Our Members

Our members include world-class academics with diverse research areas and expertise.

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Lead Investigators

Scientia Professor Kaarin Anstey
Scientia Professor

Scientia Professor

Mari Velonaki
Professor

Director, National Facility for Human-Robot Interaction Research

Scientia Professor of Public Health Rebecca Ivers
Scientia Professor of Public Health

Investigators

Senior Research Fellow Edgar Liu
Senior Research Fellow
Senior Principal Research Scientist Kim Delbaere
Senior Principal Research Scientist
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Professor

Conjoint Professor, UNSW Medicine (South Western Sydney Clinical School)

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Ester Cerin
Professor

Program Leader, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research (ACU)

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Scientia Professor, Co-Director CHeBA Henry Brodaty
Scientia Professor, Co-Director CHeBA
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Professor

Senior Principal Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

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Branko Celler
Professor

Industry Research Strategy, UNSW School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications

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Director, Australian Human Rights Institute Louise Chappell
Director, Australian Human Rights Institute
Postgraduate Research Student Rafal  Chomik
Postgraduate Research Student
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Doctor

Senior Lecturer, Western Sydney University

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Senior Research Fellow Myra Hamilton
Senior Research Fellow
Senior Research Fellow Kim Kiely
Senior Research Fellow
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellow Moyra Mortby
NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellow
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Doctor

Senior Research Fellow, George Institute for Global Health

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Professor

Professor, UNSW School of Psychiatry

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Program Lead for Dementia, Global Brain Health Initiative, The George Institute for Global Health Ruth Peters
Program Lead for Dementia, Global Brain Health Initiative, The George Institute for Global Health
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CEO

CEO, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

Senior Lecturer / Senior Research Fellow (Ageing and Mental Health) Adrienne Withall
Senior Lecturer / Senior Research Fellow (Ageing and Mental Health)
Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology Skye McDonald
Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology
Anne Marie Eades
Doctor

UNSW Scientia Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health

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Associate Investigators

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Interdisciplinary Research Fellow, UNSW Ageing Futures Institute

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Doctor

Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

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Doctor

Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

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Doctor

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

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Senior Research Associate Michael Stevens
Senior Research Associate
Interdisciplinary Research Fellow Gail Kenning
Interdisciplinary Research Fellow
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Doctor

Senior Lecturer, UNSW Art & Design

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Doctor

Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

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Scientia Associate Professor of Economics Zhiming Cheng
Scientia Associate Professor of Economics
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Doctor

Research Associate, Centre for Social Impact (UWA)

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Doctor

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

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Senior Research Fellow, Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow Michael Falster
Senior Research Fellow, Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow
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Interdisciplinary Research Fellow, UNSW Ageing Futures Institute

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Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics Ewa Goldys
Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale Biophotonics
Adjunct Associate Lecturer Lisa Dillon
Adjunct Associate Lecturer
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Interdisciplinary Research Fellow
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Senior Research Associate Natasha Ginnivan
Senior Research Associate
Director of the Chinese Social Policy Stream Bingqin Li
Director of the Chinese Social Policy Stream
Associate Professor Limin Mao
Associate Professor
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Doctor

Senior Research Scientist, Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility (BMSF)

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Doctor

Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)

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Senior Lecturer and Director of Industrial Design Discipline Mariano Ramirez
Senior Lecturer and Director of Industrial Design Discipline
PG Project Management Program Coordinator Alireza Abbasi
PG Project Management Program Coordinator
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Doctor

Senior Research Fellow, Health Economics

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Honarary Senior Lecturer Trish Hill
Honarary Senior Lecturer
Associate Professor in Human Computer Interaction Nadine Marcus
Associate Professor in Human Computer Interaction
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Associate Professor (Health Economics) and Program Director Master of Health Leadership and Management Anurag Sharma
Associate Professor (Health Economics) and Program Director Master of Health Leadership and Management
Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences Morag Taylor
Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences
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Conjoint Senior Lecturer
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Senior Research Fellow Yoshiro Okubo
Senior Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Katya Numbers
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
SHARP Professor; Principal Theme Lead: Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine Alta Schutte
SHARP Professor; Principal Theme Lead: Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine
Senior Research Associate Yuanyuan Deng
Senior Research Associate
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Jessie Huang-Lung
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Senior Research Scientist, NeuRA  Daina Sturnieks
Senior Research Scientist, NeuRA
Associate Professor & Associate Head of School - Engagement Gelareh Mohammadi
Associate Professor & Associate Head of School - Engagement
Postdoctoral Research Fellow  Nikki-Anne Wilson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Senior Lecturer (Integrated Care) Ben Harris-Roxas
Senior Lecturer (Integrated Care)
MRC Lead Bioinformatician and Lecturer Xiaotao Jiang
MRC Lead Bioinformatician and Lecturer
Senior Research Fellow (Health Systems) Anna Palagyi
Senior Research Fellow (Health Systems)
Professor of Industrial Design Reside Oya Demirbilek
Professor of Industrial Design
Associate Professor in Exercise Physiology Jeanette Thom
Associate Professor in Exercise Physiology
Research Fellow Immersive Visualisation, UNSW felt Experience and Empathy Lab Volker Kuchelmeister
Research Fellow Immersive Visualisation, UNSW felt Experience and Empathy Lab
Senior Principal Research Fellow, NeuRA Lynne Bilston
Senior Principal Research Fellow, NeuRA
Postdoctoral Research Associate  Bettina Mihalas
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Senior Research Associate
Director, Research Imaging NSW Claudia Hillenbrand
Director, Research Imaging NSW
Postdoctoral Senior Research Associate Mitiku HAMBISA
Postdoctoral Senior Research Associate

Operations Team

Dan Dumbrell
Doctor

Project Officer, UNSW Ageing Futures Institute

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Executive Officer, UNSW Ageing Futures Institute

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Administrative Officer, UNSW Ageing Futures Institute

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