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Dr. Eimear Mc Glinchey

Assistant Professor (School of Nursing & Midwifery)
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r Eimear McGlinchey is an Assistant Professor in Intellectual Disability in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, and a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health at the Global Brain Health Institute. Eimear's background is in Psychology and her primary area of interest is in the promotion and maintenance of brain health in people with an intellectual disability, with particular focus on the area of dementia in people with Down syndrome. Eimear's work in the area of dementia and Down syndrome includes investigating early biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease using neuroimaging, blood- based and cognitive biomarkers and is PI of the PREVENT dementia - DS project. This project is part of a collaborative international study with the Horizon 21 European Down syndrome Consortium. Dr McGlinchey is co-PI on a project that includes the voices of people with an intellectual disability in developing guidelines for post-diagnostic dementia support. Eimear's work is based in the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability and is research lead with the National Intellectual Disability Memory Service. Her other areas of interest include equity and inclusion as well as accessibility and innovative dissemination. Eimear teaches on the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the school and provides supervision to undergraduate, masters and PhD students. She is Program Director for the Ageing Health and Wellbeing in Intellectual Disability MSc, the Dementia MSc, and the Community Health MSc in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. She has a number of publications and has disseminated widely through national and international conferences.
 Including the Voices of Experience in Developing Accessible Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support Guidelines for People with an Intellectual Disability
 PREVENT dementia -DS
 arly Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease in People with Down syndrome
 IDS-TILDA
 Meaning in Life in Older Adults with Intellectual Disability: findings from the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA).

