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Ms Annabel Matison

Postdoctoral Fellow
Medicine & Health
Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing

Annabel’s research explores the interplay between social determinants of health and ageing, with a focus on dementia. She completed her PhD at UNSW in 2024, where her dissertation investigated the connections between nutrition, genetics, and depression in older adults using data from several large international consortia. Annabel also holds a Master of Human Nutrition from Deakin University. Her work uses international datasets to reveal how social determinants influence dementia risk and healthy ageing, aiming to guide better interventions and policies to improve health outcomes for older adults.

Broad Research Areas: Healthy Ageing, Dementia, Epidemiology, Nutrition, Mental Health, Gerontology

Professional Memberships: Nutrition Society of Australia, Australian Association of Gerontology
Phone
+61402302282
E-mail
a.matison@unsw.edu.au
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Matison AP; Flood VM; Lam BCP; Lipnicki DM; Tucker KL; Preux PM; Guerchet M; d'Orsi E; Quialheiro A; Rech CR; Skoog I; Najar J; Rydberg Sterner T; Scarmeas N; Kosmidis MH; Yannakoulia M; Gureje O; Ojagbemi A; Bello T; Shahar S; Fakhruddin NNINM; Rivan NFM; Anstey KJ; Cherbuin N; Mortby ME; Ho R; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Reppermund S; Mather KA, 2024, 'Associations between fruit and vegetable intakes and incident depression in middle-aged and older adults from 10 diverse international longitudinal cohorts', Journal of Affective Disorders, 359, pp. 373 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.05.096
    Journal articles | 2023
    Matison AP; Thalamuthu A; Flood VM; Trollor JN; Catts VS; Wright MJ; Ames D; Brodaty H; Sachdev PS; Reppermund S; Mather KA, 2023, 'Genetic and environmental influences on fruit and vegetable consumption and depression in older adults', BMC Geriatrics, 23, pp. 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-03745-0
    Journal articles | 2022
    Matison AP; Milte CM; Shaw JE; Magliano DJ; Daly RM; Torres SJ, 2022, 'Association between dietary protein intake and changes in health-related quality of life in older adults: findings from the AusDiab 12-year prospective study', BMC Geriatrics, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02894-y
    Journal articles | 2021
    Matison AP; Mather KA; Flood VM; Reppermund S, 2021, 'Associations between nutrition and the incidence of depression in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective observational population-based studies', Ageing Research Reviews, 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arr.2021.101403