Frailty, Sarcopenia & Malnutrition

Health Systems Research

Exercise Physiology

Dr Elsa Dent is a former NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow (2016 to 2020) and a current Senior Research Fellow in Public Health and Health Systems research. Her research focuses on frailty and sarcopenia in older adults. She also has a keen research interest into integrating healthcare systems, including supporting older adults with frailty so that they can receive best care and avoid any unnecessary hospitalisations.

In 2023, Dr Dent published a first-author Review in the Lancet on Malnutrition in Older Adults: authors.elsevier.com/c/1gV21V-4XHIUD

Dr Dent was recently interviewed by MJA Iinsight on the topic of frailty in olders: https://www.doctorportal.com.au/mjainsight/2017/48/emerging-focus-on-frailty/

In 2019, Dr Dent led a Series on frailty in older people for the Lancet: Management of frailty: opportunities, challenges, and future directions - The Lancet

In an international collaborative effort during 2018, Dr Dent authored evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for identifying and managing sarcopenia in older adults: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12603-018-1139-9

In 2017, Dr Dent collaborated with several international experts on frailty to write evidence-based clinical practice guideilnes for frailty: https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(17)30241-4/abstract

Dr Dent is an expert panel member of Qld Health's FRAIL Collaborative: https://clinicalexcellence.qld.gov.au/improvement-exchange/frail-collaborative