Rose Anne Kenny
Professor Rose Anne Kenny is a prominent gerontologist and the founding principal investigator of TILDA, a longitudinal study on aging in Ireland. She has extensively researched the effects of ageism in health policy, particularly in the context of COVID-19, advocating for a more nuanced understanding of aging and health.
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Recent news mentions
Regius Prof Rose Anne Kenny, principal investigator of Tilda, said the main highlight from the research is that dementia is not an inevitable part of ageing.
Tackling issues such as hearing loss and obesity could prevent 100,000 dementia cases here – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2025-11-13
Professor Rose Anne Kenny criticized ageist questions regarding President Higgins's suitability for a second term.
President Michael D Higgins’s engagements decrease over second term, Áras diary shows – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-07-26
Prof Rose Anne Kenny discussed the accelerated ageing process in children experiencing poverty.
Better-off children ‘sailing away from the have-nots’, warns Ombudsman – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-07-17
Prof Rose Anne Kenny discussed the ageism that enabled the introduction of arbitrary cocooning rules.
Healthy over-70s had no idea they were old until the order came to ‘cocoon’ – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-03-25
