and Management (2014-2019 )
- MSc in Cardiovascular Health and Disease (2018- )
- MSc Clinical Pharmacology (2022- )
- MSc Clinical Education (2024- )
Research Project Supervision (Undergraduate/Postgraduate)
- Summer Research Scholarship Students
- Summer Vacation Research Students
- Specialist Registrar (STR) Research Projects
- Thesis supervision: MSc in Public Health, and MSc in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, MSc in Data Science, Master of Research (MRes), and Master of Public Health (MPH)
- PhD supervision
- BSc (Hon.) Research Projects
- BMedSci Research Projects
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
I am one of the Faculty Members of International Workshop in Clinical Epidemiology - an introductory epidemiology workshop held annually in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in collaboration of University of Malaya and Perdana University, Malaysia.
- Publications
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Long Term Prognostic Impact of Sex-specific Longitudinal Changes in Blood Pressure: The EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Cohort Study
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 180-191Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThrombolysis in Acute Ischaemic Stroke Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, vol. 144, no. 6, pp. 669-679Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBarriers and facilitators to reducing anticholinergic burden: a qualitative systematic review
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, vol. 43, pp. 1451-1460Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssociation between serum secretory phospholipase A2 and risk of ischemic stroke
European Journal of Neurology, vol. 28, no. 11, pp. 3650-3655Contributions to Journals: ArticlesShock Index Predicts up to 90-day Mortality Risk after Intracerebral Haemorrhage
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 210, 106994Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnderstanding stakeholder views regarding the design of an intervention trial to reduce anticholinergic burden: a qualitative study
Frontiers in Pharmacology, vol. 12, 608208Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFMALE score: Combining practical risk scales to improve preoperative predictive accuracy in emergency general surgery: A multi-centre prospective cohort study
American Journal of Surgery, vol. 222, no. 5, pp. 911-912Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.04.009
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents and anastomotic leak rates across colorectal cancer operations and anastomotic sites: A systematic review and meta-analysis of anastomosis specific leak rate and confounding factors.
European Journal of Surgical Oncology, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 2841-2848Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssociation of chronic kidney disease with outcomes in acute stroke
Acta Neurologica Belgica, vol. 121, pp. 1241–1246Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDistribution, management and outcomes of AMI according to principal diagnosis priority during inpatient admission
International Journal of Clinical Practice, vol. 75, no. 10, e14554Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe influence of hospital-level variables on hip fracture outcomes
The Bone & Joint Journal, vol. 103-B, no. 10, pp. 1627-1632Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAn ecological study assessing the relationship between Public Health Policies and Severity of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Healthcare, vol. 9, no. 9, 1221Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGender differences in association between measures of central obesity and falls in community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults in Malaysia
Aging Medicine and Healthcare, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 95-104Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIndependent Evaluation of ARMED Service: Final Report
Commissioned by Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre. Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI). 86 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsSCoOP: Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in Secondary Care Audit (2019)
British Geriatrics Society. 24 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsReproductive pattern of parous women and the risk of cancer in later life
Cancers, vol. 13, no. 15, 3731Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Relationship between Alcohol Intake and Falls Hospitalization: Results from the EPIC-Norfolk
Geriatrics and Gerontology International, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 657-663Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCalcium Intake, Calcium Supplementation and Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in the British Population: EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Cohort study and Meta-Analysis
European Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 669-683Contributions to Journals: ArticlesClinical frailty scale as a point of care prognostic indicator of mortality in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
EClinicalMedicine, vol. 36, 100896Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPositive and negative inflammatory markers for falls and sarcopaenia in the Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research study - A five-year prospective study
Australasian journal on ageing, vol. 40, no. S1, pp. 1-2Contributions to Journals: AbstractsAnticholinergic burden (prognostic factor) for prediction of dementia or cognitive decline in older adults with no known cognitive syndrome (Review)
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 5, no. 4, CD013540Contributions to Journals: Articles503 Clinical Frailty Score (CFS) Vs Antibiotics, Time to Surgery and Time to Computerised Tomography (CT) Scan in An Emergency Surgical Population
British Journal of Surgery, vol. 108, no. Supplement_2, znab134.193Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znab134.193
Prognosis of Acute Ischaemic Stroke Patients with Cancer: A National Inpatient Sample Study
Cancers, vol. 13, no. 9, 2193Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssociation of Circulating Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Levels With Cardiovascular Mortality: A Meta-analysis of Population-Based Studies
