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The European Research Council (ERC) has announced major funding for a groundbreaking project to map how changes in the brain track our aging process
.
Led by neuroscientist Dr Esther Walton from the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath, the Brain Health project will seek answers to unravel longevity, health and happiness
.
It is worth 1.
5 million euros
.
Most research to date has focused on aging after age 40 or 50, and Dr.
Walton's work will take a novel approach to looking at the aging process
throughout a person's life from birth to death.
It will give special consideration to the link between
ageing and mental health.
Numerous studies have shown that mental health conditions shorten life expectancy (up to 20 years), but it's unclear what role changes in the brain play in this
.
By analyzing large amounts of longitudinal imaging and epigenetic data on the brain, the research team hopes to learn more about the factors that influence psychological aging, leading to earlier interventions that allow people to live longer and fuller
lives.
The University of Bath is leading the ambitious project
alongside collaborators from Cardiff University and international colleagues from the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam (Netherlands) and the National Institute of Mental Health in the Czech Republic.
In addition to Dr Walton in the Department of Psychology, the University of Bath team included Professor
Andrew Ward from the Department of Life Sciences.
Commenting on the statement, Dr Walton said: "As societies around the world age, we need to find better ways to support people to live longer, healthier and happier
lives.
" This requires a new approach to understanding the aging process
throughout human life.
"With BrainHealth, we will combine data
from large European longitudinal cohorts of more than 78,000 people.
This data allows us to track how we get older from birth
.
We will also develop an innovative mouse model to tease out the intersection
between physical and mental health.
"In Europe, a 65-year-old could spend half their life in a state of
disability.
Our goal is to revolutionize the way we think about healthy ageing, finding ways earlier that will allow us to detect and change the trajectory of unhealthy ageing – a key societal challenge
of our time.
”
