Biography
Professor Rose Anne Kenny was appointed to Trinity College and St. James's Hospital as Head of the academic Department of Medical Gerontology, Director of the new Falls and Blackout Unit at St. James's Hospital, Director of the new Centre for Successful Ageing and is visiting Professor of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Formerly Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the Institute for Ageing & Health, Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK, she has been a world leader in research into cardiovascular and mobility disorders in ageing and is co-Chairman of the International Panel of experts for "clinical practice guidelines for the investigation and management of falls in older adults" by invitation of the American Geriatrics Society.
Professor Rose Anne Kenny's research interests are in neurocardiovascular function in ageing. The overarching aims of the research programmes are to unpick the mechanisms for cardiovascular and cerebral dysfunction in the context of falls, blackouts, 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. She has conducted longitudinal cohort studies of vascular factors in cognitive impairment (post stroke cohort, NCVI in the community and carotid sinus hypersensitivity cohort).
She has published in excess of 200 papers, 40 book chapters and 3 text books and currently chairs the Falls prevention Working Party for the American and British Geriatric Societies and the National Falls collaborative Working Group in Ireland. She has represented her field on international groups for heart failure, syncope and falls. Since her appointment at Trinity College (October 2005) she is:
* 1. Lead PI for the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
* 2. Lead PI for the Falls Prevention Strand within TRIL Centre
* 3. Lead PI for HRB translational research programme investigating why older people with mild cognitive impairment conver to dementia
* 4. Member of the Academic Board of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS)
* 5. Chairing the falls group for the National Falls Collaborative
