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• Professor Rose Galvin

  In this special episode, we celebrate the awarding of this year’s IGS Presidential Medal to Professor Rose Galvin, Professor of Physiotherapy and Co-Director of the Ageing Research Centre at the University of Limerick. Professor Galvin joins Edel to reflect on her journey from clinical practice to research leadership, her interest in applied health research in ageing and the impact of her research on health services and policy. She also shares her insights into the importance of mentoring, leadership and her vision for the future of ageing research. For more information on discussion points:Prof Rose Galvin’s research outputs: https://pure.ul.ie/en/persons/rose-galvinIGS ASM 2025 more information: https://www.irishgerontology.com/events/72nd-annual-and-scientific-meeting\TILDA Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6iI7eUvwTiw5DXT6fQhrbg?si=b19a454a52684f73&nd=1&dlsi=a6b4c5a6265044c5TILDA Wave 6 Report: https://tilda.tcd.ie/news-events/2025/2512-Wave6-Key-Findings-Launch/Age Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) more info: https://www.ihi.org/partner/initiatives/age-friendly-health-systems/recognitionAFHS Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Su8iAJlkh7TD5vNDJX3a2?si=007ca509e635494d&nbsp=&nd=1&dlsi=39c8dbe5ef044bf2Feedback, questions, suggestions always welcome to [email protected]

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• Prof. Simon Conroy & Dr. James van Oppen (GEM)

  In this episode, Edel talks to Professor Simon Conroy and Dr. James van Oppen about Geriatric Emergency Medicine (GEM). They discuss their respective career paths to the specialty, changes and opportunities in the area, frailty screening, patient reported outcome measures and much more. To learn more about this topic, don’t miss the Geriatric Emergency Medicine session at this year’s IGS Annual Scientific Meeting in Killarney October 2nd-4th. For more information from discussion points:  •BGS Silver Book II: https://www.bgs.org.uk/resources/resource-series/silver-book-ii •Prof Simon Conroy more information and publications https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/84336-simon-conroy/publications •Dr. James van Oppen more information and publications https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James-Van-Oppen •PROM discussed by James https://jpro.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41687-024-00796-8 •More information on this year’s IGS Annual Scientific Meeting ⁠https://www.irishgerontology.com/events/72nd-annual-and-scientific-meeting⁠Feedback, questions, suggestions always welcome to [email protected]

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• TILDA

  In this episode, Edel talks to Professor Cathal McCrory, Dr. Ann Monaghan and Mary O’Shea from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). Each guest discuss their journey to TILDA and the day-to-day aspects of their role. Throughout the discussion the group highlight some of the interesting findings from the dataset and it’s real world impact. They discuss the international landscape of longitudinal studies and TILDA’s designation as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Longitudinal Studies on Ageing and the Life Course. To hear more, don’t miss the TILDA session at this year’s IGS Annual Scientific Meeting in Killarney October 2nd-4th. For more information from discussion points:   More information on the TILDA Data Workshops https://tilda.tcd.ie/data-workshop/Publications & more information https://tilda.tcd.ie/publications/Previous IGS Podcast with Prof Rose Anne Kenny https://open.spotify.com/episode/1KSNr145MVb4MPpiWK5TFP?si=R4ADRlCoSj2jnaVHD2MxCQFor more information on this year’s IGS AnnualScientific Meeting https://www.irishgerontology.com/events/72nd-annual-and-scientific-meetingFeedback, questions, suggestions always welcome [email protected]

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• Frailty with Professor Ken Rockwood

  In this episode, Edel talks to Professor Ken Rockwood. Professor Rockwood is a geriatrician, a professor of geriatric medicine at Dalhousie University and leads the Frailty and Eldercare Network fo Nova Scotia Health. As an international leader on frailty, he has more than 600 peer-reviewed publications and nine books to his credit. They discuss his career, understanding frailty, frailty assessment tools, hospital acquired deconditioning and lots more. For more information from discussion points: Prof Rockwood’s Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenneth-Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale: https://www.dal.ca/sites/gmr/our-tools/clinical-frailty-scale.html Pictorial Fit‑Frail Scale: https://www.dal.ca/sites/gmr/our-tools/pictorial-fit-frail-scale.html#:~:text=The%20PFFS%20evaluates%20a%20person's,levels%2C%20languages%2C%20and%20cultures. Feedback, questions, suggestions always welcome to [email protected]

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• ALONE, Ageism & Ageing in Place

  In this episode, Edel talks to Seán Moynihan and Dr. Sarah Donnelly about a range of topics including ageing in place, loneliness, ageism and the work of ALONE. Sean is the CEO of ALONE (www.alone.ie) , a national organisation that enables older people to age at home. Dr Sarah Donnelly, previously worked as medical social worker and is now an Associate Professor in Social Work and Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, in UCD. Sarah will present the ALONE Willie Bermingham lecture at this year’s IGS Annual Scientific Meeting. For more information from discussion points: Learn more about Alone www.alone.ie Read Sarah’s research and publication https://people.ucd.ie/sarah.donnelly/about Link to register for the IGS Annual Scientific Meeting https://www.irishgerontology.com/events/igs-71st-annual-and-scientific-meeting Feedback, questions, suggestions always welcome to [email protected]

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