New paper alert! 🌟📰

Read our new paper in The Lancet Healthy Longevity showing that the associations between social connections and cognition are mediated by depressive symptoms.

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UNSW Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) UNSW Medicine & Health @UNSW
Australian Dementia EMCR Network

Today we're speaking in the education session at 10.30am! #ADI2024 We're in the big plenary room 😅 The World Health Organization (WHO) dementia research blueprint is all about sharing approaches, so come and hear about how we're upskilling optometrists in Aus & NZ to be part of a dementia-friendly future!

Here's Australian Dementia Network - ADNeT PhD candidate Slada in the first of many #ADI2024 post diagnosis support sessions presenting on provision of support in Australian memory clinics

Here's Australian Dementia Network - ADNeT EMCR Accelerator Group member A/Prof Tuan Anh Nguyen presenting at AND co-chairing this important multi-country #ADI2024 iSupport symposium. Amazing progress since 2019. Tuan presents lessons from iSupport adaptation in Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, NZ & Qatar!

Enjoying the iSupport session at #ADI2024 , here's Emily Fisher from UCL presenting on the adaptation of iSupport for rare dementia, Parkinson's Disease and South Asian groups in the UK. Also presenting later is Australian Dementia EMCR Network Accelerator Group member A/Prof Tuan Anh Nguyen!

I’m very honoured to be amongst these talented #WomenInSTEMM and #dementia researchers in the latest Dementia Australia Research Foundation impact report. Read about these innovators (and so many more!) making a difference with their work at
dementia.org.au/more-cure-25-y…

Wonderful to see our colleague Nathan M D'Cunha featured in Dementia Australia '25 Years of Impact' report released this week, with his passion to make a difference for people living with dementia - including his mum 🫶🧑‍🎓 #UC_CARAT University of Canberra
SPICE Program >> canberradaily.com.au/spice-extends-…

It was a pleasure to present on dementia & brain health today with Georgina R Chelberg & DementiaSupportAustralia There are a lot of curious and engaged people in our community, and their questions help to inform our UC Centre for Ageing Research and Translation research 🧠 Thanks to COTA Australia for inviting us! University of Canberra

Three of our Australian Dementia Network - ADNeT EMCR Accelerator Group members feature in the Research Superstars section of the Dementia Australia Dementia Australia Research Foundation 25 Years of Impact report! Check it out and read all about Suraj Samtani Andrew Shoubridge and Marianne Piano

More funding opportunities for Dementia researcher currently open for applications
- AAG – RM Gibson Program (opens 8 April, due 27 May)
- MRFF – Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission (minimum data due 10 July)
- MRFF – EMCR (close 24 July)

#EMCRfunding #dementia

A few exciting grant calls for Dementia researchers are currently open:
- NHMRC – Ideas Grant (minimum data due 17 April)
- Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation Partners (EoI due 13 May)

#EMCRfunding #dementia

Early Bird registrations for the Australian Dementia Research Forum 2024 CLOSING TODAY!!!

Last chance to get your tickets at the discounted rate.

Yesterday Kasia Stephen Isbel & I were interviewed about our UC Centre for Ageing Research and Translation dementia and aged care projects. Looking forward to sharing our interviews with Adrienne Francis as they go on air in the coming weeks! University of Canberra UC Faculty of Health Diane Gibson

We're looking for over 100 researchers to give 10 minute talks over the next 12 months, on a wide range of research and career topics. Take a look at the list, and let us know you're interested.

forms.gle/i4Q4UYGqixY73A…

📢 Happening TODAY! 1pm, register here: go.unimelb.edu.au/swi8

We've had an article accepted to Aus J Primary Health special issue about access to primary health care! A call to action for primary care practitioners to 'think vision' in post-diagnosis dementia care. Full article up soon 😁 Australian Dementia EMCR Network UniMelbDOVS
publish.csiro.au/PY/justaccepte…

Super proud of my #PhD student Laura Dodds first author publication! 💪🏻💪🏻 great collaboration with Carol Brayne Cambridge Public Health

The MARCS Institute AAG Australian Dementia EMCR Network

Thanks for the opportunity to write this piece. Our game is a great example of #technology and #healthcare intersecting for impactful solutions. Huge thanks to our team and collaborators for making this possible!

The MARCS Institute Australian Dementia EMCR Network

Don't miss out on our consent and ethics webinar this Wednesday afternoon!! We have great speakers to help you get started on your HREC applications for research involving people with lived experience, and a 25 min Q&A slot for all your burning questions!
go.unimelb.edu.au/swi8

This is next week!! Have you signed up? Don't miss out!
go.unimelb.edu.au/swi8
Note: You need a zoom account attached to the email address you're signing up with, or you'll get an error when you try to register. Zoom accounts are free!