Dr Bernadette McGuinness

Dr Bernadette McGuinness is a Geriatric Medicine specialist. Dr McGuinness graduated in medicine from Queen's University Belfast in 1997. Dr McGuinness trained in geriatric medicine and general internal medicine, completing specialty training in 2007. During this time they graduated with MD for work on neuropsychological changes in Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.

Dr McGuinness was awarded the Paul Beeson Career Development Award in 2007, a prestigious award from Atlantic Philanthropies and the American Federation of Aging Research. This afforded three further years of research into mild cognitive impairment and led to a PhD.