HEALTH | Donor Report
TERCENTENARY CAMPAIGN OF THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
300 years of excellence
The School of Medicine, following traditions of its famous graduates like William Stokes and Robert Graves, intends to preserve their legacy of preparing exceptional doctors who can lead the medical profession in the 21st century.
Trinity’s Biosciences Development (see
page 5) will be the School of Medicine’s new home. It will open in 2011 when the School of Medicine is celebrating its 300th anniversary.
The School of Medicine expects to get
financial support from the Government but this will not cover all costs. The School hopes that its graduates might be in a position to help. While any contribution is welcome, the School is asking alumni to consider a contribution of at least €1,000. This contribution will entitle you to having your name or the name of a person in honour of whom the gift is made, listed on a commemorative wall in a Tercentenary Hall, which will be located prominently in the new premises.
www.medicine.tcd.ie/tercentenary http://people.tcd.ie/iroberts
THE IRISH LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON AGEING
Making Ireland the best place in the world to grow old in
The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is a study of a representative cohort of at least 8,000 Irish people over the age of 50, charting their health, social and economic circumstances over a 10-year period. The data from TILDA will provide policy-makers and innovators in the fields of health, social care, pension planning and biotechnology with a unique knowledge base. It will create opportunities for research and development as well as innovation in technology and services in ageing in Ireland. The estimated cost of the main study
is €30m. A commitment for €23m has been received from the Department of Health and Children, The Atlantic Philanthropies and Irish Life.
The first wave of the study is currently underway.
www.tcd.ie/tilda
Pictured: President Mary McAleese at the launch of TILDA’s Health Assessment Centre
NEUROENHANCEMENT FOR INEQUALITIES IN ELDER LIVES
Helping prevent dementia
Led by Prof Ian Robertson, Neuroenhancement for Inequalities in Elder Lives (NIEL) aims to develop an internationally-replicable technology linked approach to the prevention of dementia and elder cognitive impairment by enhancing cognitive function.
NIEL’s goals are:
• Establishment of a series of research trials to identify methods for enhancing brain function in socially disadvantaged elderly people at high risk for dementia.
• Development of technologies and methods for delivering optimal brain stimulation methods.
• Development of the arrangements for engaging at-risk elderly people in an educational-preventive context.
Seed funding of €2.5m received from
The Atlantic Philanthropies will leverage considerable funding from other sources to take the programme to scale.
The Dockrell Bursary will provide me with suitable finance to pay for travel to the UK to develop and train in molecular techniques specific to Oral Biology at the University of Birmingham Oral Biology and Tissue Repair
laboratories.” Dr Hal Duncan – Lecturer/Consultant in Endodontics, Dublin Dental School Hospital, TCD
Founded in 2009 by a bequest from Professor Rodney Dockrell, the Rodney Dockrell Bursary Fund is for members of the staff of the Dublin Dental School to travel abroad for professional development.
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