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Professor Rose Kenny

Professor Geriatric Medicine/Consultant (Medical Gerontology)
Professor Geriatric Medicine/Consultant (Trinity Inst. of Neurosciences (TCIN))
      
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Professor Rose Kenny

Professor Geriatric Medicine/Consultant (Medical Gerontology)

 rkenny@tcd.ie

 3531896 2334/4284182

Professor Geriatric Medicine/Consultant (Trinity Inst. of Neurosciences (TCIN))


Rose Anne Kenny is the founding Principal Investigator of Ireland's largest adult population study on the experience of ageing in Ireland - The Irish LongituDinal study on Ageing (TILDA), now in its 12th year of data collection. Regius Kenny holds the Chair of Medical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin. Previously Professor of Cardiovascular Research and Head of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, she is now director of a new state of the art clinical-research institute for ageing at St. James"s Hospital Dublin - Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA), with over 300 staff. Her research expertise in cardiovascular and mobility disorders of ageing has promoted the incorporation of traditional and novel tests of locomotion, autonomic function, and cardiovascular and cognitive health into TILDA coupled with traditional measures of health care utilisation and economics. She has represented her field as Chair or member of international working groups for geriatrics, cardiology and neurology. Trinity College and St. James's have committed strong support to ageing research, education and training in ageing. In particular, the Trinity College 2011 Strategic Plan has highlighted Ageing Research as one of eight priorities for further strategic development and investment supporting the new Institute of Ageing on the hospital site, the proposed new Trinity Centre for Ageing Research (with Professor Kenny as Director) and the new Centre for Longitudinal Studies Analyses. Medical Gerontology has become the highest achieving department in the School of Medicine regarding grant income, scholarly output, public and policy engagement. As the Champion of the Ageing Research Theme in Trinity College, Professor Kenny is one of five leaders for the 'Inspiring Generations' campaign for Trinity College. Regius Kenny has co-chaired the European working group 'Transforming the Future of Ageing' led by the Scientific Advisory Policy by European Academies (SAPEA), and served as an advisor to the Irish Government for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and to the Irish Citizens" Assembly on Ageing. She has published over 700 scientific publications to date, including 574 research articles, 52 reviews, 4 textbooks and 57 book chapters. She is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy (M.R.I.A); Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (F.R.C.P.E.): London (F.R.C.P.), Ireland (F.R.C.P.I.); Fellow of Trinity College Dublin (F.T.C.D); Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (F.E.S.C), and was most recently awarded, 2021: Honorary Fellow Faculty of Public Health Medicine (F.F.P.H.M.I (Hon)). She has over 50 medal awards and keynotes, and recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award, WCFP, Kuala Lumpur 2019, and honorary fellowship of the faculty of Public Health Medicine (2020); The Irish Times Health Hero, 2018; and Trinity Innovation Award, 2017. In 2020, she was elected President of the Irish Geriatrics Society (IGS). She authored the No.1 best-selling book, "Age Proof: the new science of living a longer and healthier life", published in 2022.  In June 2022, Professor Kenny was the first female to be appointed Regius Professor of Physic (1637) at Trinity College Dublin. The Regius Professorship of Physic is the oldest professorship in Ireland and one of the oldest Medical Professorships in Europe (the Latin, Physic, referring to the art or practice of healing disease).
  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
Project Title
 TILDA - The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
From
01/09/2006
To
30/08/2021
Summary
TILDA is a longitudinal community based study which is cross-institutional. Trinity College will be the host institution. All participants (minimum 10,000) will be 55 years and over and will have detailed social, economic and health assessments at Wave 1 and, 5 & 10 years later, Waves 2 and 3. Participants will be drawn randomly from across southern Ireland and, in addition to survey and physical examination, will have blood tests for routine analysis and genetic analysis - all of which will be anonymised according to standard criteria set out by the Medical Research Council. Family Practitioners will be informed of abnormal results from routine examinations and blood samples. TILDA will mirror the methodology of the US Health and Retirement survey and the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Lead PI: Rose Anne Kenny, Professor of Clinical Gerontology. PIs: Charles Normand, Edward Kennedy Chair in Health Policy & Management Virpi Timonen, Director of Social Policy & Ageing Research Programme. Brendan Whelan, Professor of Statistics & Survey Design Hannah McGee, Professor of Psychology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Ivan Perry, Professor of Epidemiology, University College Cork Research Team: Dr. Hilary Cronin, Clinical Research Fellow Dr. Amilcar Moreira, Social Scientist Research Fellow Dr. Yumiko Kamiya, Social Scientist Research Fellow Claire O'Regan, Clinical Research Nurse
Funding Agency
Dept of Health & Children, Irish Life and Atlantic Philanthropies
Project Title
 Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing capital funding
From
2009
To
Summary
Funding Agency
Atlantic Philanthropies and Dept. of Health
Project Title
 Frailty and cognitive impairment in the older population.
From
2010
To
2014
Summary
Funding Agency
Health Research Board
Project Title
 Nilvadipine (Roskamp) Study - An open label evaluation of the safety and efficacy of Nilvadipine in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
From
08/09/06
To
07/09/08
Summary
The Nilvadipine (Roskamp) study is a 2 year grant to investigate the role of blood pressure and heart rate abnormalities in Alzhiemer's disease and the benefit of blood pressure treatment in Alzheimer's disease. During the course of the study we will investigate 150 patients with Alzhiemer's disease. These will be recruited through the existing structures within St. James's Hospital and our extended care unit and through the Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing Memory Clinic. The study is sponsored by a not-for-profit neurosciences institute in America - the Roskamp Institute. www.rfdn.org Lead PI: Professor Brian Lawlor, Conolly Norman Professor of Old Age Psychiatry PI: Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Professor of Clinical Gerontology Research Team: Dr. Sean Kennelly, Clinical Research Fellow Lisa Crosby, Clinical Research Nurse Claire Mooney, Clinical Research Nurse Linda Warren, Administrator
Funding Agency
The Roskamp Institute, Florida
Project Title
 TRIL - Technology Research for Independent Living
From
01/01/2007
To
01/01/2010
Summary
TRIL is a virtual centre of expertise and research into improving the health and happiness of older people. TRIL is a collaborative effort combining Intel personnel and researchers from Irish universities and hospitals in multi-disciplinary teams. TRIL focuses on understanding and delivering on the support needs and preferences of older people at home and in care environments. TRIL's mission is to discover and delivery technology solutions which support independent ageing, ideally in a home environment. This will improve the quality of life of older citizens while reducing the burden on carers and on the healthcare system. FALLS STRAND: The fall strand addresses a common source of injury and even death to older persons. It aims to leverage ehtnographic research to characterise proneness to falling in terms of behavioural markers such as cardiovascular variables, visual and vestibular measures, cognitive measures, gait instability and loss of balance, to monitor these markers in real time and to provide feedback to the older person before a fall occurs. The engineering aspects of the falls strand are supported by the Research Commons Platform.
Funding Agency
Intel / IDA

