Category: News

We hope that you are keeping well, and life has gone back to usual after such a difficult few years. Since the last time we were in touch, we have been working on data that you have very kindly provided, and we are excited to share with you some of the key findings of our…

We hope all our participants and colleagues have been safe and well during the pandemic. At the HEAF study we have been working remotely, so we have not been able to post out as many updates or questionnaires as we would have liked. However, we have certainly been busy throughout the period! We’d like to…

We will shortly be sending out an invitation to participate in a new online HEAF questionnaire. The invitations will come via e-mail if you have provided us with one, or by post if you have not. So please check your e-mails including junk folders. During the pandemic restrictions we’ve been busy writing scientific papers from…

We’re excited to announce that the HEAF study is now part of the CLOSER consortium. This partnership brings together data from 19 different studies in a UK-wide collaboration. The connected data will allow enhanced insights into a wide range of topics including obesity, physical activity and mental health. The collaboration also brings together an interdisciplinary…

We are excited to announce that the Health and Employment After Fifty: Factors Influencing Retirement Study (HEAF FIRST) questionnaires are ready to be posted out. This is a sub-study of HEAF designed to find out the work-related factors that may influence people’s decision to retire or to continue working into older ages. There’s two questionnaires…

Five of the HEAF research team have just returned to the UK after attending the major international PREMUS (Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders) conference that was held in Bologna, Italy. Delegates attended from far and wide: Europe, Australia, North and South America, India and the Far East and included both research scientists and health professionals.…

Keep up to date with the latest news from the HEAF study team.  It’s been an exciting year for the HEAF study.  Although we didn’t send a questionnaire last year we’ve been busy analysing the data our participants have provided and presenting that data at talks throughout the country.  We also have some wonderful news…

HEAF follow-up 5 is now ready for mail-out!  The latest questionnaire will provide more data for our ongoing study enabling us to get an even better understanding of work and life outside of work after 50.  We value our participants help whether they are at work or not. As well as the questionnaire there will…

Today we are pleased to officially commence the HEAF FIRST (Factors influencing Retirement) Study This study aims to find out the work-related factors that influence people’s decision to retire or to continue working into older ages with the HEAF cohort. We also aim to look at what employers can do to ensure that people are…

Today Professor Karen Walker-Bone presented a poster from the HEAF study to the British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference in Liverpool. The poster looked at the relationship between pain and health-related job loss in the HEAF Cohort. Over 20% of the HEAF cohort who were in employment reported pain at one or more sites. The…