Staff - Professor/Head of Centre

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 Professor Molloy - MB, BCh, BAO (1977); MRCP IRELAND (1980); LMCC (May 1983); FRCP (C) (1985)

Professor Molloy - MB, BCh, BAO (1977); MRCP IRELAND (1980); LMCC (May 1983); FRCP (C) (1985) Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine - graduated from UCC in 1977 and was appointed as the Chair of the Centre of Gerontology and Rehabilitation in September 2010. Prior to this he was Professor of Medicine at McMaster University, Canada and St. Peter’s McMaster Chair in Aging. Prof. Molloy has an extensive publication history in the area of Dementia and current research interests include advance directives, clinical trials in dementia and efficient use of acute hospital services for older people.

https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2101650620_Willie_Molloy

Staff - Professor

Professor Suzanne Timmons, MB; BCh; BAO (1995); MRCP (1997); CSCST (2003); MSc Geriatric Medicine (2004); FRCPI (2006); MD (2007); Cert Healthcare Improvement (2013)

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Suzanne Timmons graduated from UCC in 1995 and trained in Geriatric Medicine, with a sub-speciality interest in neurodegenerative diseases in later life. She received an Honours Masters degree in Geriatric Medicine from Keele University in 2004, and a subsequent MD from UCC in 2007 (intracellular survival pathways in neurodegenerative diseases). She was appointed as part-time Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation in 2010 and is the Programme Co-Ordinator for the MSc in Older Person Rehabilitation and MSc in Dementia. She works 50% clinically, in the acute hospital setting and in rehabilitation. She was the Clinical Lead for Dementia for the Republic of Ireland from 2017-2021.

Her current research themes include delirium, dementia, palliative care in neurodegeneration and health service research. In addition, she retains a strong clinical and research interest in Parkinson’s disease in older people. She has published across 150+ peer-reviewed journals, five book chapters, seven national reports, five national guidelines and four national audits. h-index 40. She has been principal or co-investigator on research grants totalling €28 million.