HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist Dr Suraj Samtani, and Senior Research Fellow Dr Simone Reppermund, are both recipients of the highly competitive Dementia Australia Research Foundation grants.
Dr Suraj Samtani - who… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
A systematic review by researchers at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney has highlighted the need for clearer definitions of ‘happiness’, ‘life satisfaction’ and ‘positive affect’ in centenarians. This is the first… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Australian researchers have shown that a dietary supplement that increases the levels of a powerful antioxidant in the brain may represent a novel strategy for the treatment and/or prevention of cognitive impairment and debilitating… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Researchers at UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) have pinpointed mechanisms to reduce loneliness and improve social participation and belonging for people with dementia.
Social connection is a basic human need and… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Co-Director of UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Professor Henry Brodaty, along with a team of national and international researchers, have been the successful recipients of a $400,000 award to strengthen professional… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
A six-year study of older Australians in CHeBA’s Sydney Memory and Ageing Study has uncovered an Australian-first association between the impact of hearing loss on cognitive abilities and increased risk for dementia.
In Australia,… Read More
People with enlarged fluid-filled spaces in the brain around small blood vessels may be more likely to develop dementia than people whose perivascular spaces are smaller, according to a new study published in Neurology®.
Perivascular spaces are involved in clearing waste and… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
The COVID-19 global pandemic is affecting people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in a unique way.
Not only does evidence suggest that people with dementia are more likely to contract COVID-19 than people without dementia,… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Research led by the Neuroimaging Group at UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) has found that specific subregions within the hippocampus may be key in understanding Alzheimer’s disease.
The hippocampus is one of the… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Software developed by researchers at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney has enabled an investigation into the relationship between sex differences and cerebral small vessel disease.
The research, published in… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
A national collaboration including UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing has been successful in securing National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) investment from ARDC’s 2020 Platforms program to create a… Read More
The evidence for the harmful effects of alcohol on brain health is compelling, but now experts have pin-pointed three key time periods in life when the effects of alcohol are likely to be at their greatest.
Writing for The BMJ, UNSW Scientia Fellow at the Centre for Healthy… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Researchers from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) and the School of Computer Science and Engineering at UNSW Sydney have undertaken the largest comparison of survival analysis methods to date, to predict the onset of dementia… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Researchers from UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) have shown that having more relationships with friends and family outside of the home helps preserve cognition.
The study, led by Dr Anne-Nicole Casey, Research… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
An engaged online audience of over 300 community seniors joined the Eastern Suburbs Older Persons Mental Health Service’s annual healthy ageing forum, held for the first time by webinar due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Mr Mike Gatsi… Read More
