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NeuRA has experts able to provide comment to the media on many areas of the brain and nervous system research.
For all media enquiries, including interviews with NeuRA researchers, please contact:
NeuRA Media Department
P: +61 452 140 477
E: media@neura.edu.au
Ageing and Neurodegeneration
Scientia Professor Kaarin Anstey
Cognitive Function and Ageing
Ageing and driver safety
Dementia prevention and risk reduction
Dementia and air pollution
Dementia and diet
Dementia and sex differences (including links
Professor Carolyn Sue AM
Parkinson’s and mitochondrial disease
Development of Parkinson’s treatments
Global Parkinson’s research and new potential treatments
Dr Kylie Radford
Aboriginal Health and ageing
Dementia prevalence and incidence in Aboriginal populations
Risk factors for dementia and prevention
Dementia and colonisation
Prof Tony Broe AM
Geriatric medicine
Effects of ageing on the brain, including degenerative brain disorders
Healthy ageing in Indigenous Australians
The link between factors in early life and brain health in later life
Injury-induced dementia
Incidence, causes of dementia
Incidence, causes of dementia in Indigenous Australians
Diagnosis and incidence of Parkinson’s
Dr Claire Shepherd
Frontotemporal dementia
Motor Neurone Disease
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Inflammation in Alzheimer’s disease
Changes in Brain Pathology in Parkinson’s
Dr Craig Sinclair
Supported decision making for people with dementia
Unravelling the complexities of supporting someone with dementia
Advanced care planning and taking a life-story approach to supporting people prior to advanced cognitive decline
Mental health and disorders
Professor Cyndi Shannon Weickert
Brain development in children, adolescents with schizophrenia
Schizophrenia and inflammation
Inflammation and neurogenesis
Genetics of schizophrenia
Causes and biomarkers of schizophrenia
Atypical brain development in schizophrenia
Role of hormones in schizophrenia
New treatments for schizophrenia
Associate Professor Jan Fullerton
Genetics and epigenetics of bipolar disorder
Prevalence of bipolar disorder in Australia
Genetics of schizophrenia
Rare variants which increase risk to bipolar disorder
Associate Professor Justine Gatt
Neuroscience of positive mental health, resilience and mental wellbeing
Mental health and genetics
Biomarkers of mental health and resilience
TWIN study – is positive mental health and resilience from nature or nurture
Measuring mental health in children
Professor Sylvia Gustin
Mental health and chronic pain
Chronic pain and emotional recovery
Translational Neuroscience
Professor Simon Gandevia
Improvement of breathing/coughing in people with high-level spinal cord injury
EWALK trial – world-first trial aiming to improve walking and movement in people with spinal cord injuries
How the central nervous system controls muscles used in breathing
Role central nervous system control in muscle fatigue
Muscle performance and a decline in function after polio
How the brain, central nervous system and muscles work together to create a sense of bodily position in space, a sense of body ownership
Scientia Professor Stephen Lord
Understanding how we maintain balance (sensory and motor contributions)
Behavioural and environmental factors that lead to poor balance
The causes, risk factors and preventions strategies of falls
Physiology and biomechanics of walking, standing, stepping
Falls risk in people with Parkinson’s
Falls risk after stroke
Professor Kim Delbaere
Understanding physical and cognitive decline in older people
Prevention of falls
Relationship between physical and cognitive decline
Falls prediction
Brain structure and function
Prof Jacqueline Close
Fall prevention and management focusing those with dementia
Hip fracture epidemiology, care and outcomes including the Australia and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry
Frailty and cognition in older people in the surgical setting
Delirium prevention and management
Unwarranted clinical variation in hip fracture care
Professor Lynne Bilston
Mechanics of how the body is injured in car crashes
Development of new car safety features
Mechanical function of the upper airway, especially in obstructive sleep apnoea
Mechanical function of the upper airway in obstructive sleep apnoea
Mechanical properties of the spinal cord and mechanism of injury
Paediatric spinal cord injury
Associate Professor Julie Brown
How human, environmental and vehicle factors interact to cause injury
Development of new car safety features
Injury prevention policy
Professor James McAuley
Improving management of chronic pain
Complex regional pain syndrome
Early intervention to lower back pain
Dr Ingvars Birznieks
Encoding of touch receptors
Adaptation and aftereffects in perception of tactile motion
Restoring sensitivity in neuropathy
Mismatching of hand representation after stroke
Professor Rob Herbert
Mechanisms of motor impairment
Changes in muscle architecture in children with cerebral palsy.
Brain structure and function
Professor Lindy (Caroline) Rae
Brain changes in adolescents after binge drinking
MRI and fMRI study and use
Biomarkers of obstructive sleep apnoea
Scientia Professor George Paxinos AO
Structure and function of the human brain and brainstem
Structure and function of animal brains and brainstems
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