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Prof. Alasdair M. J. MacLullich
BSc(Hons) MB ChB MRCP(UK) PhD
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Prof. Alasdair M. J. MacLullich is Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. His undergraduate medical training at the University of Edinburgh included an intercalated BSc in Psychology, and after completing general medical training he went on to do a Ph.D on glucocorticoids and cognitive aging.
He was a Clinical Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine from 2000-2005 then MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow from 2005-2009, and was appointed Professor of Geriatric Medicine in 2009. His main research interests are clinical assessment, neuropsychology, and the pathophysiology of delirium. He also has interests in dementia, frailty, and hip fracture research. He is the main author of the 4AT delirium assessment tool. He co-founded the European Delirium Association in 2006 and the Scottish Delirium Association in 2011. Alasdair MacLullich is active clinically, working in acute geriatric medicine and acute orthogeriatric. He co-chaired the committee which produced the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network guidelines on delirium, published in 2019. He is Chair of the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit Steering Group.
Sincerest Thanks for Your Support
Staff are grateful to all those who sustained the Centre in the past by their prayers and the generous financial support from trusts, organisations, communities and especially from individual donors, including the core funding that came through the Day for Life fund and so from the generosity of many thousands of parishioners. We would finally like to acknowledge the support the Centre has received from the Catholic community in Ireland, especially during the pandemic when second collections were not possible.
We would like to emphasise that, though the Centre is now closed, these donations have not been wasted but have helped educate and support generations of conscientious healthcare professionals, clerics, and lay people over almost 50 years. This support has also helped prevent repeated attempts to legalise euthanasia or assisted suicide in Britain and Ireland from 1993 till the end of the Centre’s work on 31 July 2025.