Dr Yvonne Leung
Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr Yvonne Leung

PhD, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University

MA, University of Sheffield, UK

BA(Hons), The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University

BA, University of Queensland

Science
School of Psychology

Dr Yvonne Leung is a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Psychology, UNSW. She has a background in cognitive psychology and her research focuses on cognitive ageing and dementia. She was formerly the coordinator of the International Centenarian Consortium-Dementia. She is experienced in harmonising internationally sourced data and examining factors associated with dementia and cognitive impairment in ethno-regionally diverse populations. Her current work (funded by CEPAR) involves examining gender differences in cognitive ageing, cognitive reserve, and expectations regarding ageing.

Phone
+61 2 93850140
Location
Level 1, Biological Science (E26)
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Cheng A; Leung Y; Brodaty H, 2022, 'A systematic review of the associations, mediators and moderators of life satisfaction, positive affect and happiness in near-centenarians and centenarians', Aging and Mental Health, vol. 26, pp. 651 - 666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1891197
    Journal articles | 2022
    Leung Y; Barzilai N; Batko-Szwaczka A; Beker N; Boerner K; Brayne C; Brodaty H; Cheung KSL; Corrada MM; Crawford JD; Galbussera AA; Gondo Y; Holstege H; Hulsman M; Ishioka YL; Jopp D; Kawas CH; Kaye J; Kochan NA; Lau BHP; Lipnicki DM; Lo JW; Lucca U; Makkar SR; Marcon G; Martin P; Meguro K; Milman S; Poon LW; Recchia A; Ribeiro O; Riva E; Rott C; Sikkes SAM; Skoog I; Stephan B; Szewieczek J; Teixeira L; Tettamanti M; Wilczyński K; Sachdev P, 2022, 'Cognition, function, and prevalent dementia in centenarians and near-centenarians: An individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis of 18 studies', Alzheimer's and Dementia, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.12828
    Journal articles | 2020
    Makkar SR; Lipnicki DM; Crawford JD; Kochan NA; Castro-Costa E; Lima-Costa MF; Diniz BS; Brayne C; Stephan B; Matthews F; Llibre-Rodriguez JJ; Llibre-Guerra JJ; Valhuerdi-Cepero AJ; Lipton RB; Katz MJ; CuilingWang ; Ritchie K; Carles S; Carriere I; Scarmeas N; Yannakoulia M; Kosmidis M; Lam L; Chan WC; Fung A; Guaita A; Vaccaro R; Davin A; Kim KW; Han JW; Suh SW; Riedel-Heller SG; Roehr S; Pabst A; Ganguli M; Hughes TF; Snitz B; Anstey KJ; Cherbuin N; Easteal S; Haan MN; Aiello AE; Dang K; Ng TP; Gao Q; Nyunt MSZ; Brodaty H; Trollor JN; Leung Y; Lo JW; Sachdev P, 2020, 'APOE ε4 and the influence of sex, age, vascular risk factors, and ethnicity on cognitive decline', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol. 75, pp. 1863 - 1873, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaa116
    Journal articles | 2020
    Makkar SR; Lipnicki DM; Crawford JD; Kochan NA; Castro-Costa E; Lima-Costa MF; Diniz BS; Brayne C; Stephan B; Matthews F; Llibre-Rodriguez JJ; Llibre-Guerra JJ; Valhuerdi-Cepero AJ; Lipton RB; Katz MJ; Zammit A; Ritchie K; Carles S; Carriere I; Scarmeas N; Yannakoulia M; Kosmidis M; Lam L; Fung A; Chan WC; Guaita A; Vaccaro R; Davin A; Kim KW; Han JW; Suh SW; Riedel-Heller SG; Roehr S; Pabst A; Ganguli M; Hughes TF; Jacobsen EP; Anstey KJ; Cherbuin N; Haan MN; Aiello AE; Dang K; Kumagai S; Narazaki K; Chen S; Ng TP; Gao Q; Nyunt MSZ; Meguro K; Yamaguchi S; Ishii H; Lobo A; Lobo Escolar E; De la Cámara C; Brodaty H; Trollor JN; Leung Y; Lo JW; Sachdev P, 2020, 'Education and the moderating roles of age, sex, ethnicity and apolipoprotein epsilon 4 on the risk of cognitive impairment', Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, vol. 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2020.104112