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Details Date From Date To
Valkhof Chair, Radboud University 2023
Regius Professor of Physic, Trinity College Dublin 2022
DSchc - Honorary Doctorate, Royal College of Surgeons 2022
FFPHMI (Hon) - Honorary Fellow Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland 2021
President, Irish Gerontological Society (IGS) 2020
MRIA - Member of the Royal Irish Academy 2014
FTCD - Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2013
FRCPE - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2013
Member of the EHRA (European Heart Rhythm Association) 2010
EUGMS Academic Board (European Union Geriatric Medical Society) 2006
FESC - Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology 2003
FRCP (London) - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London 1994
FRCPI - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland 1990
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, R. Briggs, Louise Newman, Siobhán Scarlett, Aisling M O'Halloran, Cathal McCrory, Rose Anne Kenny, Donal J. Sexton, The Association Between Cerebral Oxygenation and CKD in Older Adults, Kidney360, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Kate Doyle, Ciara Rice, Rose Anne Kenny, Robert Briggs, Amanda Lavan, The effect of fludrocortisone and midodrine on ambulatory blood pressure biomarkers and symptoms of syncope, Blood Pressure, 35, (1), 2026, p2618319-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Robert Briggs, Mark Ward, Siobhan Scarlett, Peter May, Bryan Tysinger, Belinda Hernandez, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Emer Ahern, Nathalie van der Velde, Rose Anne Kenny, The DEFINED Study: Determining the burden of Falls amongst community-dwelling older people in Ireland to Inform Falls Care Delivery, BMJ Open, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Kiva Brennan, Ema Ozaki, Eleanor Noone, Sarah Palko, Kieran P. Byrne, Fiona Roche, Matt McElheron, Kieva Byrne, Luke Gibbons, Katie Robb, Said Aktas, Emma Connolly, Natalie Hudson, Matthew O'Riordan, Dara O"Boyle, Rachel Dalton, Aline Zoller, Erin Fahey, Karsten Hokamp, Derrick Feenstra, Nollaig Bourke, Matthew Campbell, David Finlay, Kelly Mulfaul, Robert F. Mullins, Rose Anne Kenny, Mark T. Cahill, Sarah L. Doyle, Circulating natural killer cells are phenotypically and functionally altered in age-related macular degeneration, Cell Reports Medicine, 2026, p102792-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Emma Connolly, Sineád McLoughlin, Aisling M O'Halloran, Ann Hever, Kanika Nautiyal, Margaret McCormack, Vivion Crowley, Rose Anne Kenny, Assessing Long-Term Stability of Lipoprotein(a) in Frozen Blood Plasma Samples: A 14-Year Analysis from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), HRB Open Research, 9, 2026, p25-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Siobhán Scarlett, Cathal McCrory, Sinead Mc Loughlin, Ann Hever, Rose Anne Kenny, Kevin Organ, Factors associated with pneumococcal vaccination uptake in over 50s in Ireland: a cross-sectional study using results from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), BMJ Public Health, 4, (1), 2026, pe003996-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Louise Newman, John D. O"Connor, Richard B. Reilly, Rose Anne Kenny, Orthostatic hypotension without co-existent supine hypertension is associated with impaired cerebral oxygenation: findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Journal of Human Hypertension, 2026, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Jack Hartnett, N Connolly, Sandra Quinn, Ross Murphy, Emma Tuohy, James P. Curtain, Jens Mogensen, Rose Anne Kenny, Andrew Maree, Sickle cell related cardiomyopathy and cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 13, 2026, p1756623-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Joanne Feeney, Ann Monaghan, Sinead McLoughlin , Celine De Looze, Gabriela Oto, Brian Lawlor , David R. Weir , Rose Anne Kenny, Christine A. McGarrigle, Cohort Profile Update: The Harmonised Cognitive Assessment Protocol Sub-study of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA-HCAP), International Journal of Epidemiology, 54, (1), 2025, Notes: [doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaf008], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
  

