Professor Roy Soiza

Editor-in-Chief, Age and Ageing

Professor Roy Soiza is the Editor-in-Chief the BGS journal, Age and Ageing.

Professor Soiza is a Consultant Geriatrician at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and holds an Honorary Chair at the University of Aberdeen. He has broad research interests in the field of ageing and geriatric medicine, and around 150 peer-reviewed publications. Professor Soiza has served as Senior Editor of Age and Ageing since 2022. He has 15 years' experience as an editor of medical journals.

Speaking a the time of his appointment to the position of Editor-in-Chief, he said:

"I am humbled and honoured to be appointed Editor-in-Chief of Age and Ageing. I must pay tribute to my predecessor Professor Rowan Harwood, who so effectively steered the journal into its current place at the top of the field with his energy, clarity of vision and sound judgement. I look forward to working with the journal's top team to continue to publish the most important, novel and impactful research in the field of health and disease in old age."