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Professor
Caroline Rae
Current Appointments
Conjoint Senior Principal Scientist, NeuRA
Professor of Brain Sciences, UNSW
Director (Medicine) EPICentre, UNSW
Director (Research) NeuRA Imaging
Honorary Associate, Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney
School of Medical Sciences, UNSW
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Prof Caroline Rae is a biochemist with a background in magnetic resonance and interdisciplinary brain research. She graduated with a PhD in biochemistry and NMR from The University of Sydney in 1993 and spent four years in Oxford, UK, as a Nuffield Medical Fellow where she pioneered the use of magnetic resonance spectroscopy as a tool in cognitive brain research. In 2005 she was appointed to UNSW as a New South Global Professor, one of only a handful of NHMRC R Douglas Wright Fellows subsequently appointed to chairs. She is currently director of the UNSW Node of the National Imaging Facility and holds a cross-disciplinary (STEM) appointment in medical data visualisation as a Director of the UNSW Expanded Perception and Interaction Centre (EPICentre).
Publications
2026
Brain Energy Constraints and Vulnerability
View full book-chapter on http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-05630-6_3
2026
Brain Energy Production Vulnerability and Pathophysiology
View full book-chapter on http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-05630-6_4
2025 Sep
Embracing Scientific Debate in Brain Metabolism
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jnc.70230
2025, 09 Jul
Wake EEG and Sleep Hypoxemia Predicts Poor Driving and Vigilance Following Extended Wakefulness in People With OSA
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jsr.70131
2025 Jul
Glutamine transport via amino acid transporter NTT4 (SLC6A17) maintains presynaptic glutamate supply at excitatory synapses in the CNS
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2025.102785
2025, 25 Jun
Brain and body energy metabolism and potential for treatment of psychiatric disorders
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44220-025-00422-6
2025, 18 Jun
The Acute Effects of Non-concussive Head Impacts on Brain Microstructure, Chemistry and Function in Male Soccer Players: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40798-025-00867-0
2025 Jun
Ambulant children with cerebral palsy have similar leg muscle moment arms to typically developing children
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2025.112828
2025 Jun
Aspartate in the Brain: A Review
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1007/s11064-025-04454-3
2025, 08 Apr
Childhood muscle growth: Reference curves for lower leg muscle volumes and their clinical application in cerebral palsy
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2416660122
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