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The Institute of Applied Health Sciences

Professor PHYO KYAW MYINT

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Professor PHYO KYAW MYINT
Professor PHYO KYAW MYINT
Professor PHYO KYAW MYINT

Chair in Old Age Medicine (Clinical)

51cg
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, 51cg, 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 51cg. He led the Aberdeen Clinical Academic Training Pathways in North of Scotland between 2016 and 2022. He co-led the School EDI and Athena Swan (Gender Equality Steering Team (GEST)) between 2021 and 2024. 

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 sat on the Council of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) as the Royal College of Physicians London Representative (2014-2024) and is also a member of SIGN Sustainability Group. He was appointed as Co-Chair of Ageing & Frailty Standards Development Group, Healthcare Improvement Scotland (2023-2024). He is also a member of the NIHR Dementias Clinical Studies Portfolio Development Group.

 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Current

  • Clinical Lead and Steering Group Member of the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s (ACONF)
  • Area Committee Member (51cg Representative) 
  • Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research (ACER) Team Lead, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, 51cg
  • 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

  • School Co-Lead for EDI, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (2021-2024)
  • School Co-Lead for Athena Swan, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (2021-2024)
  • School Executive Team Member, SMMSN(2016-2024)
  • School Teaching & Learning Committee Member (2024)
  • 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, 51cg
  • Educational Supervisor-Specialty Training Programme in Geriatric Medicine, North East Scotland, Scotland (2013-2018)
External Memberships

Current

  • Visiting Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, KL, Malaysia (2026-)
  • , Medicine & Health Sciences Board (MHSB): External Representative (Dec 2023- )
  • Co-Chair, Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit Project (2016-)
  • Member (2015-)
  • Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (Observer: Royal College of Physicians of London) (2013-2024)
  • External Professional Advisor for (2012 -)
  • Senior Editor (2012- ) 
  • Associate Editor (2022- )
  • Editorial Board Member (2014-); Section Editor-in-Chief (2018-)
  • Editorial Board Member (2016- )
  • Associate Editor (2017 - )
  • Editorial Board Member (2018 - )
  • Editorial Board Member (2019- )
  • Editorial Board Member (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)

Previous

  • Co-Chair, Ageing and Frailty Standards Development Group, Healthcare Improvement Scotland (2023-2024)
  • Standard Development Group Member: Clinical Governance Standards (Scotland), Healthcare Improvement Scotland (2024-2026)
  • Royal College of Psychiatrists: the Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health (POMH) QI Project Expert Advisor (2023-2024)
  • 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) (2016-2020)
  • 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  (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

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

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Research Specialisms

  • Healthcare Science
  • Databases
  • Gerontology
  • Dementia Studies
  • Epidemiology

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the 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,
  • Older Persons Surgical Outcome Collaboration
  • International Community-acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Collaboration Cohort (ICCC)
  • Peking University Clinical Research Institute
  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
  • Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research Study

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

Teaching Responsibilities

Undergraduate teaching/education

  • Regent 
  • Clinical Specialty Lead (Geriatric Medicine)
  • Clinical Teaching (year 3, 4 and 5)
  • TUTELAGE Committee Member

Postgraduate teaching/supervision

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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  • Plasma Vitamin C Levels: Risk Factors for Deficiency and Association with Self-Reported Functional Health in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk

    McCall, S., Clark, A. B., Luben, R. N., Wareham, N. J., Khaw, K., Myint, P.
    Nutrients, vol. 11, no. 7, 1552
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  • History of Benzodiazepine Prescriptions and Risk of Dementia: Possible Bias Due to Prevalent Users and Covariate Measurement Timing in a Nested Case-Control Study

    Richardson, K., Mattishent, K., Loke, Y. K., Steel, N., Fox, C., Grossi, C. M., Bennett, K., Maidment, I., Boustani, M., Matthews, F. E., Myint, P. K., Campbell, N. L., Brayne, C., Robinson, L., Savva, G.
    American Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 188, no. 7, pp. 1228–1236
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  • Individual and Combined Impact of Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation on Ischemic Stroke Outcomes: A Prospective Hospital Register Cohort Study

    Pana, T. A., McLernon, D. J., Mamas, M. A., Bettencourt-Silva, J. H., Metcalf, A. K., Potter, J. F., Myint, P. K.
    Stroke, vol. 50, no. 7, pp. 1838-1845
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  • The variation in acute and community service provision of care of the elderly services across the Scotland: Findings from the Scottish Care of Older People (SCoOP) National Audit initial scoping survey

    Donaldson, A. I. C., Neal, S. R., McAlpine, C. H., Quinn, T., Shenkin, S. D., Ellis, G., Myint, P. K., SCoOP Steering Group
    Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 105–111
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  • Doctors are inconsistent in estimating survival after CPR and are not using such predictions consistently in determining DNACPR decisions

    Kidd, A. C., Honney, K., Bowker, L. K., Clark, A. B., Myint, P. K., Holland, R.
    Geriatrics, vol. 4, no. 2, 33
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  • Prevention and Treatment of Acute Stroke in the Nonagenarians and Beyond: Medical and Ethical Issues

    Pana, T. A., Perdomo-Lampignano, J. A., Myint, P. K.
    Current Treatment Options in Neurology, vol. 21, no. 6, 27
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  • Non-pharmacological interventions for the improvement of post-stroke quality of life amongst older stroke survivors: a systematic review (The SENATOR ONTOP series)

    Stewart, C. L., Subbarayan, S., Paton, P., Gemmell, E., Abraha, I., Myint, P. K., O'Mahony, D., Cherubini, A., Cruz-Jentoft, A. J., Soiza, R. L.
    European Geriatric Medicine, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 359-386
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  • Pneumonia and Risk of Serious Adverse Outcomes in Hospitalized Strokes in Thailand

    Barlas, R. S., Clark, A. B., Bettencourt-Silva, J. H., Sawanyawisuth, K., Kongbunkiat, K., Kasemsap, N., Tiamkao, S., Myint, P. K.
    Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 1448-1454
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  • The Ageing Gut-Brain Study: Exploring the role of the gut microbiota in dementia

    Johnstone, A. M., Donaldson, A. I. C., Scott, K. P., Myint, P. K.
    Nutrition Bulletin, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 145-153
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  • Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and subsequent cardiovascular disease: current national and international guidelines and the need for future research

    Gamble, D., Brikinns, B., Myint, P. K., Bhattacharya, S.
    Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, vol. 6, 55
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