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A study of the health and life of adults in Ireland #TILDA tweets by @deedeeoconnor
Trinity College Dublin
Joined April 2012
RT @SilvinKnight: Just published! 🎉.Why do some people feel dizzy when they stand up? Can leg muscle squeezes help keep blood pressure stea….
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Watch the full Ireland AM segment 📖 Read the Nature Comms paper: Accelerated brain ageing during the COVID-19 pandemic Mohammadi-Nejad et al., 2025 #TILDA #BrainHealth #Longevity.
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Nature Communications - This study shows that the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated brain ageing in UK adults, even without infection. The effect was stronger in older individuals, in men, and those...
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Prof. Kenny highlighted how resilience strategies like staying socially connected, exercising, and managing stress can help slow or even reverse stress-related brain ageing. At TILDA, we continue to investigate these protective factors through our research. @tcddublin.
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However, reduced cognitive performance was only found in those who had both accelerated brain ageing and a COVID-19 infection. This shows how biological and cognitive impacts can diverge, and highlights the long-term effects of viral illness and stress.
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Even among healthy people who never had COVID, stress, isolation, and lifestyle disruption during the pandemic aged the brain faster. The gap between predicted brain age and real age increased significantly in the ‘pandemic group’. #BrainAgeing #HealthyAgeing.
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The study in Nature Communications used brain scans from the @UKBIOBANK to show: .🔵the pandemic accelerated brain ageing by an average of 5.5 months .🔵effects were stronger in men and in people from more deprived backgrounds .🔵and not linked to infection alone.
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🧠 New research shows the #COVID19 pandemic accelerated brain ageing—even in people who never caught the virus. TILDA PI @RoseAnnekenny1 discussed the findings and much more on @IrelandAMVMTV .📺 Watch:
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RT @ISS21UCC: 📢Symposium: 'Rethinking Research Sharing Practices: Ageing, Reclaiming the Personal, and Artificial Intelligence' 🗓️12 Sept,….
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A thrilling day of presentations and brilliant discussion with the students at our 3rd annual @USC - TILDA Summer School on Ageing - well done to all involved! Looking forward to next year already 👏
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We’re excited to welcome @USC students back to TILDA for our 3rd annual #SummerSchool on Ageing on Monday! Led by @CathalMcCrory1, speakers will include @RoseAnnekenny1 & Ann Monaghan, sharing cutting-edge research on ageing. #USC #Collaboration @tcddublin @TrinityResearch.
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As the WHO Collaborating Centre for Longitudinal Studies on Ageing and the Life Course, TILDA’s data advances global health policy on ageing and the life course for people of all ages @WHO
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Our PI, Prof @RoseAnnekenny1, was quoted in @IrishTimes after speaking at the @MacGillSchool last week, highlighting how early life circumstances can accelerate ageing. “Children experiencing depression, homelessness, & uncertainty age faster." @tcddublin
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RT @irishgerontsoc: #IGSPodcast is back & the latest episode looks behind the scenes at @tilda_tcd . @edelphysio talked to @CathalMcCrory1….
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📢 We’re hiring!.TILDA is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to lead research on the impact of arts and creative activities on flourishing in older adults. 🎭👵.Apply now! .🔎 Search “TILDA” at #TILDA #ResearchJobs #Ageing #ArtsInHealth.
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📢 We’re hiring!.TILDA is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to lead research on the impact of arts and creative activities on flourishing in older adults. 🎭👵.Apply now! .🔎 Search “TILDA” at #TILDA #ResearchJobs #Ageing #ArtsInHealth.
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Catch our Co-PI @CathalMcCrory1 interviewed by @oconnellbrian on @todaywithclaire @RTERadio1 yesterday, discussing how TILDA is helping us to understand biological vs. chronological ageing. Listen here: #AgeingResearch #BiologicalAge .@tcddublin
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Can we really reduce our biological age?. TILDA PI, Prof @RoseAnnekenny1, recently joined .@KieranCuddihy @TheHardShoulder on @NewstalkFM to discuss biohacking, longevity, and the science behind ageing. 🎧 Listen back: #AgeingResearch #HealthyAgeing
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For #CarersWeek2025, we highlight the vital role of family carers and TILDA research that helps support them by Dr Christine McGarrigle.Read more: @CareAllianceIrl.@CarersIreland.@NCP_ED.@HsehealthW. @roinnslainte @HSELive @hrbireland
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We’re delighted to welcome our international Scientific Advisory Board to Dublin today for two days of collaboration, innovation and insight. #AgeingResearch.@ELSA_Study @hrsisr @NICOLA_QUB @HAGIS_SCOT @RoseAnnekenny1 @CathalMcCrory1
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RT @RoseAnnekenny1: So excited for @tilda_tcd to be spending the next three days with international experts from around the world longitudi….
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