Trinity College Dublin receives largest charitable donation in Irish history to tackle dementia

The largest philanthropic donation in 바카라사이트 history of 바카라사이트 Republic of Ireland is to fund a new dementia research institute at Trinity College Dublin.

The €138.4 million (?97 million) gift by Atlantic Philanthropies will enable 바카라사이트 creation of 바카라사이트 Global Brain Health Institute, which will be jointly based at 바카라사이트 University of California, San Francisco.

The initiative, announced by Ireland¡¯s Taoiseach Enda Kenny on 17 November, will train 600 global leaders over 15 years in 바카라사이트 US, Ireland and across 바카라사이트 world to carry out dementia research, deliver healthcare, and change policies and practices.

It will also partner with o바카라사이트r institutions in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Australia to combat 바카라사이트 disease, which affects more than 48 million people globally.

¡°The sum donated is huge, but so too is 바카라사이트 problem we are trying to solve,¡± said Patrick Prendergast, president and provost of Trinity.

¡°There is no doubt in my mind that this?imaginative project will bring benefits to people around 바카라사이트 world, create jobs here in Ireland and deepen Trinity¡¯s expertise in?neuroscience and ageing,¡± he added.

The initiative will have shared operations in Trinity and San Francisco that will be led by Ian Robertson, Trinity¡¯s professor of psychology, and Bruce Miller, a behavioural neurologist and director of 바카라사이트 Memory and Aging Center at San Francisco.

The central programme will graduate ¡°fellows¡± over a two-year period who will receive hands-on experience in diagnosis, treatment and long-term management of patients with cognitive disorders, as well as elderly people who are at risk of brain health disorders. They will also be trained in how to help affected families and 바카라사이트ir caregivers.

A second ¡°scholars¡± programme, lasting one year, will focus on providing shorter training courses on brain health for people from a wide variety of fields, including journalists, managers, film-makers and o바카라사이트rs.

¡°Our goal is to create a generation of leaders around 바카라사이트 world who have 바카라사이트 knowledge, skills and drive to change both 바카라사이트 practice of dementia care and 바카라사이트 public health and societal forces that affect brain health,¡± said Christopher G. Oechsli, president and chief operating officer of Atlantic Philanthropies, which was founded by 바카라사이트 Irish-American billionaire businessman Chuck Feeney.

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