The following Fellows work in the priority area of Prevention, aiming to increase understanding of the Australian population’s risk factors and how they change over a lifespan, and ensure that there are effective interventions to reduce the risk, and lower the incidence of, dementia.
Professor Thomas Astell-Burt
Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellow
University of Wollongong
Do urban green spaces help to reduce incidence of Alzheimer's and associated risk factors? Multilevel longitudinal study of 267,153 adults with 15 years of follow-up
View Professor Astell-Burt research profile here.
Dr Gabriela-Oana Bodea
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of Queensland
L1 retrotransposition: the missing link between genetics and environmental factors in Parkinson's disease?
View Dr Bodea's research profile here.
Dr Belinda Brown
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
Murdoch University
The role of intense physical activity in protecting the ageing brain
View Dr Brown's research profile here.
Dr Michele Callisaya
Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellowship
University of Tasmania
Improving the health of older Australians at risk of dementia - the role of phyiscal function and exercise
View Dr Callisaya's research profile here.
Dr Timothy Couttas
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of New South Wales
Myelin lipid breakdown affected by Apolipoprotein E genotype: implications for Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis
View Dr Couttas' research profile here.
Dr Shantel Duffy
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of Sydney
Neuroimaging insights to sleep-wake dysfunction in older adults 'at risk' of developing dementia
View Dr Duffy's research profile here.
Associate Professor Lisbeth Evered
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of Melbourne
Predicting perioperative cognitive disorders in the elderly based on cardiovascular risk, AD risk and new biomarkers
View Associate Professor Evered's research profile here.
Dr Paul Gardiner
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of Queensland
Stand up to dementia: Reducing prolonged sitting to improve cognitive function in older adults
View Dr Gardiner's research profile here.
Dr Mark Greenough
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of Melbourne
The role of copper hin Ubiquitin-dependent protein degradation in Alzheimer's disease
View Dr Greenough's research profile here.
Dr Camilla Hoyos
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of Sydney
Sleep-wake disturbances and cardio-metabolic dysfunction in at risk dementia: a novel pathway in neurocognitive decline
View Dr Hoyos' research profile here.
Dr Simon James
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship?
University of Melbourne
Forging a new understanding of iron in neurodegenerative disease
View Dr James' research profile here.
Dr Lisa Kalisch Ellett
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of South Australia
Medicine-associated dementia and cognitive impairement: identifying the problem, reducing the harm
View Dr Kalisch Ellett's research profile here.
Dr Hannah Keage
Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellowship
University of South Australia
Vascular contributions to dementia: prevention in those at high-risk
View Dr Keage's research profile here.
Dr Helen Macpherson
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
Deakin University
A multi-faceted intervention to enhance cognition in older people at risk of cognitive decline
View Dr Macpherson's research profile here.
Dr Christopher Moran
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
Monash University
Dementia in Type 2 Diabetes – studying causal mechanisms
View Dr Moran's research profile here.
Dr Loren Mowszowski
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of Sydney
Cognitive interventions for older adults at-risk of dementia and with early-stage neurodegenerative disease
View Dr Mowszowski's research profile here.
Dr Tuan Anh Nguyen
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of South Australia
Development of a unified list of drugs associated with drug-induced cognitive impairment
View Dr Nguyen's research profile here.
Dr Craig Phillips
Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellowship
University of Sydney
Improving Sleep to Reduce Dementia Risk
View Dr Phillips' research profile here.
Dr Kylie Radford
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of New South Wales
Ageing and dementia in Aboriginal Australians: promoting vitality, identifying decline and supporting communities
View Dr Radford's research profile here.
Dr Joanne Ryan
Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellowship
Monash University
Comprehensive risk prediction models and presymptomatic biomarkers for dementia
View Dr Ryan's research profile here.
Dr Ashleigh Smith
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of South Australia
Optimising exercise prescription for brain health in older adults at risk of dementia
View Dr Smith's research profile here.
Dr Ryusuke Takechi
Boosting Dementia Resesarch Leadership Fellowship
Curtin University of Technology
Dementia associated to diabetes: prevention through the modulation of cerebrovascular integrity
View Dr Takechi's research profile here.
Dr Rachel Tan
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship
University of New South Wales
Dual and multiple proteinopathies in neurodegenerative dementias - risk factors, prognostic indicators and clinical ramifications
View Dr Tan's research profile here.