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The biggest congratulations to Dr Dr Adam Dyer on passing his PhD viva today 🎉 - about 4 PhDs worth of work! Tour de force of years of work, been a pleasure to work alongside 🧡 congrats also to supervisors Nollaig Bourke Sean Kennelly School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin TCD Medical Gerontology Tallaght University Hospital (TUH)




✨DRNI were delighted to co-host a symposium with TCD Medical Gerontology Global Brain Health Institute 'The Role of the Ageing Immune System in the Development of Delirium and Dementia'. 👏Thanks to our fantastic speakers Daniel Davis, Colm Cunningham, Aoife Fallon & Thomas Jackson, & to all attending!


The agenda for this morning’s event, Ageing Medicine: From Clinical Insight to Ageing Better. Some excellent topics, in particular Empowering older people to age better” and a presentation from PatientsForPatientSafetyIreland RCSI HealthResearchBoard Trinity College Dublin HSE Ireland


Verbal only communication at health appointments highlighted by Anne Mooney as a key challenge to patients. Need time to write down anything the patient needs to remember PatientsForPatientSafetyIreland



A conference exploring how clinical research, medication safety and patient empowerment could impact national initiatives to support ageing adults took place in Dublin today, organised by RCSI School of Population Health and Trinity College Dublin


Clinical Lead at the National Medication Safety Programme, HSE National Quality and Patient Safety, Ciara Kirke, spoke at today's conference, saying: "We have a high and increasing proportion of the population living with polypharmacy and hyperpolypharmacy.



The Trinity St James's Cancer Institute has become the first & only Comprehensive #Cancer Centre in Ireland, accredited by Organisation of European Cancer Institutes. This prestigious achievement is the culmination of nearly a decade of hard work & close collaboration between Trinity College Dublin & St James's Hospital tcd.ie/news_events/to…


🚨PhD Opportunity - Antiviral Immunity & Ageing🧬 Join Nollaig Bourke & me at Trinity College Dublin to explore IFN-I biology, ageing, & frailty using multi-omics & clinical data. 💶 €25K stipend + EU fees 📍 TTMI - Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, St James's Hospital ⏰ Apply by July 9 🔗my.corehr.com/pls/trrecruit/… pls RT


Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute has been designated as Ireland’s 1st Comprehensive Cancer Centre! Hear from patient Trish, Provost Linda Doyle, CEO Mary Day & Dir. of Nursing Sharon Slattery, both at SJH, on what this means for cancer care in Ireland tcd.ie/news_events/to…

Now enrolling: Trinity College Dublin's online micro-credential in Frailty in Ageing Adults. Learn to assess & manage frailty with evidence-based tools and CGA. Starts Sept 9, 2025. CPD & ECTS accredited Apply by July 31: tcd.ie/courses/microc… MicroCreds EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society Irish Gerontological Society


In occasion of the World Sarcopenia Day, we are happy to share a curated list of articles focused on Sarcopenia💪 EuGMS - European Geriatric Medicine Society #HealthyAging #MuscleHealth #worldsarcopeniaday #EuropeanGeriatricMedicine link.springer.com/collections/ie…


➡️Join Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) Institute of Memory & Cognition for a Clinical Symposium on Less Common & Young-Onset Dementia! 🗓️03/09 ⌚️9.30-4 📍Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) 🧑⚕️Target audience: HCP's involved in diagnosis&care of people with less common & YOD. ℹ️To register: tinyurl.com/mrx2kzs2


An important new study from Global Brain Health Institute, BrainLat UAI and global collaborators, published today in Nature Medicine, finds political instability, environmental conditions, and social inequality accelerate #aging. Read more at: tcd.ie/news_events/ar…
