Governance
TILDA is governed by a Steering Committee, Oversight Board and Scientific Advisory Board.
TILDA Steering Committee
Our Steering Committee is composed of individual representing the institutions that have contributed to the development of TILDA since its inception: Dundalk Institute of Technology (DKIT), Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and University College Cork (UCC). The Steering Committee represents a reservoir of expertise and experience, with all members being active researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. The Committee is responsible for the overall management of the project.
Steering Committee Members 2010
Representative for Public and Patient Involvement
(R&D Officer with the Trinity Centre for Ageing and Intellectual Disability (TCAID) and PPI Ignite Phase II Site Lead for TCD)
Co-Applicant, TILDA; Associate Professor
Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin
Collaborator, TILDA; Lecturer in Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology
Department of P.E. and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick
Scientific Director of NICOLA; Director of the Centre of Excellence for Public Health Research Northern Ireland
Centre for Excellent for Public Health, Queen's University (NI)
Professor of Health Systems Management
UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, UCD
>Co-Applicant, TILDA; Professor of Sociology, Head of Department of Sociology, TCD
TCD
Co-Applicant, TILDA; Associate Research Professor in the Social Research, Economic and Social Research Institute
ESRI
Co-Applicant, TILDA; Professor,
Health Policy and Management, TCD, Professor of the Economics of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation
TCD, Cicely Saunders Institute, Kings College London Centre for Health Policy and Management
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, RCSI (Representing Co-Applicant, TILDA Professor Tom Fahey)
RCSI
Professor of Ageing and Public Policy, Director
Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, NUI Galway
Oversight Board
The TILDA Oversight Board was established to provide general oversight of the project’s activities and to channel support in the wider community for the TILDA study. The Board members provide advice and support to TILDA about achieving strategic goals; overseeing implementation of the study; ensuring that TILDA is managed in a manner consistent with best operational practice; ensuring interaction with government institutions and policy agencies; and facilitating contact with and comparison of data among international ageing studies.
Oversight Board
Co-Applicant, TILDA; Associate Professor, Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin
Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin
Consultant in Public Health Medicine; Clinical Lead Planning for Health, Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive
CEO Health Research Charities Ireland ; (Representative for Public and Patient Involvement)
Health Research Charities Ireland
Director, Ageing Research and Development Division
The Institute of Public Health in Ireland
TILDA Scientific Advisory Board
Our Scientific Advisory Board is composed of international experts in one or more of the TILDA domains (economic, health and social) who also have experience with longitudinal studies. This panel of experts provides advice on the TILDA research questions of most importance to the scientific community and to policymakers. The group also provides feedback on the methodologies adopted by the TILDA team, to ensure that TILDA is at the forefront of ageing research internationally.
Scientific Advisory Board Members 2021
