Dr Luis Baptista mieiro

Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Public Health & Policy

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
15-17 Tavistock Place
London
WC1H 9SH
United Kingdom

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Luis

I am a Consultant Geriatrician based in Northeast London. Over the past eight years, I have led the development of a range of Acute Frailty Services to meet the needs of a rapidly ageing population. I also completed an MSc in Health Economics, Policy and Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science, with a dissertation on the appropriateness of EQ-5D to measure health states in older people.

I am particularly interested in healthy ageing, primary and secondary prevention of frailty, and determinants of health, with a focus on the impact of environmental change on health and care outcomes in older people.

Affiliations

Department of Public Health, Environments and Society

Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Teaching

I have been lecturing at an under- and postgraduate level for over ten years on subjects related to the health and care of older people.

Research

My research project focuses on the effects of extreme weather, such as heatwaves, on older people's unplanned healthcare needs. This research will provide valuable insights into how we can better prepare for and respond to weather hazards and ultimately improve the quality of care for older people living with frailty.

Research Area

Ageing

Health care policy

Health services research

Climate change

Health outcomes

Public health

Health policy

Older people's health

Clinical medicine

Health economics

Policy analysis

Epidemiology

Selected Publications

Função respiratória em bombeiros portugueses
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Almeida, AG; Duarte, R; MIEIRO, L; Paiva, AC; Rodrigues, AM; Almeida, MH; Bárbara, C;

2025

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

[Pulmonary function in Portuguese firefighters].

Almeida, AG; Duarte, R; MIEIRO, L; Paiva, AC; Rodrigues, AM; Almeida, MH; Bárbara, C;

2025

Revista portuguesa de pneumologia

110 A Single Centre Study on the Thirty-Day Hospital Reattendance and Readmission of Older Patients During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

Mooney, CJ; Hone, L; Majid, M; Cai, J; MIEIRO, L; Fink, DL;

2021

Age and ageing

110 A Single Centre Study on the Thirty-Day Hospital Reattendance and Readmission of Older Patients During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic

Mooney, CJ; Hone, L; Majid, M; Cai, J; MIEIRO, L; Fink, DL;

2021

Age and ageing

A key role for comprehensive geriatric assessment in aortic valve replacement.

El-Shakankery, KH; MIEIRO, L;

2020

BMJ case reports

Achieving appropriate medication for older adults: A multidimensional perspective.

MIEIRO, L; Beuscart, J-B; Knol, W; Van Riet-Nales, D; Orlu, M;

2019

Maturitas

Setting competencies and standards for a European Leadership Program in Geriatric Medicine: "The European Academy for Medicine of Ageing (EAMA) reloaded".

Roller-Wirnsberger, RE; Van den Noortgate, N; Bonin-Guillaume, S; Andersen-Ranberg, K; Ranhoff, AH; Münzer, T; Grodzicki, T; Conroy, S; Landi, F; MIEIRO, L; Dapp, U; Van Deelen, R; Eldholm, RS; Martinez-Velilla, N; Singler, K;

2018

European geriatric medicine

FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT: A MULTILEVEL INTERVENTION TO REDUCE PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS USE IN ACUTE CARE

Zekry, D; Mendes, A; MIEIRO, L; Maringue, A; Layat-Jacquier, P; Herrmann, FR; Gold, G;

2017

Innovation in Aging

FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT: A MULTILEVEL INTERVENTION TO REDUCE PHYSICAL RESTRAINTS USE IN ACUTE CARE

Zekry, D; Mendes, A; MIEIRO, L; Maringue, A; Layat-Jacquier, P; Herrmann, FR; Gold, G;

2017

Innovation in Aging

Highlights of the 11th EUGMS congress in Oslo: Breaking the ice in geriatrics

Eldholm, R; Jonsson, E; MIEIRO, L;