Professor Roy Soiza

Professor Roy Soiza
Professor Roy Soiza
Professor Roy Soiza

MB ChB MRCP(UK)

Honorary Chair

About
Email Address
r.l.soiza@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

c/o Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research, University of Aberdeen, Room 1:128, Polwarth Building, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD United Kingdom

School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Biography

I graduated from Edinburgh University in 2000 and became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians in 2003. Later that year, I joined the North of Scotland training programme as a Specialist Registrar in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine. In 2006, I joined the University of Aberdeen as Clinical Lecturer in Elderly Medicine.

I was a Consultant Geriatrician with NHS Grampian from 2008 to 2018, before joining the General Medicine Department at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, returning to Geriatric Medicine in 2023. I have held numerous roles in postgraduate medical training, including Training Programme Director for Core Medical Training and Geriatric Medicine and serving as Associate Postgraduate Dean from 2015-2017.  

I was awarded an NRS Career Researcher Fellowship in 2012. Having previous held roles of Honorary Senior Lecturer and Honorary Reader, I was awarded an Honorary Chair in February 2024. I am the Editor-in-Chief of Age & Ageing.

External Memberships

  • Consultant Physician, NHS Grampian
  • Editor in Chief, Age & Ageing 2024- (previously Senior Editor 2022-4, Associate Editor 2020-2)
  • Associate Editor, Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety 2010-, Geriatric Pharmacology 2023-, SAGE Open Medicine 2012-, 
  • Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease 2011-, BMC Health Services Research 2014-
  • Growing Older in Scotland Report, Reference Group Member
  • Reviewer, for numerous international medical journals and grant-awarding bodies including MRC, CSO, NIHR, Research Council of Norway, South African Medical Research Council and Italian Ministry of Education, Universities & Research

 

 

Other Recent Roles

 

  • Associate Postgraduate Dean (Medicine), NES, 1st Feb 2015 – 31st Aug 2017

  • NRS Career Research Fellow 2012-5

  • Treasurer, Scottish Society of Physicians, 2014-8

  • Executive Committee Member, Scottish Society of Physicians, 2012-8

  • Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN), Delirium Guideline Development Group Member 2016-9, Dementia Guideline Group Member 2020-

  • Chair, Organising Committee, RCPE Geriatric Medicine Symposium 2019

  • Faculty Member, Faculty Development Alliance (formerly SCOTS Supervisor Training Courses), 2010-7

  • Electives Adviser, University of Aberdeen Medical School, 2010-8

  • Training Programme Director, North of Scotland Deanery

    Core Medical Training                        2010-3

    Geriatric Medicine                              2011-5

  • Educational Supervisor, Foundation Programme, GP and Specialty Registrars, 2008-

  • Chair, Medical Specialties Training Committee, North of Scotland Deanery 2013-2015

  • Member, RCP/BGS Geriatric Medicine Specialty Certificate Exam (SCE) Question Writing Group, 2009-14

  • Advisory Board Member, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals (UK), 2010-12

  • External Examiner, MSc (Hons) research theses, Dundee University and Flinders University 2012-6

  • Clinical Supervisor, Physician Associate course, University of Aberdeen 2013-5

  • ‘Hospital to Home’ National Project Advisory Group Member, Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services (IRISS), 2013-6

  • Expert panellist, for a number of Delphi expert panels, e.g. for the FORTA, OPERAM and PERFECTED clinical trials

Research

Research Overview

I am interested in all aspects of health and disease in old age. My chief interests are hyponatraemia in older people and clinical pharmacology in old age. More recently, I have been working on COVID-19 therapy trials, and leading on vaccine trials. I have also researched polypharmacy, whole body vibration exercise, vascular ageing and cognitive ageing. I run clinical trials in older people but have wide experience in epidemiological and mechanistic studies, as well as systematic reviews.

 

 

Current Research

I am the Aberdeen Principal Investigator for the NOVAVAX, MODERNA P-305 (omicron), Medicago, BiCARB, K-SWAY, LACE, RAINDROP and SENATOR randomised controlled trials.

I have an ongoing interest in hyponatraemia, most recently investigating the causes of hyponatraemia after head injury.

I also led Wave 4 of the Aberdeen 1936 Birth Cohort (ABC36) Study, a longitudinal cohort study of  cognitive ageing.

