The Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity College Dublin is centred on advancing brain health equity through a transdisciplinary, life course approach, with lived experience embedded in everything we do.
Over the past decade, GBHI at Trinity has built a global community of leaders working across disciplines to advance brain health equity, creating impact at local, national and international levels.
Building on this success, our focus is on sustaining and strengthening our impact—reaffirming our core identity and values, growing a global network of leaders, and supporting work that improves brain health for people and communities around the world.
History
GBHI was founded in 2015 through a transformational gift from Chuck Feeney’s Atlantic Philanthropies, with founding sites at Trinity College Dublin and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Created to address the global challenge of dementia, GBHI brings together research, education and leadership to advance brain health equity through knowledge exchange, advocacy, and the development of a new generation of leaders worldwide.
The Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health program is one of seven interconnected Atlantic Fellows programs—forming a global network of leaders working together toward a more equitable world.
Trinity College Dublin
Founded in 1592, Trinity is a global university filled with history and heritage which adds enormously to the quality of the fellowship experience in Dublin. Cutting-edge research, technology, and innovation places the university at the forefront of higher education in Ireland and internationally. The historic campus of Ireland's leading university is at the heart of Dublin’s city center—a vibrant and multicultural European capital, which ranks as the 7th best city in the world. Ireland is renowned for its breathtaking scenery, friendly people and strong tradition of music, literature, and art.
People
Atlantic Fellows, GBHI faculty and staff form a diverse community working across disciplines to advance brain health equity.
Faculty
Staff
Current Fellows Trinity
Atlantic Fellows Alumni
Governing Board
Bringing together leaders from education, healthcare, public service, and advocacy, the GBHI Governing Board provides guidance, expertise, and perspective to support GBHI at Trinity in its work to improve brain health around the world.
Jean Callanan
Strategic Consultant and International Advocate for Dying Well
Patrick Geoghegan
Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub and Professor in History, Trinity College
Anne-Marie Glynn
GBHI Chief Operations Officer, Trinity College
Brian Kennedy
Leadership Consultant and Adviser to Philanthropists and Arts Organizations
Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health
Brian Lawlor
GBHI Founding Director and Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, Trinity College
Iracema Leroi
GBHI Site Director and Professor in Geriatric Psychiatry, Trinity College
Alejandro López Valdés
Assistant Professor in Neural Engineering and Brain Health, Trinity College
Martin O'Brien
Founder and Executive Director of the Social Change Initiative
Patricia O'Brien
Chief of Protocol to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Bridie Sheridan
Lived Experience Representative and Former Nurse