JAMA cardiology, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 587-592Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2020.5392
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The role of C-reactive protein (CRP) as a prognostic marker in COVID-19
International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 420-429Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTrends, Management and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Chronic Liver Disease
International Journal of Clinical Practice, vol. 75, no. 4, e13841Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSex Differences in Ischemic Stroke Outcomes in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension
Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 10, no. 6, e019341Contributions to Journals: ArticlesModified Early Warning Score and Risk of Mortality after Acute Stroke
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 202, 106547Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.106547
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SCoOP Acute Hospital Outcomes Report 2018-2019: An overview of outcomes of acute geriatric medicine services in Scotland
University of Aberdeen. 40 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsSystematic Review of Immunosuppressant Guidelines in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, vol. 12, pp. 1-25Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBioelectrical impedance versus biochemical analysis of hydration status: predictive value for prolonged hospitalisation and poor discharge destination in older patients
Healthcare, vol. 9, no. 2, 154Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCountry-level determinants of the severity of the first global wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: an ecological study
BMJ Open, vol. 11, no. 2, e042034Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAcute Myocardial Infarction in Autoimmune Rheumatologic Disease: A Nationwide Analysis of Clinical outcomes and Predictors of Management Strategy
Mayo Clinic Proceedings, vol. 96, no. 2, pp. 388-399Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLong term effects of gestational diabetes on bone mineral density and fracture risk: Analysis of the Norfolk cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC-Norfolk) population-based study
Maturitas, vol. 144, pp. 68-73Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRevascularisation Therapies Improve the Outcomes of Ischemic Stroke Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure
International Journal of Cardiology, vol. 324, pp. 205-213Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBaseline anticholinergic burden from medications predicts poorer baseline and long-term health-related quality of life in 16 675 men and women of EPIC-Norfolk prospective population-based cohort study
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 135-143Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAn Ecological Approach to the Development of an Active Aging Measurement in Urban Areas (AAMU)
BMC Public Health, vol. 21, 4Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAnticholinergic Burden Measures Predict Older People’s Physical Function and Quality of Life: A Systematic Review
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 56-64Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAnticholinergic Burden in Older Adult Inpatients: Patterns from Admission to Discharge and Associations with Hospital Outcomes
Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, vol. 12, pp. 1-13Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAnticholinergic burden measures and older people's falls risk: a systematic prognostic review.
Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, vol. 12, pp. 1-10Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRoutine Use of Immunosuppressants is Associated with Mortality in Hospitalised Patients with Covid-19
Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, vol. 12, pp. 1-17Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTrial of Dexamethasone for Chronic Subdural Hematoma
The New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 383, pp. 2616-2627Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIncreased care at discharge from COVID-19: The association between pre-admission frailty and increased care needs after hospital discharge; a multi-centre, European observational cohort study.
BMC medicine , vol. 18, 408Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Framework for Elder-Friendly Public Open Spaces from the Iranian Older Adults' perspectives: A Mixed-Method Study
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, vol. 56, 126857Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126857
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17103/1/Lak_etal_UFUG_Framework_AAM.pdf
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Anticholinergic medication exposure predicts poor physical capability: Findings from a large prospective cohort study in England.
Maturitas, vol. 142, pp. 55-63Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow do older women perceive their safety in Iranian urban outdoor environments?
Ageing International, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 411-433Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-020-09398-3
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Older patients are more likely to breach the 4-hour target in Scotland
Emergency Medicine Journal, vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 807-810Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe influence of ACE inhibitors and ARBs on hospital length of stay and survival in people with COVID-19
IJC Heart & Vasculature, vol. 31, 100660Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSeasonality of stroke: Winter admissions and mortality excess: A Thailand National Stroke Population Database Study
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, vol. 199, pp. 106261Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clineuro.2020.106261
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Impact of surgery on older patients hospitalized with an acute abdomen: findings from the Older Persons Surgical Outcome Collaborative
Frontiers in Surgery, vol. 7, 583653Contributions to Journals: Articles