Dr Megan Heffernan | Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA)

Publications by Dr Megan Heffernan

Journal articles18
- Almendrales Rangel C; Noble Y; Radd-Vagenas S; Mavros Y; Flood VM; O'Leary F; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Heffernan M; Valenzuela M; Anstey KJ; Daniel K; Ginige JA; San Jose JC; Chau T; Rancurello SG; Singh MAF, 2022, 'Nutrition Module design in Maintain Your Brain: an internet-based randomised controlled trial to prevent cognitive decline and dementia', British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 127, pp. 1259 - 1268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007114521001859
- Ghacham A; Noble Y; Rangel CA; Mavros Y; Radd-Vagenas S; Sabeti N; Heffernan M; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Lautenschlager NT; Singh MAF; O'Leary F, 2021, 'The Mediterranean diet and physical activity: A cross-sectional analysis of the Maintain Your Brain randomised controlled trial', Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, vol. 17, pp. e053379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.053379
- Sabeti N; O'Leary F; Flood VM; Valenzuela M; Radd‐Vagenas S; Noble Y; Rangel CA; Gracham A; Heffernan M; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Lautenschlager NT; Singh MAF, 2021, 'Association of the Mediterranean diet with cognition in a Western population', Alzheimer's & Dementia, vol. 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.051236
- Brodaty H; Heffernan M; Anstey KJ; Fiatarone Singh MA; Jorm L; Lautenschlager NT; Maeder A; McNeil J; Sachdev PS; Valenzuela M; Chau T, 2021, 'Maintain Your Brain trial: Early findings and lessons learned from adherence and compliance data', Alzheimer's & Dementia, vol. 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.053596
- Kivipelto M; Mangialasche F; Snyder HM; Allegri R; Andrieu S; Arai H; Baker L; Belleville S; Brodaty H; Brucki SM; Calandri I; Caramelli P; Chen C; Chertkow H; Chew E; Choi SH; Chowdhary N; Crivelli L; Torre RDL; Du Y; Dua T; Espeland M; Feldman HH; Hartmanis M; Hartmann T; Heffernan M; Henry CJ; Hong CH; Håkansson K; Iwatsubo T; Jeong JH; Jimenez-Maggiora G; Koo EH; Launer LJ; Lehtisalo J; Lopera F; Martínez-Lage P; Martins R; Middleton L; Molinuevo JL; Montero-Odasso M; Moon SY; Morales-Pérez K; Nitrini R; Nygaard HB; Park YK; Peltonen M; Qiu C; Quiroz YT; Raman R; Rao N; Ravindranath V; Rosenberg A; Sakurai T; Salinas RM; Scheltens P; Sevlever G; Soininen H; Sosa AL; Suemoto CK; Tainta-Cuezva M; Velilla L; Wang Y; Whitmer R; Xu X; Bain LJ; Solomon A; Ngandu T; Carrillo MC, 2020, 'World-Wide FINGERS Network: A global approach to risk reduction and prevention of dementia', Alzheimer's and Dementia, vol. 16, pp. 1078 - 1094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.12123
- Ginige JA; Boulamatsis C; Heffernan M; San Jose JC; Chuprov I; Chau T; Maeder A; Valenzuela M; Fiatarone Singh M; Mavros Y; Noble Y; Radd-Vagenas S; Guerrero Y; Jain N; O'Leary F; Kochan N; Brodaty H, 2020, 'Fully-Online, Interoperable Clinical Trial Management System for Multi-Interventional RCT: Maintain Your Brain Digital Platform', Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 268, pp. 97 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SHTI200009
- Walton CC; Lampit A; Boulamatsis C; Hallock H; Barr P; Ginige JA; Brodaty H; Chau T; Heffernan M; Sachdev PS; Fiatarone Singh MA; Valenzuela M, 2019, 'Design and Development of the Brain Training System for the Digital Maintain Your Brain Dementia Prevention Trial', JMIR Aging, vol. 2, pp. e13135 - e13135, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/13135
- Heffernan M; Andrews G; Fiatarone Singh MA; Valenzuela M; Anstey KJ; Maeder AJ; McNeil J; Jorm L; Lautenschlager NT; Sachdev PS; Ginige JA; Hobbs MJ; Boulamatsis C; Chau T; Cobiac L; Cox KL; Daniel K; Flood VM; Guerrero Y; Gunn J; Jain N; Kochan NA; Lampit A; Mavros Y; Meiklejohn J; Noble Y; O'Leary F; Radd-Vagenas S; Walton CC; Brodaty H, 2019, 'Maintain Your Brain: Protocol of a 3-Year Randomized Controlled Trial of a Personalized Multi-Modal Digital Health Intervention to Prevent Cognitive Decline among Community Dwelling 55 to 77 Year Olds', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 70, pp. S221 - S237, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-180572
- Radd-Vagenas S; Singh MAF; Daniel K; Noble Y; Jain N; O’leary F; Mavros Y; Heffernan M; Meiklejohn J; Guerrero Y; Chau T; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H; Flood VM, 2018, 'Validity of the mediterranean diet and culinary index (Medicul) for online assessment of adherence to the ‘traditional’ diet and aspects of cuisine in older adults', Nutrients, vol. 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10121913
