Janelle Burns is the Engagement and Projects Officer for the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA). In her role, she is responsible for leading the Centre's fundraising events and peer-to-peer activities as well as facilitating CHeBA’s academic and public forums. Janelle drives the Centre’s engagement program, which has a particular focus on fostering community and corporate investment and partnerships that contribute to the sustainability and growth of CHeBA's research into Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. 

Janelle joined CHeBA in July 2021, having worked in cancer control in the not-for-profit, federal, and state government sectors.