MBBS, MD, FRCP (Edin.), FRCP (Lond.)
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. From December 2021, he took on the role of School EDI and Athena Swan Co-Lead.
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 sits on the Council of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) as the Royal College of Physicians London Representative and is also a member of SIGN Sustainability Group. He is also a member of National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Dementias Clinical Studies Portfolio Development Group. He was recently appointed as Co-Chair of Ageing & Frailty Standards Development Group (2023-2024), Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Current
- School Co-Lead for Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
- School Executive Team Member (School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition)
- School Teaching & Learning Committee- Member
- NHS Grampian Area Committee Member (University of Aberdeen Representative)
- Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research (ACER) Team Lead, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen
- Clinical Lead & Steering Committee Member: Aberdeen Children of 1950s (ACONF) (June 2024-)
- 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
- 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-)
- 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-)
- Royal College of Psychiatrists: the Prescribing Observatory for Metal Health (POMH) QI Project Expert Advisor (2023-2024)
- Trustee and Honorary Treasurer Health Education Support Group Charity (May 2024-) (Registration:1207663)
Previous
- 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
- Lead Clinician, Aberdeen Student Society for Academic Medicine
Postgraduate teaching/supervision
- MSc Epidemiology Module 2013-2015 (MSc in Public Health)
- Master of Public Health (MPH) (2016- )
- MSc in Human Nutrition
- MSc in Clinical Nutrition (2017- )
- MSc in Global Health and Management (2014- )
- MSc in Cardiovascular Health and Disease (2018- )
- MSc Clinical Pharmacology (2022- )
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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Optimising Nutrition and Hydration in Care Homes: Getting It Right in Person Rather than in Policy
Geriatrics, vol. 4, no. 1, 1Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics4010001
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11683/1/geriatrics_04_00001.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
Cognitive profile and determinants of poor cognition in people without dementia in Parkinson’s disease
Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, vol. 33, 1Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffect of nonmeat, high-protein supplementation on quality of life and clinical outcomes in older residents of care homes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Nutrition Reviews, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 116-127Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuy061
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13383/1/Revisions_Nutrition_Accepted_Manuscript.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
The association between polypharmacy and late life deficits in cognitive, physical and emotional capability: a cohort study
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 251-257Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBlood pressure differences between home monitoring and daytime ambulatory values and their reproducibility in treated hypertensive stroke and TIA patients
American Heart Journal, vol. 207, pp. 58-65Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2018.09.005
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13125/1/Accepted_Manuscript_Merged.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
Could obesity be linked to falls in older adults?
Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-4Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImpact of heart failure on stroke mortality and recurrence
Heart Asia, vol. 11, no. 1, e011139Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPredictors of mortality and disability in stroke-associated pneumonia
Acta Neurologica Belgica, vol. 121, pp. 379-385Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVariability in the clinical management of iron deficiency anaemia in older adults: results from a survey of UK specialists in the care of older people
Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety, vol. 10, pp. 1-10Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2042098619854870
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12431/1/Variability_in_the_clinical_management_of_iron_deficiency_anaemia_in_older_adultspdf.pdf
- [ONLINE] http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2042098619854870
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
Dexamethasone for adult patients with a symptomatic chronic subdural haematoma (Dex-CSDH) trial: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Trials, vol. 19, no. 1, 670Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-3050-4
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11898/1/s13063_018_3050_4.pdf
A practical risk scale for predicting morbidity and mortality in the emergency general surgical setting: a prospective multicenter study
International Journal of Surgery , vol. 60, pp. 236-244Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMarital status and risk of cardiovascular diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Heart, vol. 104, no. 23, pp. 1937-1948Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313005
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10635/1/Manuscript_REF.pdf
Non-pharmacological interventions for the improvement of post-stroke activities of daily living and disability amongst older stroke survivors: A systematic review
PloS ONE, vol. 13, no. 10, 0204774Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAre Early Warning Scores Useful Predictors for Mortality and Morbidity in Hospitalised Acutely Unwell Older Patients?: A Systematic Review
Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 7, no. 10, 309Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm7100309
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11190/1/jcm_07_00309.pdf
Impact of stroke-associated pneumonia on mortality, length of hospitalization and functional outcome
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, vol. 138, no. 4, pp. 293-300Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ane.12956
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12251/1/Accepted_Acta_Manuscript.pdf
Role of protein in healthy ageing
European Journal of Integrative Medicine, vol. 23, pp. 32-36Contributions to Journals: ArticlesShock Index Predicts Patient‐Related Clinical Outcomes in Stroke
Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 7, no. 18, e007581Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.117.007581
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11056/1/JAHA.117.007581.pdf
Effect of Antiplatelet Therapy (Aspirin + Dipyridamole Versus Clopidogrel) on Mortality Outcome in Ischemic Stroke: a cohort study
The American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 122, no. 6, pp. 1085-1090Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDoes self-monitoring and self-management of blood pressure after stroke or transient ischemic attack improve control?: TEST-BP, a randomized controlled trial
American Heart Journal, vol. 203, pp. 105-108Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAuthor response: Early weight loss in parkinsonism predicts poor outcomes: Evidence from an incident cohort study
Neurology, vol. 91, no. 6, pp. 287-287Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000005937
Contribution of co-morbidity burden on dementia incidence after stroke
Age and Ageing, vol. 47, no. Suppl 3, pp. iii28-iii30Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy135.04
Low estimated glomerular filtration rate and pneumonia in stroke patients: Findings from a prospective stroke registry in the East of England
Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 10, pp. 887-896Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA high anti-cholinergic burden is associated with a history of falls in the previous year in middle-aged women: findings from the Aberdeen Prospective Osteoporosis Screening Study
Annals of Epidemiology, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 557-562Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRelation Between Age and Unplanned Readmissions After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Findings from the Nationwide Readmission Database))
The American Journal of Cardiology, vol. 122, no. 2, pp. 220-228Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIs anaemia associated with cognitive impairment and delirium among older acute surgical patients?
Geriatrics and Gerontology International, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 1025-1030Contributions to Journals: Articles