- Gresham M; Heffernan M; Brodaty H, 2018, 'The Going to Stay at Home program: Combining dementia caregiver training and residential respite care', International Psychogeriatrics, vol. 30, pp. 1697 - 1706, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610218000686
- Brodaty H; Aerts L; Harrison F; Jessop T; Cations M; Chenoweth L; Shell A; Popovic GC; Heffernan M; Hilmer S; Sachdev PS; Draper B, 2018, 'Antipsychotic Deprescription for Older Adults in Long-term Care: The HALT Study', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol. 19, pp. 592 - 600.e7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2018.05.002
- Jessop T; Harrison F; Cations M; Draper B; Chenoweth L; Hilmer S; Westbury J; Low LF; Heffernan M; Sachdev P; Close J; Blennerhassett J; Marinkovich M; Shell A; Brodaty H, 2017, 'Halting Antipsychotic Use in Long-Term care (HALT): A single-arm longitudinal study aiming to reduce inappropriate antipsychotic use in long-term care residents with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia', International Psychogeriatrics, vol. 29, pp. 1391 - 1403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610217000084
- Aerts L; Heffernan M; Kochan NA; Crawford JD; Draper B; Trollor JN; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2017, 'Effects of MCI subtype and reversion on progression to dementia in a community sample', Neurology, vol. 88, pp. 2225 - 2232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000004015
- Brodaty H; Aerts L; Crawford JD; Heffernan M; Kochan NA; Reppermund S; Kang K; Maston K; Draper B; Trollor JN; Sachdev PS, 2017, 'Operationalizing the Diagnostic Criteria for Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Salience of Objective Measures in Predicting Incident Dementia', American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol. 25, pp. 485 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2016.12.012
- Heffernan M; Mather KA; Xu J; Assareh AA; Kochan NA; Reppermund S; Draper B; Trollor JN; Sachdev P; Brodaty H, 2016, 'Alcohol Consumption and Incident Dementia: Evidence from the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 52, pp. 529 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-150537
- Gresham M; Tsang RSM; Heffernan M; Brodaty H, 2014, 'Study protocol of the Going to Stay at Home program: Evaluation of a residential carer training program to reduce dementia carer distress and burden', SpringerPlus, vol. 3, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-330
- Brodaty H; Heffernan M; Kochan NA; Draper B; Trollor JN; Reppermund S; Slavin MJ; Sachdev PS, 2013, 'Mild Cognitive Impairment in a community sample: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study', Alzheimers and Dementia, vol. 9, pp. 310 - 317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2011.11.010
- Brodaty H; Heffernan M; Draper B; Reppermund S; Kochan NA; Slavin MJ; Trollor JN; Sachdev PS, 2012, 'Neuropsychiatric symptoms in older people with and without cognitive impairment', Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 31, pp. 411 - 420, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-2012-120169
Conference Papers1
- Heffernan M; Newell BR, 2009, 'The dual systems approach to category learning: How do people switch between systems?', in Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Cognitive Science Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands, presented at 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Amsterdam
Conference Abstracts11
- Brodaty H; Heffernan M; Andrews G; Anstey KJ; Singh MAF; Jorm L; Lautenschlager NT; Maeder A; McNeil J; Sachdev PS; Valenzuela M, 2020, 'Internet based multicomponent interventions to prevent cognitive decline: The Maintain Your Brain trial', in Alzheimer's & Dementia, Wiley, Vol. 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.044180
- Brodaty H; Heffernan M; Fiatarone Singh MA; Valenzuela M; Andrews G; Chau T; San Jose JC; Sachdev PS; Anstey KJ; Jorm L; Lautenschlager NT; McNeil J; Maeder A; Ginige JA, 2019, 'How many people aged 55-77 years are eligible for lifestyle interventions to prevent cognitive decline? [Poster Abstract P3-598]', in Alzheimer's & Dementia, Elsevier BV, Los Angeles, CA, USA., Vol. 15, pp. P1205 - P1205, presented at Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2019, Los Angeles, CA, USA., 14 July 2019 - 16 July 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.3635
