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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
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
2024 Oct
Impact of type 2 diabetes and its duration on incidence rates of dementia death and medication prescription in the Australian population during 2003–2016
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111795
2024, 30 Sep
Total physical activity matters for brain health
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-024-00712-1
2024 Aug
Evaluation of the effectiveness of three different interventions on older driver safety over a 12-month period: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087137
2024 Jul
Exercise Therapy to Reduce Anxiety (ExTRA) in mid-life and later-life adults: study protocol
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aggp.2024.100064
2024, 01 May
Dementia Prevention and Individual and Socioeconomic Barriers: Avoiding “Lifestyle” Stigma
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad130
2024, 29 Mar
A Scoping Review of Workplace Interventions to Promote Positive Attitudes Toward Older Workers and Reduce Age-Based Discrimination
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waad013
2024, 01 Feb
Navigating Community-Based Aged Care Services From the Consumer Perspective: A Scoping Review
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnad017
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