Professor PHYO KYAW MYINT

Chair in Old Age Medicine (Clinical)

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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, 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.

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Academic Centre for Applied Clinical & Translational Research into Ageing
Ageing Clinical & Experimental Research Team
Aberdeen Cardiovascular & Diabetes Centre (ACDC)
Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health

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

MSc Epidemiology Module 2013-2015 ()
Master of Public Health (2016- )
MSc in Clinical Nutrition (2017- )
(2014-2019 )
MSc in Cardiovascular Health and Disease (2018- )
MSc Clinical Pharmacology (2022- )
MSc Clinical Education (2024- )

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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