Dr James Frith is a Principal Investigator in the Ageing Syndromes Theme, working on a project entitled ‘TASKMASTER: TArgeting the SKeletal Muscle pump to Aid Standing in Elders with postuRal hypotension’.

He was previously an NIHR Newcastle BRC-funded PhD student and was then successful in being granted a prestigious 5-year NIHR Clinician Scientist award to develop and evaluate potential treatments for orthostatic hypotension in older people, with a particular focus on non-drug therapies.

Dr Frith is a Clinician Scientist, working in the Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University. He is also a practising clinician, working as a Consultant Geriatrician in the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Frith’s research interest is falls and syncope (blackouts, fainting and unexplained falls) with a particular interest in the condition orthostatic hypotension (a drop in blood pressure on standing upright which can cause dizziness, fatigue, falls and syncope).