Supervision

I have supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate students from medical elective students to PhD candidates. 

Funding and Grants

Current Grants

  • 'Widening Access to Trials in Care Homes (WATCH)' RL Soiza, Vaccine Innovation Fund 24/005, £299,792
  • ‘An evidence synthesis suite to inform a a future randomised trial of reducing anticholinergic related harm in older adults’, PK Myint, RL Soiza et al (6 co-investigators), Dunhill Medical Trust Ref No RPGF180666, £99,165

     

    Recent Grants
  • ‘Oral iron, intravenous iron or discontinuation of therapy for older adults with treatment unresponsive iron deficiency anaemia- a pilot randomised controlled trial’, PK Myint, RL Soiza et al (7 co-investigators), CSO Grant Ref No HIPS/17/15, £283,555
  • ‘Development and clinical trials of a new Software ENgine for the Assessment & optimization of drug and non-drug Therapy in Older persons (SENATOR)’, EU FP7 Project Grant, D O’Mahony, RL Soiza et al (12 co-investigators), €5,938,947
  •  ‘Does oral sodium bicarbonate therapy improve function and quality of life in older patients with chronic kidney disease and low-grade acidosis? A multicentre randomized placebo controlled trial’ NIHR HTA Grant 10/71, MD Witham, RL Soiza et al (10 co-investigators), £1,471,735
  •  ‘Vitamin K supplementation to reduce falls in older people – a multicentre trial’ CSO Grant CZH/4/1100, MD Witham, M McMurdo, P Donnan, P Mc Namee, RL Soiza, V Cvoro, £213,493
  • ‘Assessment of association between slow muscle fibres of calf and postural integrity between elderly fallers and non fallers using MRI techniques – a proof of concept study’ NHS Grampian Endowment Fund Research Grant 14/19, PK Myint, SR Gray, J He, RL Soiza,£11,936
  • Vascular ageing and hyponatraemia, NRS Career Researcher Fellowship, £123,010
  •  ‘Association of White Matter Lesions with Endothelial Dysfunction and Postural Blood Pressure Instability (ENDOW Study)’ NHS Grampian Endowment Fund Research Grant, £16,000, GE Hoyle, RL Soiza, DJP Williams, DG Seymour, AD Murray
  • ‘Aberdeen 1936 Birth Cohort Study: Wave 4’ Development Trust Alzheimer’s Research Fund, £41,382, AD Murray, RL Soiza, LJ Whalley
  • 'Association of Postural Blood Pressure Instability with Arterial Stiffness and Endothelial Dysfunction' NHSG Endowments No. 08/26 £8,667, RL Soiza, S Saha, GE Hoyle, DJP Williams
  • ‘The role of serum urate in cognitive decline’ Tenovus Scotland Project Grant G09/20 £9,456, RL Soiza, AD Murray, L Phillips, RT Staff
  • ‘The association between plasma nitrite levels and degree of endothelial function measured by pulse wave analysis’ 50% NHSG Endowments No. 09/19 & 50% British Geriatrics Society SpR Start-up Grant - £13,704, RL Soiza, S Saha, DJP Williams, IJ Megson
  • ‘Arginine Methylation: the missing link between vascular risk and Alzheimer’s disease severity’. NHS Grampian Endowments Research Grant 11/08, £9,084 AA Mangoni, RL Soiza, D Mowat
  • ‘Can asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) predict cognitive decline?’ NHS Grampian Endowments Research Grant No 11/07, £11,789, AA Mangoni, F Thies, RL Soiza, RT Staff

 

Publications

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  • Evidence of ageism in the management of acute coronary syndromes

    Soiza, R. L.
    Age and Ageing, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 413
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Age-dependent differences in presentation, risk factor profile, and outcome of suspected acute coronary syndrome

    Soiza, R. L., Leslie, S. J., Harrild, K., Peden, N. R., Hargreaves, A. D.
    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 53, pp. 1961-1965
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Comparison of risk stratification tools for predicting outcome in unselected patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome

    Soiza, R., Leslie, S. J., Williamson, P., Wai, S., Harrild, K. A., Peden, N. R., Hargreaves, A. D.
    European Society of Cardiology Congress, pp. 243-243
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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