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Journal Reviewer Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 2018-2020
Journal reviewer for Environmental Research and Public Health 2021
Journal reviewer for Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities 2021
Journal reviewer for Neurobiology of Ageing 2021
Journal reviewer for Intelligence 2022
International Advisory Committee for Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
Reviewer for Research in Developmental Disabilities 2019-2020
Reviewer for Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 2018-2020
Chair of LEAP Committee in School of Nursing and Midwifery 2022
Journal Reviewer for Journal of Intellectual Disabllities
Journal reviewer for International Journal for Geriatric Psychiatry 2021
Attachment, Cognitive Dissonance and Reciprocation in Intellectual Disability Care Provision in, Intellectual Disabilities: Health and Social Care Across the Lifespan , 2023, [Jan De Vries & Eimear McGlinchey ], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED  DOI
Wormald A, McGlinchey E, D'Eath M, Leroi I, Lawlor B, McCallion P, McCarron M, O'Sullivan R. & Chen Y., Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Caregivers of People with an Intellectual Disability, in Comparison to Carers of Those with Other Disabilities and with Mental Health Issues: A Multicountry Study., International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. , 20, (4), 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Allen, A-P., McGlinchey, E., Fallon, M., McCallion, P. & McCarron, M., Cognitive reserve and dementia risk management in people with an intellectual disability., International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2023, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
McCarron, M., McCausland, D., McGlinchey, E., Bowman, S., Foley, M., Haigh, M., Burke, E. & McCallion, P., Recruitment and retention in longitudinal studies of people with intellectual disability: A case study of the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA), Research in Developmental Disabilities, 124, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Kirwan, R., Sheerin, F., McGlinchey, E., McCallion, P. & McCarron, M., Functional loss in older adults with intellectual disabilities and dementia, Learning Disability Practice, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Boyle, R., Connaughton, M., McGlinchey, E., Knight, S.P., De Looze, C., Carey, D., Stern, Y., Robertson, I.H., Kenny, R.A. and Whelan, R, Connectome-based predictive modeling of cognitive reserve using task-based functional connectivity, bioRxiv, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Dennehy H., Allen A.P., McGlinchey E., Buttery N., Garcia-Dominguez L., Chansler R., Corr C., Dunne P., Kennelly S., Daly L. McCallion P. and McCarron M., A scoping review of post-diagnostic dementia supports for people with intellectual disability, Aging and Mental Health, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Chen, Y.S., Almirall"Sanchez, A., Ilinca, S., Grycuk, E., Higgins, D., Leon, T., McGlinchey, E., Rogan, C., Saha, S., Tjin, A. and Galvin, M.,, COVID"19"related loneliness, social isolation and burden in informal caregivers worldwide. , Alzheimer's & Dementia, , 18, (S8), 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Marianne Fallon, Eimear McGlinchey, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron, Developing A Biopsychosocial Model of Cognitive Decline in People Ageing with Intellectual Disability, IASSIDD Virtual 2021, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 6-8th July 2021, 2021, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED  URL
Boyle, R., Connaughton, M., McGlinchey, E., Knight, S.P., De Looze, C., Carey, D., Stern, Y., Robertson, I.H., Kenny, R.A. and Whelan, R, Connectome‐based predictive modeling of cognitive reserve, Alzheimer's & Dementia, 7, (S5), 2021, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Fallon, M., McGlinchey, E. & McCarron, M., Modifiable lifestyle factors associated with age of dementia diagnosis., Horizon 21 Consortium F2F Meeting., Munich, Germany., 15th - 16th June, 2023, Oral Presentation, PRESENTED
Marianne Fallon & Dr. Eimear McGlinchey, Promoting Brain Health Across the Lifespan: People with an Intellectual Disability, Learning Disabilities and Dementia Community of Practice meeting, Online- Wales, 15th July 2021, 2021, Rebecca Hamner, Public Health Wales, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Darren McCausland, Andrew P. Allen, Margaret Haigh, Fintan Sheerin, Eilish Burke, Eimear McGlinchey, Fidelma Flannery, Niamh Mulryan, Philip McCallion and Mary McCarron, Overcoming Adversity: The Continuing Impact of COVID-19 on People Ageing with an Intellectual Disability in Ireland. Findings from the Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA) COVID-19 Sub-Study, Trinity College Dublin, December, 2021, Report, PUBLISHED
McCarron, M., McCausland, D., Allen, A.P., Luus, R., Sheerin, F., Burke, E., McGlinchey, E., Flannery, F., & McCallion, P., THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 on People Ageing with an Intellectual Disability in Ireland 2020 - Evidence from Wave 4 of the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA), Dublin, December, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
McCarron, Mary; McCausland, Darren; Allen, Andrew; Luus, Retha; Sheerin, Fintan; Burke, Eilish; McGlinchey, Eimear; Flannery, Fidelma; McCallion, Philip, The impact of COVID-19 on people ageing with an intellectual disability in Ireland, Dublin, December, 2020, Report, PUBLISHED
2. McGlinchey, E., Burke, E., McCallion, P., Haigh, M., O'Donovan ,M., McCarron, M. , Health and Well-Being of Older Adults in St Joseph's Intellectual Disability Service: Baseline Report., Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability, Dublin, 2018, Report, PUBLISHED
Mary McCarron, Philip McCallion, Rachael Carroll, Eilish Burke, Eimear McGlinchey, Mary-Ann O'Donovan, Darren McCausland, Fintan Sheerin, Maire O'Dwyer, Sinead Foran, Caoimhin MacGiolla Phadraig, Niamh Mulryan, Juliette O'Connell and Judy Ryan., Health, Wellbeing and Social Inclusion: Ageing with an Intellectual Disability in Ireland Evidence from the First Ten Years of The Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA) Wave 3 IDS-TILDA, Trinity College Dublin, 2017, Report, PUBLISHED
McCarron, M., Burke, E., McGlinchey, E., McCausland, D., O'Dwyer, M., O'Donovan, M.A., McCallion, P., Value for Money and Policy Review of Disability Services in ireland, Value for Money and Policy Review of Disability Services in ireland, Hawkins House, 2015, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED
McGlinchey, E., McCausland, D., McCarron, M., Burke, E., McCallion, P. , Advancing Years, Different Challenges: Wave 2 IDS-TILDA: An Accessible Report. , Dublin: Trinity College Dublin, 2014, Report, PUBLISHED
McCarron. ,M., McCallion, P., Carroll, R., Burke, E., McGlinchey, E., McCausland, D., Cleary, E., Shivers, C., Advancing Years, Different Challenges: Wave 2 IDS-TILDA, 2014, Report, PUBLISHED

  

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