Senior research scientist, Quadram Institute
George Savva is a statistician at Quadram Institute Bioscience, supporting work across health sciences.
Following a PhD in computational biology, George has worked as a statistician in health and medicine since 2004, supporting large national epidemiologic studies; the National Down Syndrome Cytogenetic Register, the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study, and The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.
Between 2013 and 2017 he led a research programme in the epidemiology of ageing and dementia, at the University of East Anglia, and retains an interest in the conceptualization of frailty in older people and in the effects of potentially inappropriate medication use in older age.
Does exercise really do nothing for longevity, as a Finnish twins study suggests?
Dec 11, 2023 08:26 am UTC| Health
Surveys on lifestyle and longevity consistently find that people who do more exercise live longer. So it is surprising to see a report from the Finnish Twins Cohort Study that there is little direct effect of leisure time...
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