Professor Fraser Birrell

Engagement Lead, MRC-Versus Arthritis Centre for Integrated Research into Musculoskeletal Ageing, Founding Editor-in-Chief, Wiley open access journal ‘Lifestyle Medicine’. Senior author of An Essential Book of MCQs for Certification in Lifestyle Medicine.

Over 100 published articles, over 8000 citations, H-index 43,
£2.1m attributable funding from £8m national & international grants

Clinician, educator & researcher. British Society for Rheumatology Young Investigator & Innovation in Development awards, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Training Fellowship, plus Royal College of Physicians Excellence in Patient Care Awards Lancet Research Award (shortlist) for whole pathway group consultations work. Sir Jules Thorn Trust funded NIHR CRN-adopted national evaluation study. Inaugural Fellowship of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine and passionate advocate for Lifestyle Medicine globally.

Passionate advocate of doing things differently and developing an evidence base for new approaches, so I relish the opportunity to share evidence underpinning Lifestyle Medicine skills individually and in groups.