The Future of Dementia Prevention, Research and Care
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Convenor​
Professor Ralph Martins, AO​
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ADRF 2025 Convenor| Foundation Professor and Inaugural Chair in Ageing and Alzheimer’s Disease, Edith Cowan University |
Professor in Biomedical Sciences, Macquarie University |
Director of Research & Founder, Alzheimer’s Research Australia.
Committee Members
Prof Kaarin Anstey
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PhD, FAHMS, FASSA, FAPS, FRNS ARC Laureate Fellow and Director of the UNSW Ageing Futures Institute, Co-Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing, Conjoint Senior Principal Research Scientist at Neuroscience Research Australia.
Prof. Tanya Buchanan
Chief Executive Officer, Dementia Australia
Prof. Michael Breakspear
BSc(med) BA (hons) MB BS PhD FRANZCP Newcastle, NSW, Professor of Systems Neuroscience, University of Newcastle
Prof. Elizabeth J Coulson
BSc Hons PhD Head of School, School of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Medicine
Professor of Neuroscience, Queensland Brain Institute, Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research The University of Queensland
Prof. Henry Brodaty AO
MBBS, MD, DSc, FRACP, FRANZCP, FAHMS, FASSA Co-Director Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney
Prof. Jürgen Götz
PhD, Dr. habil, FAHMS, GAICD , Lesleigh Green - Bill and Nancy Green Endowed Chair in Dementia Research, Director, Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CJCADR), Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), The University of Queensland
​​​​​​Prof. Colin L Masters
MD, Laureate Professor of Dementia Research, Florey Institute and The University of Melbourne
Diana Matovic
PhD, BPsych (Hons), Postdoctoral researcher, Macquarie University Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales
​​Prof. Sharon Naismith
FASSA, NHMRC Leadership (L2) Fellow, ADNeT Memory Clinics Lead, MAPS CCN, Leonard P Ullmann Chair in Psychology, Director, Healthy Brain Ageing Program, Faculty of Science, Charles Perkins Centre and Brain & Mind Centre, The University of Sydney.
A/Prof Stephanie Rainey-Smith
BSc (Hons), PhD, Centre for Healthy Ageing, Health Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Deputy Director of Research, Alzheimer's Research Australia
Cherry Santos
Chief Operating Officer, Australian Dementia Network (ADNeT), Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Prof. Hamid Sohrabi
Executive Director of Health Futures Institute, Director of Centre for Healthy Ageing, and Professor of Psychology and Clinical Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Murdoch University
Prof Blossom Stephan
BA (Hons, Psychology, Class I), PhD. Chair in Dementia (for Curtin University and Dementia Australia), Director, Dementia Centre of Excellence, enAble Institute, Curtin University.
​​​​Prof. James Vickers
PhD DSc Director, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, University of Tasmania
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