    Journal articles | 2019
    Cheng A; Leung Y; Crawford JD; Harrison F; Sachdev P; Brodaty H, 2019, 'The psychological health of 207 near-centenarians (95–99) and centenarians from the Sydney Centenarian Study', Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 53, pp. 976 - 988, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867419848831
    Journal articles | 2019
    Cheng A; Leung Y; Harrison F; Brodaty H, 2019, 'The prevalence and predictors of anxiety and depression in near-centenarians and centenarians: A systematic review', International Psychogeriatrics, vol. 31, pp. 1539 - 1558, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1041610219000802
    Journal articles | 2019
    Davis CW; Jackson KJL; McElroy AK; Halfmann P; Huang J; Chennareddy C; Piper AE; Leung Y; Albariño CG; Crozier I; Ellebedy AH; Sidney J; Sette A; Yu T; Nielsen SCA; Goff AJ; Spiropoulou CF; Saphire EO; Cavet G; Kawaoka Y; Mehta AK; Glass PJ; Boyd SD; Ahmed R, 2019, 'Longitudinal Analysis of the Human B Cell Response to Ebola Virus Infection', Cell, vol. 177, pp. 1566 - 1582.e17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.04.036
    Journal articles | 2019
    Lipnicki DM; Makkar SR; Crawford JD; Thalamuthu A; Kochan NA; Lima-Costa MF; Castro-Costa E; Ferri CP; Brayne C; Stephan B; Llibre-Rodriguez JJ; Llibre-Guerra JJ; Valhuerdi-Cepero AJ; Lipton RB; Katz MJ; Derby CA; Ritchie K; Ancelin M-L; Carrière I; Scarmeas N; Yannakoulia M; Hadjigeorgiou GM; Lam L; Chan W-C; Fung A; Guaita A; Vaccaro R; Davin A; Kim KW; Han JW; Suh SW; Riedel-Heller SG; Roehr S; Pabst A; van Boxtel M; Köhler S; Deckers K; Ganguli M; Jacobsen EP; Hughes TF; Anstey KJ; Cherbuin N; Haan MN; Aiello AE; Dang K; Kumagai S; Chen T; Narazaki K; Ng TP; Gao Q; Nyunt MSZ; Scazufca M; Brodaty H; Numbers K; Trollor JN; Meguro K; Yamaguchi S; Ishii H; Lobo A; Lopez-Anton R; Santabárbara J; Leung Y; Lo JW; Popovic G; Sachdev PS, 2019, 'Determinants of cognitive performance and decline in 20 diverse ethno-regional groups: A COSMIC collaboration cohort study', PLOS Medicine, vol. 16, pp. e1002853 - e1002853, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002853
    Journal articles | 2018
    Leung Y; Dean RT, 2018, 'Learning a well-formed microtonal scale: Pitch intervals and event frequencies', Journal of New Music Research, vol. 47, pp. 206 - 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09298215.2018.1432060
    Journal articles | 2018
    Leung Y; Dean RT, 2018, 'Learning unfamiliar pitch intervals: A novel paradigm for demonstrating the learning of statistical associations between musical pitches', PLoS ONE, vol. 13, pp. e0203026, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203026
    Journal articles | 2015
    Cavedon L; Kroos C; Herath D; Burnham D; Bishop L; Leung Y; Stevens CJ, 2015, '"C'Mon dude!": Users adapt their behaviour to a robotic agent with an attention model', International Journal of Human Computer Studies, vol. 80, pp. 14 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2015.02.012
  • Conference Papers | 2022
    Rajasekar N; Price JM; Chen PL; Leung Y; Koran L, 2022, 'Language Attrition of Older Multilinguals under a Pandemic Situation in Malaysia', in Language Attrition of Older Multilinguals under a Pandemic Situation in Malaysia, Malaysia, presented at The National Conference on Ageing, Malaysia

Kwan Fung and Yuet Ying Fung Healthy Brain Ageing Research Award Fund (2018)

Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) Travel Award, Chicago, USA (2018)

The MARCS Institute Postgraduate Research Award and University Top-Up (2013-2016)

Western Sydney University Outstanding Academic Achievement (2009)

Leading CEPAR-funded projects on cognitive ageing, expectations regarding ageing, and ageism. 

My Research Supervision

Honours/ILP BSc (Medicine)