Ben Chidiac BSc(Adv)(Hons I) completed his Bachelor of Advanced Science (Honours Class I) at UNSW in 2020 with a double major in neuroscience and psychology, undertaking honours in the latter. In his honours year he received a CEPAR Scholarship, exploring genetic moderators of the effect of brain reserve on age-related cognitive decline through his thesis. Ben is currently working as a research assistant across a number of projects within the Anstey group, focusing primarily on dementia prevention and public health interventions.