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Claire Donnellan

New Generation Ageing

Claire Donnellan

Claire is a Chartered Health Psychologist and a Registered General Nurse with qualifications in Psychology, Medical Gerontology, and Advanced Neuroimaging. Scientific interests include effects of vascular ageing and neurodegeneration on cognitive, emotional, and behavioural health of older adults. Served leadership positions with Trinity College Dublin, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University of Canberra and Edith Cowan University. Is founder and director of New Generation Ageing (Newgenage) Consultancy and Principal Investigator for interdisciplinary research projects in brain health and gerontology in UK, Ireland, Bahrain, and Australia.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Ireland;
Topics Ageing in place; Attitudes and Expectations about Long-Term Care; Climate Change and LTC; Dementia care and support; Loneliness among older people; New models of care; Prevention and rehabilitation and LTC; Research gaps and priorities in LTC; Sustainability;
Methods Assessment tool development; Knowledge-exchange; Literature reviews and synthesis; Longitudinal data analysis; Measure validation; Mixed methods; Psychometric testing; Quantitative data analysis; Questionnaire; Scoping reviews; Surveys; Systematic Review; Thematic analysis; Theory and frameworks; Theory of Change; Time series analysis; Trials and other evaluations;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Ageing and Place; Climate Change and LTC; Innovation in Long-Term Care; Quality improvement in Long-Term Care; Unmet need inequalities and care poverty (UNICAP);
Websitehttp://newgenage.com
ORC.ID0000-0002-9226-9407
GOOGLE SCHOLARhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=k0OiHK4AAAAJ&hl=en
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-donnellan-827266123/
Research interests
  • Expertise in healthy ageing, digital health interventions, and equity-focused research to address critical gaps in healthcare access for older adults globallY
  • Transformative Health Research in Behaviour, Environment and Society (TRIBES)
  • Psychological health across the lifespan
  • Cognitive and cardiovascular health including vascular ageing
  • Healthy ageing including environmental and societal adaptation
  • Socioecological determinants of health – to include effects of climate change and planetary health on mental health
  • Sustainable community health systems and models of care
Key publications
  1. Donnellan C. (2024)Promoting healthy ageing for its use in gerontological health and social care policy and practice. Journal of Clinical Nursing. doi: 10.1111/jocn.17558
    • Significance: High-impact policy translation work aligning healthy ageing principles with clinical practice
    • Role: Sole author, conceptualisation and writing
  2. Estupinan Artiles C, Donnellan C, Mooney M, Regan J. (2024)Dysphagia Screening in Residential Long-Term Care Settings in the Republic of Ireland: A Cross-Sectional Survey. Dysphagia. doi: 10.1007/s00455-024-10762-7
    • Significance: International collaborative research addressing critical healthcare gaps in aged care
    • Role: Senior author, research design and supervision
  3. Donnellan C, Chakkittakandy D, Lydon C. (2024)Conceptual considerations for understanding resilience in healthcare students. Nursing Open, 11(10): e70061
    • Significance: Theoretical framework development for healthcare education resilience
    • Role: Lead author, conceptual development
  4. Donnellan C. (2024)Impact and effectiveness of leadership and management in academic health sciences. BMJ Leader, 8(2), pp153-158
    • Significance: Leadership research with direct application to health sciences education
    • Role: Sole author, empirical analysis
  5. Donnellan C, Cohen H, Werring D. (2022)Cognitive impairment and associated neuroimaging biomarkers in antiphospholipid syndrome: A systematic review. Rheumatology, 61(1), pp24-41
    • Significance: Comprehensive systematic review with clinical implications for autoimmune conditions
    • Role: Lead author, systematic review methodology
  6. Donnellan C, Werring D. (2020)Cognitive impairment before and after intracerebral haemorrhage: a systematic review. Neurological Sciences, 41(3), pp509-527
    • Significance: Critical review informing stroke rehabilitation protocols
    • Role: Co-lead author, systematic analysis
  7. Marhoon Z, Borgan S, Kamel C, Maddison W, Donnellan C. (2017) Depression, anxiety, and subjective well-being among medical students in Bahrain, Academic Psychiatry, 42(1), pp31-40.
    • Significance: Highly cited article emphasising mental health consequences in medical students
    • Role: Senior author, research design and supervision
  8. Al Banna M, Redha N, Abdulla F, Nair B, Donnellan (2016) Metacognitive function post-stroke: A review of definition and assessment. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 87(2), pp161 – 166.
    • Significance: High impact factor > 8 and highly cited article
    • Role: Senior author, research design and supervision
  9. Donnellan C, Al Banna M, Redha N, Al Sherooqi I, Al Jishi A, Bakhiet M, Taha S, Abdulla F. (2016) Association between metacognition and mood symptoms post stroke, Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 29(4), pp212 –
    • Significance: Empirical research results for a complex collaboration in a resource limited region
    • Role: Senior author, research design and supervision
  10. Donnellan C, Sweetman S, Shelley (2013) Health professionals’ adherence to stroke clinical guidelines: a review of the literature, Health Policy, 111(3), pp245-263.
    • Significance: Highly cited article in high impact journals e.g., Stroke by the American Heart Association
    • Role: Lead author, conceptualisation, research design and analysis of previous studies