Dr Claire Donnellan.
Founder and Executive Director of New Generation Ageing. Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. A career across healthcare, higher education and interdisciplinary research, now working with organisations across Australia, the Middle East and Europe on the leadership and governance questions ageing raises.
Academic, clinical and governance experience, brought together in one practice.
Claire's work focuses on gerontology education, workforce development, healthy ageing, leadership and age-inclusive innovation, with a particular interest in translating research into practical learning and organisational change.
Her career includes academic appointments across universities in Ireland, the Middle East and Australia, earlier clinical practice as a nurse and psychologist, and experience on academic boards and advisory panels. Through New Generation Ageing she brings that combined experience to organisations working through the leadership and governance questions ageing raises.
Advice that draws on five overlapping professional lives.
Claire's approach draws on five overlapping professional threads, each developed over a career of its own, rather than a single specialism.
The academic
Peer-reviewed publications across gerontology, health psychology, nursing and health-professions education, with an ongoing interest in leadership in academic health sciences.
The clinician
Registered Nurse and Chartered Psychologist, with earlier clinical practice in acute stroke, neurorehabilitation and health psychology.
The educator
Curriculum design, doctoral supervision and executive education across medical, nursing, allied-health and psychology programmes.
The director
GAICD-qualified, with experience on academic boards and advisory panels contributing to governance, strategy and sector conversations.
The researcher
Mentored and supervised research students and postdoctoral candidates across ageing, mental health, workforce and health-disparity programmes.
One perspective
Clinical rigour, academic depth, governance experience and educational craft, combined in the way she approaches an advisory engagement.
A career across three regions.
Academic appointments across universities in Ireland, the Middle East and Australia, alongside earlier clinical practice as a nurse and psychologist. Current appointment: Adjunct Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin. Founder and Executive Director of New Generation Ageing.
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