Rose Kenny

Biography

Rose Anne Kenny is Professor of Medical Gerontology, at Trinity College Dublin. Rose Anne was appointed, in 2005, to Trinity College and St. James's Hospital, as Head of the Academic Department of Medical Gerontology and holds the Chair of Medical Gerontology. Rose Anne is the founding Principal Investigator of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (www.tilda.ie), where she leads a team of multidisciplinary researchers focusing on psychology, nursing, medicine, physiotherapy, economics, bio-engineering social sciences and health economics as aspects of the ageing process in Ireland. Rose Anne is also the Director of Trinity EngAGE - the Centre for Research in Ageing at Trinity College, Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) and the Falls and Blackout Unit at St. James's Hospital. Formerly Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the Institute for Ageing & Health, Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK, she has been a world leader in research into cardiovascular and mobility disorders in ageing. Rose Anne has been invited faculty and keynote speaker at many international meetings and societies of geriatric medicine, cardiology, psychiatry and neurology. Rose Anne is widely published over 350 peer reviewed publication, 4 textbooks and 51 book chapters. Her current H-Index is 51, according to SCOPUS bibliometrics (November 2015). Her contribution to science and in particular, the field of ageing, has been recognised by many awards, including the Lady Illingworth Research Award - made once of every five years to researcher who has contributed most to age-related research in the UK, the UK National BUPA Foundation Care Award 'For excellence in the development of care of older people' and NHS Modernization Award among many others. Rose Anne was elected as a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA) in 2014, the highest academic honour in Ireland and a public recognition of academic excellence and achievement. Professor Kenny is a Fellow of Trinity College Dublin and of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, London and Edinburgh.

Research Interest

Age related diseases; Ageing; Ageing, memory and other cognitive processes; Ageing, stroke, dementia; Alzheimer's disease; BALANCE; BRAIN AGEING; Cardiovascular Instability; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; Clinical research, trials; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA VASCULAR; DEMENTIA, NEURODEGENERATIVE; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY; FALLS; Gerontology; Gerontology and geriatrics; Neurodegeneration; Neuropsychology; Stroke rehabilitation; SYNCOPE