Professor Michelle Canavan is Established Professor of Older Adult Health and Consultant Geriatrician at the University of Galway. In February 2026, she gave a talk on integrated healthcare and rural communities at the University of Galway with the REACH network.
Appointed in 2023, she leads the academic programme on integrated care delivery, incorporating digitally connected health and interprofessional learning. She has led the implementation and mainstreaming of integrated care services for older people in the HSE West region and represents integrated care teams at HSE regional and national levels.
She is co-leading the development of a four-year Graduate Entry Medicine programme focused on Rural and Connected Health. Her research focuses on ageing in place, health service development, integrated care for older adults, and technology-enhanced healthcare, including falls sensors and advanced wearables. She is also an investigator on clinical trials at the HRB Clinical Research Facility Galway and has published widely on dementia, stroke, and hypertension.
