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Kaarin Anstey
Current Appointments
Senior Principal Research Scientist, Research Advisory Council, Professor of Psychology and Director, UNSW Ageing Futures InstituteKey Research Areas
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Kaarin Anstey PhD, FAHMS, FASSA, FRSN, FAPS is an ARC Laureate Fellow, Professor of Psychology at UNSW, Director of the UNSW Ageing Futures Institute, and conjoint Senior Principal Research Scientist at Neuroscience Research Australia.
Anstey conducts research in cognitive aging, resilience, dementia epidemiology and risk reduction, and older driver safety. Anstey is a member of the World Dementia Council, Vice Chair of the Governance Committee of the Global Council on Brain Health and a member of the World Health Organisation Guideline Development Group for Risk Reduction for Cognitive Decline and Dementia. In 2025 Anstey was awarded the NSW Premier’s Award for Excellence in Biological and Medical Science.
Publications
2026 Dec
Associations of domain-specific cognitive function with all-cause mortality over 11 years: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2026.106386
2026, 06 Aug
Gender differences in the associations between cognition and expectations regarding aging
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2026.2707245
2026 Aug
Financial Decision‐Making, Financial Literacy, and Cognitive Function: Evidence From the PATH Through Life Study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.70248
2026 Aug
Sex difference in brain reserve of working memory among older adults
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2026.08.003
2026, 01 Jul
Adverse life events and cognition in older adults: the role of gender and psychological resilience
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag100
2026, 11 Jul
Awareness of Age-Related Gains and Losses and Their Associations with Hearing-Related Health Behaviors in Midlife and Older Adulthood
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1159/000552795
2026, 19 May
Development of a Web-Based Resource to Support Driving Safety in Older Adults: Semistructured Interview and Focus Group Study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.2196/79630
2026, 20 May
The Impact of Intersectional Discrimination on Suicidality in an Adult Life Course Sample
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2026.2656708
2026 May
Country-specific modifiable dementia risk factors across the Western Pacific Region determined by population attributable fraction
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2026.101857
2026 May
Predicting cognitive decline: Comparative analysis of ANU-ADRI, CAIDE, CogDrisk, LIBRA, LIBRA2, UKBDRS and Lancet based dementia risk scores in the HUNT study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjpad.2026.100524
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