Sean Kennelly
@SPKennelly
Geriatrician. Director Institute of Memory and Cognition, Tallaght University Hospital. Clinical Associate Professor Trinity College Dublin. Co-Lead DTI
Great news! Urgent need to prioritise service development + system readiness ensuring equitable access + safe delivery of this and other DMTs for eligible European citizens. Also need enhanced diagnostic + care opportunities for many people with AD not eligible for these agents.
Alzheimer Europe welcomes CHMP positive opinion on donanemab for treatment of early #Alzheimers disease, following re-examination. We urge the Standing Committee to endorse it swiftly to avoid delays and ensure timely safe & equitable access across Europe. alzheimer-europe.org/news/alzheimer…
👏Thanks to Emma Devenney for your lecture! 🌊A member of DRNI's Trasna na dTonnta network, you can read more about @EmmaDevenney1's research in @Sydney_Uni here: dementianetwork.ie/trasna-na-dton… ⬆️where you can also DRNI's network for the Irish dementia research diaspora!
We were privileged to have @EmmaDevenney1 🇮🇪 guest lecture for us at the @TUH_Tallaght memory service today. Her fantastic talk “Expanding the FTD phenotype 🧠”referenced much of the exciting research she’s doing with colleagues in Sydney 🇦🇺@drnire
We were privileged to have @EmmaDevenney1 🇮🇪 guest lecture for us at the @TUH_Tallaght memory service today. Her fantastic talk “Expanding the FTD phenotype 🧠”referenced much of the exciting research she’s doing with colleagues in Sydney 🇦🇺@drnire
In a specialty memory clinic, patients treated with lecanemab over 14 months experienced manageable adverse events. ja.ma/3IvcRsQ @ErikMusiek
Are you going to #AAIC? Why not join DRNI's Trasna na dTonnta for a reception on Monday, 28th July at 18.30 - register here to attend: tinyurl.com/23bxmbbm
📢DRNI are THRILLED to introduce 🌊Trasna na dTonnta (Across the Waves), an initiative to develop a network of the Irish dementia research diaspora, open to anyone with a connection to Ireland, including people who studied, trained or worked in Ireland. Going to #AAIC? Join 1/2
Our Hospital has been chosen to take part in an exciting and groundbreaking new research project. To find out more, click here - bit.ly/4eN8h5r Here's Professor @SPKennelly - who is leading out on this study, to explain more....
📅 Sept 3 | Tallaght Institute for Memory and Cognition presents a clinical symposium on Less Common & Young-Onset Dementias. 🎯 For healthcare professionals (CPD applied for). 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3Zr9d2g ℹ️ Info: dementianetwork.ie/news-item/clin…
In a large study of three cohorts, scientists found that CSF α-synuclein assays not only diagnose Parkinson’s disease with high sensitivity, but also predict who will develop dementia—and how quickly. @UCLIoN ow.ly/syAV50WoxqQ
➡️Join @TUH_Tallaght Institute of Memory & Cognition for a Clinical Symposium on Less Common & Young-Onset Dementia! 🗓️03/09 ⌚️9.30-4 📍@TUH_Tallaght 🧑⚕️Target audience: HCP's involved in diagnosis&care of people with less common & YOD. ℹ️To register: tinyurl.com/mrx2kzs2
🚨 ICU delirium study (n=20,241) Key findings: NG tubes: 41% delirium vs 9% without RBC transfusion: 26% vs 11% Steroids: 37% vs 21% Temp >37.8°C: 49% vs 19% Pre-existing dementia (15% vs 6%) & kidney disease (59% vs 45%) increase risk In 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦…
🌊As part of Trasna na dTonnta, we are spotlighting the Irish research diaspora! 🔦We are delighted to introduce our 1st "Spotlight on" researcher @EmmaDevenney1, neurologist at @Sydney_Uni. ➡️To read about Emma's research & Trasna na dTonnta, go to dementianetwork.ie/trasna-na-dton…
📢DRNI are THRILLED to introduce 🌊Trasna na dTonnta (Across the Waves), an initiative to develop a network of the Irish dementia research diaspora, open to anyone with a connection to Ireland, including people who studied, trained or worked in Ireland. Going to #AAIC? Join 1/2
Our Consultant Geriatrician, Prof. Sean Kennelly, spoke this week at the official launch of the new Dementia Café in Tallaght Library. The new cafe will continue to meet on the first Wednesday of every month. It's open to anyone living with dementia, their family and carers.
Parkinson’s doesn’t always steal the mind, however let’s talk about the numbers that get dementia. New data challenge old fears about dementia in Parkinson’s disease. AARP story this week and recent Green Journal Neurology (Gallagher and colleagues) spotlighted and updated the…
Our Consultant Geriatrician Professor Sean Kennelly is opening a new Dementia cafe on Wednesday, July 2nd at 3 pm in Tallaght Library. Going forward the new cafe will then meet on first Wednesday of every month. Good luck to all involved!
✨DRNI were delighted to co-host a symposium with @TCDGerontology @GBHI_Fellows 'The Role of the Ageing Immune System in the Development of Delirium and Dementia'. 👏Thanks to our fantastic speakers @dhj_davis, @Cunningham_Colm, Aoife Fallon & Thomas Jackson, & to all attending!
Trasna ndTonnta/DRNI for a reception in Toronto on Monday 28th July at 6.30 pm -- register here: tinyurl.com/23bxmbbm To join Trasna na dTonnta or for more info, go to dementianetwork.ie/trasna-na-dton… or contact [email protected]
The biggest congratulations to Dr Dr @adamhdyer on passing his PhD viva today 🎉 - about 4 PhDs worth of work! Tour de force of years of work, been a pleasure to work alongside 🧡 congrats also to supervisors @NollaigBourke @SPKennelly @TrinityMed1 @TCDGerontology @TUH_Tallaght
🥳Huge congratulations to @adamhdyer on his successful defence of his fantastic PhD thesis today. Many thanks to examiners Dr’s Daniel Davis and Thomas Jackson for joining us in TCD. Also thanks to viva chair Dr Colm Cunningham and co-supervisors @NollaigBourke @ClionaOfarrelly
Why do some people who have mutations of familial Alzheimer's do not get the disease? They have protective genomic variants. A first-rate review @TheLancetNeuro thelancet.com/journals/laneu…
New research identifies five clinically relevant prescribing cascades in a national sample of more than half a million older adults in Ireland. 🔗annfammed.org/content/early/… The findings show how unrecognized drug side effects can trigger extra prescriptions & potentially…