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Kaarin Anstey
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Senior Principal Research ScientistKey Research Areas
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Kaarin Anstey is an ARC Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor at UNSW, and a Senior Principal Research Scientist at NeuRA. She is Director of the UNSW Ageing Futures Institute, leads an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Cognitive Health, is a director of the NHMRC Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration and Co-Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research. Kaarin conducts public health research into dementia risk reduction ranging from analysis of cohort studies, development of risk assessment tools, and conducting risk reduction trials. A second focus is on older driver risk assessment and safety. Kaarin leads the PATH Through Life Project, a large cohort study focusing on common mental disorders and cognitive function. She chairs the International Research Network on Dementia Prevention and is a member of the Governance Committee of the Global Council on Brain Health, an initiative supported by the American Association of Retired Persons.
Publications
2025 May
Assessment of the application of technology acceptance measures to older drivers’ acceptance of advanced driver-assistance systems
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104474
2025 May
Rising rates of hospitalization for dementia in people with type 2 diabetes and the general population in Australia
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1177/13872877251329458
2025 May
Virtual reality obstacle avoidance training can be enhanced by physical feedback via perturbations: A proof-of-concept study
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104442
2025, 10 Feb
Evaluation and Modification of the Multifactorial Model of Driving Safety Among Older Adults
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae113
2025, 22 Jan
Criterion validity of five open-source app-based cognitive and sensory tasks in an Australian adult life course sample aged 18 to 82: Labs without walls
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-024-02583-1
2024, 14 Dec
Impact of Childhood Adversity on Late-Life Cognition in Older Puerto Rican Adults
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae199
2024 Dec
Estimating the rates of dementia using administrative data linked to cohort studies
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1177/13872877241291139
2024, 13 Nov
Gender Selectively Mediates the Association Between Sex and Memory in Cognitively Normal Older Adults
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae094
2024, 01 Nov
Development and Validation of the Perceived Interpersonal Relevancy Scales: A New Measure of Perceived Threat, Opportunity, and Invisibility Appraisals for Use Across the Adult Life Course
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae162
2024, 09 Oct
Ageing and Decision-making: A systematic review and meta-analysis
View full preprint on https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.09.24315136
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