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Professor Donal Sexton

Clinical Associate Professor (Clinical Medicine)
Clinical Associate Professor (Medical Gerontology)
      
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Professor Donal Sexton

Clinical Associate Professor (Clinical Medicine)

 dosexton@tcd.ie

 

Clinical Associate Professor (Medical Gerontology)


  CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE   END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE   HYPERTENSION   Kidney (Renal) Functions   RENAL-TRANSPLANTATION
Project Title
  Informing Chronic Kidney Disease health policy in Ireland: Linkage of large datasets to study the interaction between ageing and kidney function
From
July 2019
To
July 2022
Summary
This Project is a HRB funded postdoctoral fellowship (ARPP) which encompasses machine learning analysis of data from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TIDA) to inform healthcare policy such as healthcare resource planning for kidney disease services in Ireland.
Funding Agency
HRB
Programme
Applying Research into Policy and Practice
Project Type
Machine Learning of Population Level Data
Project Title
 Deep Learning Analysis of Retinal Vessel Segmentation patterns and their association with Cardiovascular Disease as part of the TILDA Study
From
Jan 2021
To
Summary
This is a collaboration between TILDA and ADAPT to apply deep learning image analysis (Artificial Intelligence) to retinal photographic images to discern associations primarily with cardiovascular disease, aging and mortality.
Funding Agency
The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
Project Type
Deep Learning / Artificial Intelligence
Person Months
12
Project Title
 Planning Slaintecare Kidney Services based on data from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA).
From
Jan 2020
To
Summary
This project is to define the prevalence and incidence of chronic kidney disease in Ireland and by region within Ireland in order for the HSE to effectively plan resource allocation for kidney disease in Slaintecare.
Funding Agency
The National Renal Office of the HSE
Programme
Resource Planning for Slaintecare
Project Type
Healthcare resource planning for the HSE.

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Details Date From Date To
1. The American Society of Nephrology. 2. The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI). Jan 2009 present
Donal Sexton, Adherence to the European Society of Cardiology hypertension guidelines over 12 years of follow-up in the Irish population, Open Heart, 2026, p10.1136/openhrt-2025-003744 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Caoimhe McGarvey, Rose Anne Kenny, Sean Kennelly, Donal Sexton, Robert Briggs, How prevalent are modifiable dementia risk factors in Ireland? A 12-year observational study in community-dwelling older adults, BMJ Open, 15, (11), 2025, pe106032 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Hamed RG, Stephens G, Little M, Doyle K, Cathain DN, Bowden A, Struthers P, Impey S, Turner J, Dogaya Y, Hederman L, Sexton D., Data Mapping Challenges in Reproducibility of Machine Learning for Acute Kidney Injury Prediction., Studies in health technology and informatics, 328, 2025, p220-224 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Elhassan EAE, O'Donoghue D, Heneghan S, Teltsh O, Sarihan S, Osman SM, Clince M, Synnott D, Craig S, Hudson A, Doyle B, Lappin D, Sexton DJ, Casserly L, Holian J, Magee C, Denton M, Sweeney C, Awan A, McCann E, Cavalleri GL, Benson KA, Conlon PJ., Phenotypic outcomes of PKD1 compared with non-PKD1 genetically confirmed autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease., Journal of nephrology, 38, (5), 2025, p1445-1456 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Sexton DJ, Bowden A., Prophylactic and Therapeutic Anticoagulation in Nephrotic Syndrome Using Direct Acting Oral Anticoagulants., Kidney international reports, 10, (4), 2025, p991-993 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Donal J. Sexton, Serena Bagnasco, Sam Kant, Transplant Nephrology, Advances in Kidney Disease and Health, 31, (6), 2024, p566-573 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Conor S. Judge, Finn Krewer, Martin J. O'Donnell, Lisa Kiely, Donal Sexton, Graham W. Taylor, Joshua August Skorburg, Bryan Tripp, Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Kidney360, 5, (11), 2024, p1771-1779 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Donal J. Sexton, Conor Judge, Assessments of Generative Artificial Intelligence as Clinical Decision Support Ought to be Incorporated Into Randomized Controlled Trials of Electronic Alerts for Acute Kidney Injury, Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health, 2, (4), 2024, p606-610 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Conlon E, Fitzgerald C, Hintze J, Elhassan EAE, Sexton DJ, O'Leary E, O'Kelly P, O'Neill JO, Egan J, Houlihan DD, Murray D, McCormick PA, Morris PG, Raghallaigh SN, Little D, Conlon PJ, Moloney FJ, O'Neill JP., High frequency and mortality of head and neck malignancy in organ transplant recipients in Ireland - A national cohort study., American journal of otolaryngology, 44, (4), 2023, p103827 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Nowak N, De Looze C, O'Halloran A, Kenny RA, Sexton DJ., The association between kidney function, cognitive function, and structural brain abnormalities in community-dwelling individuals aged 50"+"is mediated by age and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease., Cardiovascular research, 2023, pcvad060 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
  

