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Dr. Mark Ward

Research Fellow (Medical Gerontology)

 wardm8@tcd.ie

 


Research Tags

  Applied Sociology   CHILDREN   health outcomes research   HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   Immigration   MIGRATION   Migration and Employment   population health   QUALITATIVE RESEARCH   QUANTITATIVE METHOD   RESEARCH DESIGN   Research Ethics and Governance   research methodology   Research Methods   Rural sociology, sociology of the environment   Social attitudes   SOCIAL CLASS   Social Inequalities   SOCIAL POLICY   Social Theory   SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS   sociology of health   Sociology of illness and health   sociology of the body   Sociology of the Family   Survey research

Research Projects

 Altered lives in a time of crisis: Preparing for recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of older adults
 Pathways from social disconnection to suicidal ideation in later life

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
The Children's Research Network for Ireland and Northern Ireland 2012 Present
Association for the Study of Obesity on the island of Ireland (ASOI) 2012 Present
Applied Quantitative Methods Network 2012 Present
Social Research Association Ireland 2014 Present
Sociological Association of Ireland 2014 Present
Ward M, Briggs R, McGarrigle CA, De Looze C, O'Halloran AM, Kenny RA., The bi-directional association between loneliness and depression among older adults from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic., International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 38, (1), 2023, pe5856 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
McGarrigle CA, Ward M, De Looze C, O'Halloran A, Kenny RA., Caring in the time of COVID-19, longitudinal trends in well-being and mental health in carers in Ireland: Evidence from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)., Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 102, 2022, p104719 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Silvin P. Knight, Mark Ward, Louise Newman, James Davis, Eoin Duggan, Rose Anne Kenny, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Cardiovascular signal entropy predicts all-cause mortality: evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Entropy (Basel), 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI  URL
McGarrigle CA, Ward M, Kenny RA., Negative aging perceptions and cognitive and functional decline: Are you as old as you feel?, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 70, (3), 2022, p777 - 788, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Nolan A, May P, Matthews S, Normand C, Kenny RA, Ward M, Public health insurance and mortality in the older population: Evidence from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Health Policy, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Matthews, S., Moriarty, F., Ward, M., Nolan, A., Normand, C., Kenny, R. A., & May, P, Overprescribing among older people near end of life in Ireland: Evidence of prevalence and determinants from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)., PLoS ONE, 17, (11), 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Matthews, S., Ward, M., Nolan, A., Normand, C., Kenny, R.A., May, P, Predicting mortality in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA): Development of a four-year index and comparison with international measures, BMC Geriatrics, 22, (510), 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Jabakhanji, S.B., Boland, F., Ward, M., Biesma, R., Prevalence of early childhood obesity in Ireland: Differences over time, between sexes and across child growth criteria, Pediatric obesity, 17, (11), 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Mark Ward, Christine McGarrigle, Daniel Carey, Rose Anne Kenny, Social Capital and Quality of Life among Urban and Rural Older Adults. Quantitative Findings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Applied Research in Quality of Life, 16, 2021, p1399 - 1415, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Bailey L, Ward M, DiCosimo A, Baunta S, Cunningham C, Romero-Ortuno R, Kenny RA, Purcell R, Lannon R, McCarroll K, Nee R, Robinson D, Lavan A, Briggs R , Physical and Mental Health of Older People while Cocooning during the COVID-19 Pandemic, QJM, 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
  

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Ward, M., O'Mahoney, P. Kenny, R.A., Altered lives in a time of crisis: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of older adults in Ireland. Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Dublin, TILDA, January, 2021, Report, PUBLISHED
Costello, N., Ward, M., O'Mahoney, P., Kenny, R.A. , In their own words: The voices of Older Irish people in the COVID-19 pandemic, Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, August, 2021, Report, PUBLISHED
Roe, L., McGarrigle, C., Hernández, B., O'Halloran, A., Scarlett, S., Ward, M., Normand, C., Kenny, R.A., Patterns in healthcare utilisation: Results from Wave 5 of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing., Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, March, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
McGarrigle Christine, Ward Mark, Scarlett Siobhan, Kenny Rose Anne, The Contributions of the Over 70s to Irish Society: Results from Wave 5 of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
Ward, Mark; McGarrigle, Christine; Hever, Ann; O'Mahoney, Paul; Moynihan, Seán; Loughran, Gráinne; Kenny, Rose Anne, Loneliness and social isolation in the COVID-19 pandemic among the over 70s. Data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Dublin, TILDA, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
Ward, M. and Kenny, R. A., Older adults' experience of ageism during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dublin, TILDA, December, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
Ward, M. and Kenny, R. A., Perceived stress before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dublin, December, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
Ward, M. and Kenny, R. A., Older adults shielding at home, Dublin, TILDA, December, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
De Looze, C., Ward, M., McDowell, C., Bourke, N., Kenny R.A., Preparing for COVID-19 vaccination: important learnings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Dublin, TILDA, December, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
Ward, Mark, Irish adults transition to retirement - wellbeing, social participation and health-related behaviours. Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Trinity College Dublin, August, 2019, Report, PUBLISHED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Department of Children and Youth Affairs Research Scholarship Programme 2011-2013
School of Social Work and Social Policy studentship 2010-2011
Poster presentation prize at the British Psychological Society Northern Ireland branch conference 2007

Research Interests

Description Of Research Interests

Ageing, older adults, social gerontology, loneliness, quality of life, mental health, health inequalities, childhood obesity, social class theory, social stratification, public health, survey design, and the application of quantitative methodologies in the social sciences.