缅北禁地

Roles and Responsibilities

Member (past secretary) Board of Examiners, Confederation of Royal Colleges SCE (Geriatric Medicine)

CPD Advisor Confederation of Royal Colleges for Geriatric Medicine

Qualifications

MB BS (缅北禁地) 1986
MRCP 1989
MD (缅北禁地) 2002
FRCP(Edin) 2006
FRCP 2009 

Previous Positions

1996-99 Lecturer in Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of 缅北禁地 upon Tyne

1994-96 First Assistant and Senior Registrar, Department of Geriatric and General Medicine, 缅北禁地 upon Tyne Hospitals

February 1991-94 Sandoz Research Fellow, MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit, Cambridge University and The Gambia, West Africa

Research Interests

My main research interests are in the musculoskeletal health of older people, particularly the frail. I have also worked in low and middle-income countries on chronic diseases and their management

Funding

Vitamin D in Older People (VDOP)
August 2012-present
Chief invstigator: Dr T. Aspray, Prof R. Francis, Prof. E. McColl, Dr T. Chadwick, Dr I. Schoenmakers, Dr A. Prentice, Dr G. Goldberg
£760,000

Health Needs Assessment of Diabetes Care in 缅北禁地 Care homes
July 2003 – June 2004
Chief invstigator: Dr T. Aspray, Dr T. Cassidy, Dr G. Hawthorne
£15,000

Health Needs Assessment of Osteoporosis in 缅北禁地 Care homes
January 2001 – October 2003
Chief invstigator: Dr T. Aspray, Dr R.M. Francis, Dr P. Stevenson. Small grant from Industry

Randomised Trial of a Nurse led clinic to promote use of calcium/vitamin D supplements in women aged over 70
July 2000 – June 2004
Collaborator: Dr D. Torgerson, Dr T. Aspray, Dr R.M. Francis, Sr A. Sutcliffe, , Dr I. Watt
£150,000

Urbanisation and Metabolic Outcomes Study in Tanzania
September 1999 – January 2002 (Pilot Phase)
Collaborator: Prof. Sir George Alberti, Dr T. Aspray, Dr N. Unwin, Prof. M. Walker

Essential Non-communicable Disease Inervention Project (ENHIP)
April 1995 – March 2001
Collaborator: Prof. G. Alberti, Dr T. Aspray, Dr J. Mbanya, Dr F. Mugusi, Dr N. Unwin, Mr D. Whiting

Undergraduate Teaching

I teach students throughout their training, predominently in their third and fifth year clinical attachments.

I have been an examiner for MB BS and BDS in Newcaslte for more than 12 years.

Postgraduate Teaching

Programme Leader for the MRes MMB (Ageing and Health)

Module Leader for Ageing and Health (MRes MMB)