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McGarvey C, Kenny RA, Sexton DJ., Response to: Refining the synthesis of age-related biomarkers in CKD., QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 118, (11), 2025, - 870, Miscellaneous, PUBLISHED
EIT Health is a component of EIT which is funded by The European Union, EIT Health Editorial - "Collaborate to Innovate: driving the adoption of AI in healthcare", https://thinktank.eithealth.eu/conference-room/editorial-collaborate-to-innovate-driving-the-adoption-of-ai-in-healthcare/, EIT Health is a component of EIT which is funded by The European Union, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
Belinda Hernández, Donal Sexton, Frank Moriarty, Niall Cosgrave, Aisling O'Halloran, Christine McGarrigle, Siobhan Scarlett, Rose Anne Kenny, High-risk categories for COVID-19 and their distribution by county in Republic of Ireland-evidence from the TILDA study, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
Sexton DJ, Bio-informatics in Nephrology, 24th Annual Health Informatics Society of Ireland Conference & Scientific Symposium Medics Stream, 2019, 2019, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Donal Sexton, Ageing and the Kidney, Insights from TILDA Biomedical Data, Biogerontology for Clinicians, Mercer Institute for Successful Ageing, 2018, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
Foley RN, Reule S, Sexton DJ, Hospice and Race for End-of-Life Care in U.S. Dialysis Patients, JASN Supplement (Journal of the American Society of Nephrology) 2015, American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2015, 2015, Poster, PUBLISHED
Donal Sexton, Scott Reule, Rob Foley, End Stage Kidney Disease in Nonagenarians in the United States 1995 through 2010., American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2019 , 2014, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED

  


Award Date
Winner of best abstract in category at the British Transplant Society Meeting, Brighton, UK, 2018. This was a moderated poster relating to long-term kidney allograft function in Ireland. May 2018
Awarded the Vincent Dolan Medal for best clinical research presentation at the Irish Nephrology Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2017. May 2017
Awarded an Advances in Research conference bursary by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) to attend the "Advances in Research Conference: Precision Medicine in Renal Diseases" and ASN Kidney Week 2017. Aug 2017
Best Research Presentation at the Irish Transplant Society Meeting June 2017
Awarded the Dimitrios Oreopoulos Geriatric Nephrology Travel Support grant by the American Society of Nephrology 2015
The American Society of Nephrology Training Program Directors Executive Committee invited me to present "ESRD in Nonagenarians in the US 1995 through 2010" 2015
Awarded the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Bursary, ASN Kidney Week 2013. (Advances in Geriatric Nephrology). 2013
Awarded the Irish Nephrology Society Research Bursary 2012. July 2012
Graduation in 1st place in the final medical class at the National University of Ireland Galway, achieving first class honours in all degree subjects [Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, General Practice] and a first class honours degree overall. 2006
2006 Awarded the national Dr Henry Hutchinson Steward Medical Scholarship for Surgery. June 2006
2006 Awarded the national Dr Henry Hutchinson Steward Medical Scholarship for Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
2005 Awarded the national Dr Henry Hutchinson Steward Medical Scholarship for Paediatrics.
2005 Awarded the national Dr Henry Hutchinson Steward Medical Scholarship for Psychiatry 2005.
2002 Awarded third place in the national Dr Henry Hutchinson Steward Medical Scholarship for Anatomy. 2002
2006 Gold medal awarded in Paediatrics at The National University of Ireland Galway. 2006
2006 Gold medal awarded in Psychiatry at The National University of Ireland Galway. 2006
NUI Galway University Examination Prize for 1st place overall in MB BCH BAO in 2006
1st place Penultimate Year examinations overall. (Scholar of the University Prize) 2005
1st place Paediatrics overall NUIGalway. 2005
1st place Psychiatry overall NUIGalway 2005 2005
1st place Paediatrics Objective Structured Clinical Examination 2005
1st place Obstetrics & Gynaecology Objective Structured Clinical Examination & MCQ. 2005
1st place in Intercalated BSc in Pharmacology final examinations 2004
1st place overall in 3rd Year Medicine examinations NUIGalway 2002
1st place Pharmacology 3rd year Medicine 2002 2002
1st place Neuro-Physiology NUIGalway. 2002
1st place Neuro-Anatomy NUIGalway 2002
1st place overall in 2nd year examinations: Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry and also individually in the following; Gross Anatomy, Clinical Anatomy, Histology, Embryology. 2001
1st place overall in Anatomy 1st year Medicine. 2000
1st place Human Biology; composite of Histology, Embryology, Biology, Parasitology, Physics. 2000
Awarded the IPSEN Pharmaceutical Company Research Fellowship in Reproductive Health. 2004
Winner of Health Research Board (HRB) of Ireland Poster Presentation January 2004. 2004
All-Ireland school leaving certificate science quiz winner, St Josephs College Galway. I was one of a team of three students who won this national science quiz for leaving certificate students. (We also won the city and county quizzes before progressing to national quiz) 1999
Awarded 1st place in National Senior house officer application - Royal College of Physicians of Ireland 2007
1st Place in National Specialist Training Scheme Application for Nephrology & General Medicine - RCPI 2009