Prof Eimear McGlinchey
Trinity Lead, PPI Ignite Network
Prof Eimear McGlinchey is an Assistant Professor in Intellectual Disability and a faculty member at the Global Brain Health Institute. Her research is based at the Trinity Centre for Ageing and the Life Course in Intellectual Disability, focusing on the area of brain health in individuals with intellectual disabilities. Prof McGlinchey has led the PREVENT Dementia – DS project, part of the Horizon 21 European Down syndrome Consortium and is a co-applicant on the IDS-TILDA study. For over a decade, she has worked to ensure that people with an intellectual disability are included in the research process at all stages.