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Scarlett S, Monaghan A, McLoughlin S, Hever A, McCrory C, Ward M, McGarrigle CA, Kenny RA, Cohort Profile Update: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)-Waves 5 and 6, Int J Epidemiol, 54, (5), 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
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
Katie Duffy, Cathal McCrory, Rose Anne Kenny, OP26"Does reporting bias explain the male-female health-survival paradox? Evidence from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing (TILDA), 2025, ppA13.1 - A13, ppA13.1-A13 , Published Abstract, PUBLISHED
Brendan O'Maoileidigh, Mark Ward , Rose Anne Kenny, Siobhan Scarlett, Examining the relationships between in-person and remote religious attendance and loneliness, quality of life, stress, and anxiety among older adults during COVID-19 in Ireland, HRB Open Research, 2024, p1-8 , Notes: [doi: https://hrbopenresearch.org/articles/7-76/v1], Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Deirdre O'Connor , Anne M. Molloy , Eamon Laird, Rose Anne Kenny and Aisling M. O"Halloran, Sustaining an ageing population: the role of micronutrients in frailty and cognitive impairment, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, Conference on `Food and nutrition: Pathways to a sustainable future" Symposium four: Sustaining an ageing population, (82), 2023, pp315-328 , Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Céline De Looze, Joanne Feeney and Rose Anne Kenny, The CANDID initiative Leveraging Cognitive Ageing Dementia Data from Around the World, April, 2021, 1-97, Notes: [doi:https://www.doi.org/10.38018/TildaRe.2021-03], Report, PUBLISHED
Scarlett S, Hever A, Ward M, Kenny RA, Creative activity in the ageing population, 2021, Report, PUBLISHED
Siobhan Scarlett, Ann Hever, Mark Ward, Rose Anne Kenny, Creative activity in the ageing population: Key findings and conclusions, November, 2021, 1-8, Notes: [doi:https://tilda.tcd.ie/publications/research-briefs/CreativeActivity/index.php], Report, PUBLISHED
Ann Monaghan, Nollaig Bourke, Aisling O'Halloran, Mark Ward, Feng Xue, Glenn Jennings, Rose Anne Kenny and Roman Romero-Ortuno, New self-reported exhaustion during the COVID-19 Pandemic, TILDA Report, 2021, Report, PUBLISHED
Kenny, R.A., Hernandez, B., O'Halloran, A., Moriarty, F., McGarrigle, C., TILDA report to inform demographics for over 50s in Ireland for COVID-19 crisis, Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, March, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED

  


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Award Date
Irish America Magazine's 2022 Healthcare & Lifesciences Top 50 List 2022
Bryan Alton Medal, RCPI 2022
Lifetime Achievement Award - WCFPS 2019
Health Hero, The Irish Times 2018
Trinity Innovation Award 2017
IGS Presidential Medal 2017
Admitted to the Royal Irish Academy (MRIA) 2014
Elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2013
BUPA Foundation Care Award (winner) "for excellence in the development of care of older people" 2003
NHS Modernization Award "For clinical leadership in the NHS" (runner up) 2003
Hospital Doctor Award "For achieving excellence through outstanding leadership, teamwork and innovation in the field of cardiovascular medicine" (runner up) 2003
Marjorie Warren Lecture 2002
Novartis Travel Fellowship - awarded by the Australian Association of Physicians every five years to an invited guest lecturer in the field of geriatric medicine 2000
The Research into Ageing Edgar Palamoutain Prize - awarded for the article judged to have the most significant contribution to the field of geriatric medicine - awarded to my research fellow Mark Sudlow DM 1998
Lady Illingworth Research Award - award made once every five years to a researcher who has contributed most to age-related research in the UK 1996
Professor Rose Anne Kenny's research interests are in neurocardiovascular function in ageing and cardiovascular and cerebral dysfunction in syncope, falls, cognitive impairment and dementia. Collaborative partnerships range from basic science through to health service development and implementation. She is PI for The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), a prospective cohort study of over 8,500 participants, unique in its collection of biological, social and economic measures. Professor Kenny's research expertise in cardiovascular and mobility disorders of ageing has promoted incorporation of traditional and novel tests of locomotion, autonomic function and cardiovascular health into TILDA coupled with traditional measures of health care utilisation and economics. Formerly Professor of Cardiovascular Research at the Institute for Ageing & Health, Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK, she is best recognized for longstanding research into cardiovascular and mobility disorders in ageing and more recently population studies in syncope, falls, stroke, cognitive impairment and dementia. The overarching aims of the research programmes are to understand the mechanisms for cardiovascular and cerebral dysfunction in order to develop early diagnostics and intervention strategies for falls, syncope, cognitive impairment and dementia. The research involves collaborative partnership with disciplines from basic science (developing animal modules of cardiovascular and cerebral dysfunction) through to health service development and implementation. Professor Kenny is Head of the academic Department of Medical Gerontology at Trinity College and St. James's Hospital, Director of the Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA, Director of the Falls and Blackout Unit at St. James's Hospital and Director of Trinity EngAGE, Trinity College Dublin Centre for Research in Ageing. Prior to present appointment Professor Kenny held the chair of Cardiovascular Research at University of Newcastle, UK where she was head of academic and clinical departments of Medical Gerontology.