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Dr Amanda Selwood

Research Assistant
Medicine & Health
Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing

Amanda is the coordinator for the Older Australian Twins Study (OATS). 

Before joining OATS, Amanda worked in health services research at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI) at Macquarie University and memory research at the National Insitute for Experimental Arts (NIEA) at UNSW Art & Design. She has a PhD in Human Cognition and Brain Science from Macquarie University, focusing on collaborative remembering and close relationships in twins and siblings.

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E-mail
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  • Journal articles | 2025
    Finch BK; Finkel D; Gatz M; Pedersen NL; Reynolds CA; Sachdev P; Selwood A; Martin N; Mosing MA, 2025, 'Self-rated health and mortality: family background and genetic precursors', Discover Social Science and Health, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44155-025-00290-6
    Journal articles | 2023
    Selwood AE; Catts VS; Numbers K; Lee T; Thalamuthu A; Wright MJ; Sachdev PS, 2023, 'The Heritability of Subjective Cognitive Complaints in Older Australian Twins', Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 92, pp. 1015 - 1026, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/jad-221008
    Journal articles | 2020
    Austin EE; Blakely B; Tufanaru C; Selwood A; Braithwaite J; Clay-Williams R, 2020, 'Strategies to measure and improve emergency department performance: A scoping review', Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-020-00749-2
    Journal articles | 2020
    Braithwaite J; Clay-Williams R; Taylor N; Ting HP; Winata T; Hogden E; Li Z; Selwood A; Warwick M; Hibbert P; Arnolda G, 2020, 'Deepening our Understanding of Quality in Australia (DUQuA): An overview of a nation-wide, multi-level analysis of relationships between quality management systems and patient factors in 32 hospitals', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 32, pp. 8 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzz103
    Journal articles | 2020
    Selwood A; Bennett J; Conway MA; Loveday C; Kuchelmeister V, 2020, 'Mnemoscape: Supporting Older Adults’ Event Memory Using Wearable Camera Photographs on an Immersive Interface', Gerontology, 66, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000505848
    Journal articles | 2020
    Selwood A; Blakely B; Senthuran S; Lane P; North J; Clay-Williams R, 2020, 'Variability in clinicians' understanding and reported methods of identifying high-risk surgical patients: a qualitative study', BMC Health Services Research, 20, pp. 427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05316-0
    Journal articles | 2020
    Selwood A; Harris CB; Barnier AJ; Sutton J, 2020, 'Effects of collaboration on the qualities of autobiographical recall in strangers, friends, and siblings: both remembering partner and communication processes matter', Memory, 28, pp. 399 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2020.1727521
    Journal articles | 2017
    Selwood A; Senthuran S; Blakely B; Lane P; North J; Clay-Williams R, 2017, 'Improving outcomes from high-risk surgery: A multimethod evaluation of a patient-centred advanced care planning intervention', BMJ Open, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014906
    Journal articles | 2016
    Blakely B; Selwood A; Rogers WA; Clay-Williams R, 2016, 'Macquarie Surgical Innovation Identification Tool (MSIIT): A study protocol for a usability and pilot test', BMJ Open, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013704
  • Conference Posters | 2024
    Vella AS; Selwood A; Catts VS; Numbers KT; Lee T; Thalamuthu A; Karlsson IK; Reynolds CA; Franz CE; Kremen WS; Gatz M; Sachdev PS, 2024, 'Subjective Cognitive Complaints: Heritability and Correlations with Dementia Diagnosis, Depression and Memory, Across Multiple Twin Studies', Vol. 20, pp. e088371 - e088371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.088371
    Conference Abstracts | 2023
    Selwood AE; Catts VS; Numbers K; Lee T; Thalamuthu A; Wright MJ; Sachdev PS, 2023, 'The Heritability of Subjective Cognitive Complaints in Older Australian Twins', in Journal of Alzheimer S Disease, Vol. 92, pp. 1015 - 1026, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-221008