Convenor MCR 8020 Ageing and Health e-learning module

• Tuck S, Little EA, Aspray TJ. . Age and Ageing 2018, 47(3), 334-339.
• Whybrow P, Moffatt S, Kay L, Thompson B, Aspray T, Duncan R. . Musculoskeletal Care 2017, 1-8.
• Dunbar J, Aspray TJ. . Age and Ageing 2017, 46(2), 164-167.
• Schoenmakers I, Assar S, Aspray T, Prentice A, Jones K. Half-life of 25(OH) Vitamin D3 is Not Influenced by Vitamin D Supplementation Dose. In: ASBMR Annual Meeting, 2017. 2017, Denver: JBMR. In Preparation.
• Metcalf LM, Aspray TJ, McCloskey EV. . Bone 2017, 99, 39-46.
• Sleeman I, Aspray T, Lawson RA, Coleman S, Duncan GW, Khoo TK, Schoenmakers I, Barker R, Rochester R, Burn DJ, Yarnall AJ. . Journal of Parkinson's Disease 2017, 7(4), 669-675.
• Hill TR, Aspray TJ. . Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease 2017, 9(4), 89-95.
• Hill TR, Aspray TJ. . Maturitas 2017, 99, 109-113.
• Aspray TJ. . In: Collins JF, ed. Molecular, Genetic, and Nutritional Aspects of Major and Trace Minerals. London: Elsevier Inc, 2016, pp.45-57.
• Whybrow P, Moffatt S, Kay L, Thompson B, Aspray T, Duncan R. . 2016, Oxford University Press.
• Ozalp B, Aspray TJ. . Age and Ageing 2016, 45(2), 180-181.
• Aspray TJ, Francis RM, McColl E, Chadwick T, Stamp E, Prentice A, Schoenmakers I. . In: 43rd Annual European Calcified Tissue Society Congress. 2016, Rome, Italy: ECTS.
• Granic A, Aspray T, Hill T, Davies K, Collerton J, Martin-Ruiz C, von Zglinicki T, Kirkwood TB, Mathers JC, Jagger C. . Journal of Internal Medicine 2015, 277(4), 456-467.
• Aspray TJ. . Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease 2015, 7(1), 17-25.
• Francis RM, Aspray TJ, Bowring CE, Fraser WD, Gittoes NJ, Javaid MK, Macdonald HM, Patel S, Selby PL, Tanna N. . Maturitas 2015, 80(2), 119-121.
• Verlaan S, Aspray T, Bauer JM, Cederholm T, Hemsworth J, Hill TR, McPhee JS, Piasecki M, Seal CJ, Sieber CC, terBorg S, Wijers SL, Brandt K. . Clinical Nutrition 2017, 36(1), 267-274.
• Cooles FAH, Pratt AG, Lendrem DW, Ng WF, Aspray TJ, Isaacs JD. . Rheumatology 2015, 54(2), 374-375.
• Aspray TJ, Bowring C, Fraser W, Gittoes N, Javaid MK, Macdonald H, Patel S, Selby P, Tanna N, Francis RM. . Age and Ageing 2014, 43(5), 592-595.
• Cooles FAH, Pratt AG, Lendrem DW, Ng W-F, Aspray TJ, Isaacs JD. . Rheumatology 2014.
• Macdonald H, Aspray TJ. . The Lancet 2014, 383(9925), 1292-1292.
• Granic A, Kirkwood T, Davies K, Collerton J, Hill T, Martin-Ruiz C, vonZglinicki T, Aspray T, Mathers JC, Jagger C. . In: UK Molecular Epidemiology Group (MEG) Winter Meeting on The Future of Epidemiology: Biomarkers meet Populations. 2013, 缅北禁地: Oxford University Press.
• Aspray TJ. . Age and Ageing 2013, 42(5), 548-554.
• Cooles FAH, Pratt AG, Ng WF, Aspray TJ, Isaacs JD. . In: ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013. 2013, San Diego, CA, USA: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Schoenmakers I, Francis RM, McColl E, Chadwick T, Goldberg GR, Harle C, Yarnall A, Wilkinson J, Parker J, Prentice A, Aspray T. . Trials 2013, 14, 299.
• Aspray TJ, Francis RM. . Osteoporosis International 2013, 24(5), 1769-1770.
• Aspray TJ, Francis RM. . Evidence-Based Medicine 2012, 17(6), 185-186.
• Yarnall AJ, Hayes L, Hawthorne GC, Candlish CA, Aspray TJ. . Diabetic Medicine 2012, 29(1), 132-135.
• Sunny SS, Burns A, Jary H, Aspray T, De Soyza A. . In: British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting. 2012, London, UK: BMJ Publishing Group.
• Haighton C, Moffatt S, Howel D, McColl E, Milne E, Deverill M, Rubin G, Aspray T, White M. . BMC Public Health 2012, 12(1), 382.
• Aspray TJ, Francis RM. . Maturitas 2012, 71(1), 76-78.
• Aspray TJ, Francis RM. . Maturitas 2012, 71(1), 76-78.
• Aspray TJ, Francis RM. . Maturitas 2011, 69(4), 285-286.
• Yarnall AJ, Hayes L, Hawthorne GC, Candlish C, Aspray TJ. . In: Age and Ageing: Communications to the British Geriatrics Society Spring Meeting. 2011, Liverpool: Oxford University Press.
• Sinclair A, Aspray TJ, Others AND. . Diabetic Medicine 2011, 28(7), 772-777.
• Aspray TJ, Francis RM. . Age and Ageing 2011, 40(2), 146-147.
• Mayne D, Stout NR, Aspray TJ. . Age and Ageing 2010, 39(5), 522-525.
• Unwin N, McLarty D, Machibya H, Aspray T, Tamin B, Carlin L, Patel S, Walker M, Alberti KGMM. . Journal of Human Hypertension 2006, 20(9), 704-706.
• Aspray TJ, Nesbit K, Cassidy TP, Farrow E, Hawthorne G. . Diabetes Care 2006, 29(3), 707-708.
• Aspray TJ, Francis RM. . Age and Ageing 2006, 35(5), 455-456.
• Aspray TJ, Stevenson P, Abdy SE, Rawlings DJ, Holland T, Francis RM. . Age and Ageing 2006, 35(1), 37-41.
