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Funding Success to Investigate Brain Microbiome
Funding Success to Investigate Brain Microbiome

Funding Success to Investigate Brain Microbiome

19 February 2024

HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au For the first time, UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) will consider the role of the brain microbiome in promoting health and the prevention of cognitive decline and dementia, thanks to a $90,000 grant awarded by the… Read More
Western Diet Linked to Increased Depression in Over 45s
Western Diet Linked to Increased Depression in Over 45s

Western Diet Linked to Increased Depression in Over 45s

29 July 2021

HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au Researchers at UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) have revealed new insight into the connection between nutrition and depression in adults aged 45 years and older. The review, published in Ageing Research Reviews,… Read More
Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Genetic Variants for Two Neuroimaging Traits
Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Genetic Variants for Two Neuroimaging Traits

Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Genetic Variants for Two Neuroimaging Traits

22 June 2020

HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au A world-first international genetics study co-led by Dr Karen Mather at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney, Associate Professor Armstrong and Professor Nyquist and colleagues, has identified genetic variants for two… Read More
Worldwide Study Unlocks Genetic Secrets of the Grey Matter
Worldwide Study Unlocks Genetic Secrets of the Grey Matter

Worldwide Study Unlocks Genetic Secrets of the Grey Matter

20 March 2020

HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au A major international collaboration using data from two UNSW Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) studies, the Sydney Memory & Ageing Study and the Older Australian Twins Study, has produced the first genetic map of the cerebral… Read More
CHeBA Funding Success to Unravel Human Brain Ageing
CHeBA Funding Success to Unravel Human Brain Ageing

CHeBA Funding Success to Unravel Human Brain Ageing

11 February 2020

HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au Dr Karen Mather, Leader of the Genetics & Epigenomics Group at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney, has been awarded a $100,000 Rebecca Cooper Grant to research the molecular processes underlying brain ageing.… Read More
Genetic Risk for Cardiovascular Health is Not Necessarily Linked to Exceptional Longevity
Genetic Risk for Cardiovascular Health is Not Necessarily Linked to Exceptional Longevity

Genetic Risk for Cardiovascular Health is Not Necessarily Linked to Exceptional Longevity

10 April 2019

HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au Studies of exceptionally long-lived individuals have shown that one of the key factors to exceptional longevity is better cardiovascular health. In order to investigate this finding within Australia, researchers at the Centre for Healthy… Read More
International Study Examines Genetic & Vascular Risk Factors for Brain Infarcts
International Study Examines Genetic & Vascular Risk Factors for Brain Infarcts

International Study Examines Genetic & Vascular Risk Factors for Brain Infarcts

29 January 2019

KATE CROSBIE & HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au An international research team including brain scientists and genetic researchers from UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), has discovered two common genetic variants that link blood pressure with brain… Read More
Genetic Variants Linked to Exceptional Longevity
Genetic Variants Linked to Exceptional Longevity

Genetic Variants Linked to Exceptional Longevity

29 January 2019

HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au Five variants in the genetic code were identified as significant for exceptional longevity in a recent study by researchers from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney.   The study, published in the journal Mechanisms… Read More
Investigating Vascular Risk Factors to Prevent Dementia
Investigating Vascular Risk Factors to Prevent Dementia

Investigating Vascular Risk Factors to Prevent Dementia

23 October 2018

HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au Dr Matt Paradise is the 2018 recipient of the Josh Woolfson Memorial Scholarship which supports research looking at modifiable risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease to identify and target at-risk groups and individuals and develop… Read More
International Experts in Centenarian Studies Convene in Sydney | CHeBA
International Experts in Centenarian Studies Convene in Sydney | CHeBA

International Experts in Centenarian Studies Convene in Sydney | CHeBA

26 September 2018

DR KAREN MATHER | karen.mather@unsw.edu.au HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au Over the 5th and 6th September, UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), hosted the International Centenarian Consortium Annual 2018 Conference at the Hydro Majestic in Sydney’s… Read More
The Rise of the Supercentenarian
The Rise of the Supercentenarian

The Rise of the Supercentenarian

3 September 2018

HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au There are more centenarians – people who live beyond 100 years of age – than ever before.  Up until 1990, the world was to home to only 100,000 centenarians, which increased to nearly half a million by 2015.  A global fascination in… Read More
Researching Epigenetics to Uncover Secrets to Longevity
Researching Epigenetics to Uncover Secrets to Longevity

Researching Epigenetics to Uncover Secrets to Longevity

16 May 2017

A study led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney, has examined epigenetic factors across individuals aged 34-103 years to better understand the secrets to healthy ageing.  Dr Mather, Head of the CHeBA Genetics and Epigenomics Group and a lead author on… Read More