Research Project
Lidan Zheng
Current Appointments
Postdoctoral Research FellowKey Research Areas
Dr Lidan Zheng completed her PhD in Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales. She currently works as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on several projects related to healthy cognitive ageing, dementia and knowledge translation. She has previously been involved in a range of large scale projects aimed at developing international guidelines and mobile health programs. She has contributed to papers on topics such as cognitive health expectancy, economic models of dementia risk reduction interventions, dementia risk reduction in primary health settings and commentaries on future directions of dementia research. Her research interests lie in neurocognitive conditions (e.g. Autism, Dementia etc), technology use, neuroimaging and knowledge translation and implementation.
Publications
2022, 25 Feb
Experiences of Performing Daily Activities in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic Adults: A Qualitative Study.
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05473-7
2022
Dementia Risk Scores and Their Role in the Implementation of Risk Reduction Guidelines
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2022
Reducing the Risk of Cognitive Decline and Dementia: WHO Recommendations
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2021, 25 Jan
The career development of early- and mid-career researchers in dementia should be a global priority: a call for action
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1875193
2021, 08 Jan
Cognitive health expectancies of cardiovascular risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa111
2021
Dementia risk reduction in practice: the knowledge, opinions and perspectives of Australian healthcare providers
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py20189
2021
Development of the First WHO Guidelines for Risk Reduction of Cognitive Decline and Dementia: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
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2021
The use of everyday and assistive technology in the lives of older autistic adults
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2020 Oct
Domestic violence events involving autism: a text mining study of police records in New South Wales, 2005-2016
View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101634
2020, 01 Jan
Future Directions for Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention Research: An International Research Network on Dementia Prevention Consensus.
View full journal-article on https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC7609069