Overview
The Department of Medical Gerontology, located in Trinity College Dublin, supports clinical and didactic teaching and research around successful ageing and preventative care of the older person. The department enjoys a strong and highly reputable clinical teaching and research agenda which takes place in St. James's Hospital (Medical Directorate for the Elderly) and The Adelaide and Meath Hospital (Age Related Healthcare). Robust links also exist with The Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing (MIRA), a well established research unit with expertise in all aspects of health affecting the ageing and older person. Important relationships also exist with the Dublin Ageing Research Network (DARN) and the Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing. Together we have established a wide breadth of research programmes around Brain Ageing, Stroke, The Ageing Eye, Falls, Blackout, Syncope and Osteoporosis.
Innovation and Collaboration
At the Department of Gerontology we are very proud of our culture of innovation and collaboration. We believe in strong partnerships that can deliver new ways of thinking to provide leadership for health strategies and will continue to expand our relationships with important players from all sectors of society to enhance this focus.
Through strategic alliances and partnerships with both public and commercial organisations we have already successfully delivered, and are committed to continue to deliver, on a number of key research and clinical objectives around:
- age related illness
- improved diagnosis for chronic physical and mental disorders
- new technologies for independent living
- increased knowledge and understanding of age related disorders such as troke, cognitive impairment and dementia, syncope, falls, bone health, frailty, technologies
- new intervention treatment for these age related conditions
Our aim is to provide leadership in healthcare and we will continue to work to expand relations with strategic public and private partners.
Key Collaborator Partners
Hospitals
- St. James's Hospital
- Tallaght Hospital
- St Nessan's Regional Orthopaedic Hospital, Croom, Limerick
- Mid Western Regional Hospital, Limerick
- St Patrick’s University Hospital
- Our Lady's Hospice
Educational Institutions
- Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
- Dementia Services Information and Development Centre
- Department of Anatomy,Trinity College Dublin
- Department of Medical Physics/ Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin
- The Diagnostic Imaging Department, St James's Hospital
- Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Trinity College, Dublin
- Department of Occupational Therapy, Trinity College Dublin
- Department of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin
- Department of Statistics,Trinity College Dublin
- Department of Sociology,Trinity College Dublin
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin
- Discipline of Physiotherapy, Trinity College Dublin
- Division of Radiation Therapy, Trinity College Dublin
- Dublin Dental School and Hospital
- Living with Dementia TCD
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Roskamp Institute, Tampa Florida
- The Netwell MISA Dundalk
- Trinity College Institute for Neurosciences, Dublin
- University of Ulster
- University College Cork
- RAND Corporation Santa Monica LA
- Manchester University UK