HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Over six years, researchers evaluated the cognitive effects of statins in elderly consumers, revealing no negative impact and potential protective effects in those at risk of dementia.
Findings from more than 1,000 elderly individuals… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
It is estimated that by 2050 the world’s older population will have doubled to 2 billion and, by just 2020, individuals aged above 60 years will have outnumbered children younger than five. Clearly, we have many fundamental and complex… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Latest research led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney has identified global prevalence and common risk factors for cognitive impairment following a stroke.
The research, published in Neurology, harmonised data… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Research led by Professor Henry Brodaty at UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) has been highlighted in a special issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. The protocol paper showcases the significance of CHeBA’s… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
An education program led by Professor Lynn Chenoweth at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney has resulted in significant improvement in care service quality by promoting better understanding, relationships and… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Research Manager of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Dr Kristan Kang, and Leader of CHeBA’s Neuroimaging Group Associate Professor Wei Wen have been awarded $14,000 to prepare over 4000 brain images collected over more than a… Read More
Richard Grellman AM is Chairman of IPH Limited, FBR Limited and Spokesman for The Dementia Momentum at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA).
We are all aware that with a rapidly expanding ageing population, dementia is set to bring an enormous challenge to health, aged… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
UNSW Scientia Fellow at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Dr Louise Mewton, has been awarded $20,000 from the UNSW-USyd Visible Partnership in Mental Health, Addiction and Neuroscience Research Seed Funding Scheme.
With alcohol… Read More
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Co-Directors of the UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Professor Perminder Sachdev and Professor Henry Brodaty, have announced their involvement in a $2 million Federal funded clinical trial to test diabetes treatment… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Latest research led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney may help in developing dementia-prevention strategies globally.
The research, which investigated associations between risk factors and late-life cognitive… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Leader of the Brain & Ageing Laboratory at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Dr Nady Braidy, was a sponsored presenter and panel member at the Healthy Ageing Summit and the APAC Summit in Singapore on 9-11 July 2019.
The… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Researchers from UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) have explored the level of life satisfaction of near centenarians and centenarians to gain better understanding of ways to enhance the wellbeing of people with… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au.
A group of Sydney surfers aged between 10 and 70 years of age competed in the first ever inter-generational ‘Wipeout Dementia’ at Queenscliff beach on Saturday to raise funds for research at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA),… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Pictured: Richard Grellman whose wife Suellen has advanced young onset Alzheimer's disease, with son Ben.
Dementia continues to be one of the biggest global public health challenges faced by modern societies.
With the number of people… Read More
Pictured L-R: Scientia Professor Perminder Sachdev AM, Richard Grellman AM & Scientia Professor Henry Brodaty AO.
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Richard Grellman AM has been awarded the University’s highest honour in recognition of his eminent services to both the… Read More