- Heffernan M; Andrews G; Anstey KJ; Fiatarone Singh MA; Jorm L; Maeder A; McNeil J; Lautenschlager NT; Sachdev PS; Valenzuela M; Brodaty H, 2018, 'Risk factors for dementia in 55-75-year-olds enrolled in a pilot study for maintain your brain, an internet preventative intervention [Abstract P3-577]', in Alzheimer's & Dementia, Elsevier BV, Chicago, USA, Vol. 14, pp. P1345 - P1345, presented at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018, Chicago, USA, 22 July 2018 - 26 July 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.1943
- Brodaty H; Heffernan M; Fiatorone Singh M; Valenzuela M; Andrews G; Lautenschlager NT; Anstey KJ; Maeder A; Jorm L; McNeil J; Ginige A; Chau T; Sachdev PS, 2017, 'Maintain Your Brain: A Randomised Controlled Trial of an Internet-Based Multi-Component Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Cognitive Decline and Dementia [Abstract F4-05-01]', in Alzheimer's and Dementia, Elsevier, London, UK, Vol. 13, pp. P1216 - P1216, presented at Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2017, London, UK, 16 July 2017 - 20 July 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2017.07.390
- Aerts L; Crawford J; Kochan N; Heffernan M; Draper B; Trollor JN; Sachdev PS; Brodaty H, 2016, 'MCI diagnosis: less is more [Abstract O4-06-05]', in Alzheimer's & Dementia, Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2016, Toronto, Canada, Vol. 12, pp. P346 - P346, presented at Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2016, Toronto, Canada, 24 July 2016 - 28 July 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2016.06.641
- Brodaty H; Heffernan M; Kochan N; Draper B; Trollor J; Sachdev PS, 2016, 'Incidence of MCI and dementia over six years in an Australian population sample [Abstract P1-388]', in Alzheimer's & Dementia, Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2016, Toronto, Canada, Vol. 12, pp. P581 - P581, presented at Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2016, Toronto, Canada, 24 July 2016 - 28 July 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2016.06.1140
- Brodaty H; Heffernan M; Kochan N; Trollor J; Draper B; Sachdev P, 2015, 'Stability of life satisfaction in community dwelling older adults [Abstract FC04.05]', in International Psychogeriatrics, Cambridge University Press (CUP): STM Journals, Berlin, Germany, Vol. 27, pp. S57 - S57, presented at 17th IPA International Congress, Berlin, Germany, 13 October 2015 - 16 October 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S104161021500215X
- Brodaty H; Heffernan M; Kochan NA; Reppermund S; Mather K; Assareh A; Xu J; Draper B; Trollor J; Sachdev PS, 2014, 'The effect of alcohol consumption and apolipoprotein E (APOE) 4 status on incident dementia over 4-years in the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study [Abstract P2-307]', in Alzheimer's & Dementia, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark, Vol. 10, pp. P591 - P591, presented at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 July 2014 - 17 July 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.986
- Brodaty H; Heffernan M; Draper B; Reppermund S; Kochan N; Slavin M; Trollor J; Sachdev P, 2012, 'Neuropsychiatric symptoms and cognitive decline over two years in a community sample with and without mild cognitive impairment [Abstract P1-081]', in Alzheimer's & Dementia, Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2012, Vancouver, Canada, Vol. 8, pp. P134 - P134, presented at Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2012, Vancouver, Canada, 14 July 2012 - 19 July 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2012.05.357
- Brodaty H; Kochan N; Draper B; Reppermund S; Slavin M; Sachdev P; Heffernan M, 2011, 'Prevalence, incidence, progression, reversion and risk factors for Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Sydney Memory and Aging Study [Abstract FC09.01]', in International Psychogeriatrics, Cambridge University Press, The Hague, The Netherlands, Vol. 23, pp. S125 - S126, presented at 15th International Congress of the International Psychogeriatric Association: Reinventing Aging through Innovation, The Hague, The Netherlands, 06 September 2011 - 09 September 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610211001281
- Brodaty H; Heffernan M; Kochan NA; Reppermund S; Slavin MJ; Draper B; Trollor JN; Kang K; Sachdev PS, (ed.), 2011, 'Incidence, prevalence and predictors of course of mild cognitive impairment: The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study [Abstract P3-068]', in Alzheimer's and Dementia, Elsevier, Orlando, Florida, Vol. 7, pp. S535 - S535, presented at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease, Paris, France, 16 July 2011 - 21 July 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2011.05.1507