Staff Profile
Dr Iain Lang
Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Lead for Communications
I am a Consultant in Public Health with Devon County Council and a Senior Lecturer in Public Health with PenCLAHRC. My research interests relate to older people's health, particularly frailty and dementia, and to implementation.
LKD: Adventures in Knowledge Mobilisation blog
Contact by phone
01392 726087
Employed by
Devon County Council
Areas of expertise
Public Health
Projects
The Patient Safety Collaborative Evaluation Study (PiSCES)
End of Life Advance Care Planning Study (ELAPS) Health Care Quality for an Active Later Life Vitamin D and Cognitive Health: the DCog Project Volunteering for Health Physical Activity in Older Adults Antipsychotic prescribing in people with dementia resident in care homes PenCHORD - DECODE: Modelling the impact of a dementia triage system on Exeter memory clinic waiting times SW AHSN/PenCLAHRC Project - Analysing implementation in Acute Stroke and Patient Initiated Clinics (ASPIC) ExPERT - Exeter Policing, Evidence and Research Translation PenCHORD- Evaluation of the PenCHORD Health Service Modelling Associates programme (EmMA) Dissemination and implementation in dementia care Social Prescribing - Effective Mechanisms for Social Prescribing The Care Home Implementation and Knowledge Mobilisation Project (CHIK-P)Publications
Common health predictors of early retirement: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of AgeingBaby boomers nearing retirement: the healthiest generation?The case for addressing explosive weapons: Conflict, violence and healthVitamin D and risk of cognitive decline in elderly personsDepression among older adults in the United States and EnglandVitamin D and cognitive impairment in the elderly US populationIncome and the midlife peak in common mental disorder prevalenceVitamin D, cognitive dysfunction and dementia in older adultsVitamin D and cognitive functionCost-effectiveness of oromucosal cannabis-based medicine (Sativex) for spasticity in multiple sclerosisAssociation of Bisphenol A With Diabetes and Other AbnormalitiesImproving later life. Understanding the oldest oldThe Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice (3rd edition)The influence of problematic child-teacher relationships on future psychiatric disorder in a population survey with three year follow upVitamin D and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer diseaseInterventions to reduce inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotic medications in people with dementia resident in care homes: a systematic review Economic inequalities in burden of illness, diagnosis and treatment of five long-term conditions in England: panel studyAssociation of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration With Medical Disorders and Laboratory Abnormalities in AdultsKnowledge, knowledge mobilisation and the third sectorHistory of alcohol use disorders and risk of severe cognitive impairment: A nineteen-year prospective cohort studySerum Leptin and Risk of Cognitive Decline in Elderly ItaliansEditorial: Avoiding Depression, Dementia and Frailty: Do You Feel Lucky?Initiating discussion in end of life care: clinician's perspectives“Thinking you’re old and frail”: A qualitative study of a frailty in older adultsPhysiotherapeutic interventions for people with dementia and hip fracture - a scoping review of the literatureAlcohol and dementia: a complex relationship with potential for dementia preventionAdherence to Mediterranean diet, cognitive function and dementia: a systematic reviewFrailty, wealth and subjective well-being in later lifeRelationship between perceptions of ageing and frailty in English older adultsThe experiences of physiotherapists treating people with dementia who fracture their hipOlder adults’ perceptions of ageing and their health and functioning: a systematic review of observational studiesVariation in ambulance call rates for care homes in Torbay, UKDissemination and implementation research in dementia care: a systematic scoping review and evidence mapMaking Sense of Evidence: Using Research Training to Promote Organisational ChangeCoronary artery bypass graft surgery and dementia risk in the Cardiovascular Health StudyAn implementation science perspective on deprescribingWhat approaches to social prescribing work, for whom, and in what circumstances? A protocol for a realist reviewVitamin D and memory decline: two population-based prospective studiesUpcoming Events
Nov
01
Making Sense of Health Research...
Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre, TQ11 0EG
Making Sense of Health Research Annual Conference
Friday 1st November, Buckfast Abbey Conference Centre At PenARC we
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Nov
12
PPI Advice Clinic
South Cloisters, St Luke's Campus, University of Exeter
Patient and Public Involvement Advice Clinics Held every month 30
minutes between 12pm-1pm Whatever your query, from finding...
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News
Social prescribing – who does it work for and why?
10 October 2019
In a time when people are living longer, but with more complex
healthcare needs, GPs...
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Research Fellow - Researcher in Residence (RiR) - Social Prescribing
07 October 2019
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Research
Fellow to join the Community and Primary...
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Domestic violence and abuse: how NIHR research is helping families in the South West
03 October 2019
Domestic violence and abuse is devastating and impacts the whole
family, not just the person...
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Research Projects
Developing methods for the overarching synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence: the interweave synthesis approach
Theme: ARC - Methods for Research & Improvement
Understanding stakeholders’ perspectives on implementing deprescribing in care homes (STOPPING)
Theme: CLAHRC - Person-Centred Care
We have been awarded funding from the National Institute for Health
Research (NIHR) to develop...
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