• Brankin E, Walker M, Lynch N, Aspray T, Lis Y, Cowell W. . Current Medical Research and Opinion 2006, 22(7), 1249-1256.
• Aspray TJ. . Reviews in Clinical Gerontology 2005, 15(1), 27-38.
• Aspray TJ, Yan L, Prentice A. . Bone 2005, 36(4), 710-720.
• Porthouse J, Cockayne S, King C, Saxon L, Steele E, Aspray T, Baverstock M, Birks Y, Dumville J, Francis R, Iglesias C, Puffer S, Sutcliffe A, Watt I, Torgerson DJ. . British Medical Journal 2005, 330(7498), 1003-1008.
• Aspray TJ. . Epilepsia 2005, 46(11), 15-17.
• MacIntyre E, Neely D, Aspray T, Quinton R. . In: 12th International Congress of Endocrinology Poster Presentation: Series A, Calcium Bone. 2004, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Sobngwi E, Mbanya J-C, Unwin NC, Porcher R, Kengne A-P, Fezeu L, Minkoulou EM, Tournoux C, Gautier J-F, Aspray TJ, Alberti K. . International Journal of Epidemiology 2004, 33(4), 769-776.
• Aspray TJ, Stevenson P, Abdy SE, Rawlings DJ, Holland TM, Francis RM. . In: 10th Conference of the National Osteoporosis Society. 2004, Harrogate, England: Osteoporosis International: Springer.
• Porthouse J, Cockayne S, King C, Saxon L, Steele E, Aspray T, Baverstock M, Dumville J, Francis RM, Iglesias C, Miles J, Puffer S, Sutcliffe A, Torgerson DJ, Watt I. . In: 10th Conference of the National Osteoporosis Society. 2004, Harrogate, England: Osteoporosis International: Springer.
• Sobngwi E, Mbanya JCN, Unwin NC, Kengne AP, Fezeu L, Minkoulou EM, Aspray TJ, Alberti KGMM. . International Journal of Obesity 2002, 26(7), 1009-1016.
• Aspray TJ. . Age and Ageing 2002, 31(4), 319-320.
• Carlin L, Aspray T, Edwards R, Hayes L, Kitange H, Unwin N, Populations and the Health of in Transition Research Group. Civilisation and its discontents: non-communicable disease, metabolic syndrome and rural-urban migration in Tanzania. Urban Anthropology 2001, 30, 51-70.
• Carlin L, Aspray T, Edwards R, Hayes L, Kitange H, Unwin N. . Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development 2001, 30(1), 51-70.
• Sobngwi E, Mbanya JCN, Unwin NC, Aspray TJ, Alberti KGMM. . International Journal of Epidemiology 2001, 30(6), 1361-1368.
• Aspray TJ, Unwin N. . In: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Etiology, Treatment, and Outcomes. 2001, Winnipeg, Canada: Springer.
• Unwin N, Setel P, Rashid S, Mugusi F, Mbanya JC, Kitange H, Hayes L, Edwards R, Aspray T, Alberti KG. . Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2001, 79(10), 947-953.
• Edwards R, Unwin N, Mugusi F, Whiting D, Rashid S, Kissima J, Aspray TJ, Alberti KGMM. . Journal of Hypertension 2000, 18(2), 145-152.
• Aspray TJ, Mugusi F, Rashid S, Whiting D, Edwards R, Alberti KGeorge, Unwin NC. . Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2000, 94(6), 637-644.
• Whiting D, Unwin NC, Aspray TJ, Edwards R, Setel P, Rashid S, Mugusi F, Alberti KG. . Tropical Doctor 2000, 30(3), 160-161.
• Rashid S, Aspray TJ, Edwards R, Mugusi F, Whiting D, Unwin NC, Setel P, Alberti KG. . Tropical Doctor 2000, 30(3), 160-161.
• Aspray TJ, Francis RM, Tyrer SP, Quilliam SJ. . British Medical Journal 1999, 318(7182), 476-477.
• Aspray TJ, Francis RM, Tyrer SP, Quilliam SJ. . British Medical Journal 1999, 318(7182), 476-477.
• Aspray TJ, Francis RM, Thompson A, Quilliam SJ, Berney TP, Lana M, Tyrer SP. . BONE 1999, 24(5), 525-525.
• Aspray TJ, Unwin N, Mugusi F, Essential NCD Health Intervention Project. . Diabetic Medicine 1999, 16(supplement), S57.
• Unwin N, Mugusi F, Aspray T, Whiting D, Edwards R, Mbanya JC, Sobgnwi E, Rashid S, Alberti KGMM. . Public Health 1999, 113(3), 141-146.
• Unwin N, Alberti G, Aspray T, Edwards R, Mbanya JC, Sobngwi E, Mugusi F, Rashid S, Setel P, Whiting D. . British Medical Journal 1998, 316(7142), 1401-1402.
• T. J. Aspray, R. M. Francis, R. Peaston, A. Thompson and S. J. Quilliam. PTH is a significant predictor of BUA at the heel in men but not women. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 1998, 13, P19.
• T. J. Aspray, R. M. Francis and A. Prentice. Evolution of osteoporosis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 1997, 56, 78-78.
• T. J. Aspray, R. M. Francis, D. Rawlings, S. J. Quilliam and S. P. Tyrer. Are adults with learning disability at greater risk of fracture compared with community controls?. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 1996, 11, P55-P55.
• T. J. Aspray, R. M. Francis, M. Rutter and M. Walker. Consequences of withholding testosterone treatment. Lancet 1996, 348, 609-609.
• T. J. Aspray, L. T. Weaver, A. Prentice and O. F. W. James. Health screening of older people: A rural African experience. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1996, 44, 219-220.