Research and applied projects.
A selection of research and applied projects across gerontology, workforce, mental health, stroke prevention and health disparities, some completed, some ongoing, and some in early development.
FAST Arabic, stroke-awareness video.
A short educational video adapting the internationally recognised FAST stroke-awareness protocol (Face, Arm, Speech, Time) into Arabic, in a form that is culturally and linguistically accessible for Arabic-speaking communities.
The video addresses a gap in the availability of high-quality stroke health-literacy materials in Arabic, a gap with real consequences for time-to-hospital and stroke outcomes.
ECNE, Enhancing Capacity in Neuroscience Education.
ECNE stands for Enhancing Capacity in Neuroscience Education. The word also carries meaning in Irish (Gaeilge): in Old Irish mythology, Ecne (also spelled Eagna) is the personification of wisdom, knowledge and enlightenment, a fitting double meaning for a project concerned with how we learn about the ageing brain.
ECNE is in early conceptual development as a potential digital online learning platform, an accessible space for education on neuroscience, cognitive ageing and dementia, aimed at clinicians, educators and the wider community. It is not yet a delivered product; further development and partnerships are being explored.
Mind your heart, mind your head, make it happen (MIH).
An integrated cardiovascular and brain-health programme built on the growing evidence that vascular risk is dementia risk. MIH translates that evidence into a practical, community-facing intervention for adults in midlife and later life.
The programme has been developed as a scalable model, designed to sit within primary care, community health and workplace settings, and has informed related work on ageing-workforce wellbeing.
Third Age Time Capsules (TATCOs).
An interdisciplinary programme exploring how older adults record, share and transmit the accumulated knowledge of a working life. TATCOs sits at the intersection of gerontology, education and creative practice.
The project reframes later life as a period of active knowledge production, with practical implications for university-community partnerships, intergenerational learning and workforce transition.
REALISM, Resources and Life Strategy Management.
An intervention programme supporting older adults to identify, manage and mobilise personal, social and financial resources across the ageing life course. REALISM combines health psychology, gerontology and applied social-science research.
The intervention is designed for delivery through community, primary-care and aged-care organisations, and has been evaluated in multiple settings.
Health Disparities in Older Populations.
A programme of research examining how health disparities, driven by socioeconomic position, gender, geography and cultural background, accumulate across the life course and manifest in later life.
The work has informed both academic literature and policy engagement on equity in aged-care access, workforce distribution and community health services.
Transformation of Online Mental Health Services (TOMHS).
An international collaboration examining how mental health services are being reshaped by digital delivery, remote clinical practice and the changing expectations of service users, including older adults often overlooked in digital-health design.
TOMHS combines health-services research, clinical psychology and implementation science to produce evidence useful for both providers and regulators.
Opportunities for HDR candidates and early-career researchers.
Claire has mentored and supervised research students and postdoctoral candidates, and remains active in doctoral supervision and early-career mentoring in gerontology, health psychology and health-professions education.
Doctoral supervision
Prospective PhD candidates working on gerontology, health psychology, health-professions education, ageing workforce and leadership research are welcome to enquire, including candidates seeking co-supervision across institutions.
Early-career research mentoring
Early-career researchers looking for structured mentoring on grant strategy, publication planning, curriculum design and academic career development can enquire about limited advisory engagements.
Interested in collaborating?
Whether you are a partner organisation, prospective HDR candidate or early-career researcher, a short conversation is the fastest way to see whether there is a fit.