Dementia Australia Research Foundation Scientific Panel
Professor Anna King (co-chair)Associate Director (Research), Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania.
Professor Joanne Ryan (co-chair)Associate Professor and NHMRC Leadership 1 Fellow.
Head of Biological Neuropsychiatry and Dementia Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University.
Professor Meera AgarProfessor of Palliative Medicine, University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
Director of Centre for Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through Clinical Research and Translation (IMPACCT).
Senior palliative care physician and research lead for South West Sydney Local Health District Palliative Care Service.
Professor Scott AytonHead of Dementia Research, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.
Head of the Translational Neurodegeneration Laboratory, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health.
Director, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Enhanced Dementia Diagnosis.
Chief Scientific Officer, PanAscea.
Associate Professor Eleanor DrummondAssociate Professor and Bluesand Principal Research Fellow, School of Medical Sciences and Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney.
Professor Thomas FathProfessor, Macquarie Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University.
Deputy Director of the Dementia Research Centre.
Associate Professor Anita GohClinical Neuropsychologist.
Director Social Gerontology & Principal Research Fellow at the National Ageing Research Institute.
Associate Professor Ramon Landin-RomeroNHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow.
Head of Neuroimaging at FRONTIER Frontotemporal Dementia Research Group, School of Health Sciences and Brain & Mind Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney.
Professor Kate LaverARC Discovery Early Career Research Fellow, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University.
Associate Professor Margaret MacAndrewAssociate Professor at Queensland University of Technology.
Adjunct Professor Kathryn MoyleDementia Advocate and carer of a person living with dementia.
Mrs Ann PietschDementia Advocate and a person living with dementia.
Mrs Tara QuirkeDementia Advocate and former carer of a person living with dementia.
Associate Professor Stephanie Rainey-SmithNHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow.
Research Leader – Lifestyle Approaches Towards Cognitive Health (LATCH) Research Group.
Associate Professor at the Centre for Healthy Ageing, Murdoch University.
Dr Theresa ScottSenior Lecturer in Clinical Geropsychology, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland.
- Associate Professor Ashleigh Smith
Associate Professor, Deputy Director: Alliance for Research in Exercise Nutrition and Activity (ARENA) Research Centre, University of South Australia.
Professor Lily XiaoProfessor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University.
Associate Professor Paul YatesGeriatrician with Austin Health, Deputy Director of Aged Care Research and Medical Lead for the Residential InReach Program.