PhD Candidate and Research Assistant at UNSW
University of New South Wales
Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), School of Psychiatry
Lab head: Scientia Professor Perminder Sachdev
Roles: PhD candidate (2018 - present), Research Assistant (2018 - present)
PhD Candidature Highlights
Research area: Risk Factors and Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease and Vascular Dementia
Main thesis topic: Social cognition in older adults
Topics of interest: correlations of social cognition with genetics, hormonal and neuroimaging markers, and development of cognitive decline
Secondary topics of interest: trajectory of cognition from young-old to oldest-old, subjective cognitive decline, predictors of cognitive decline in the elderly, factors associated with successful ageing and longevity
Supervisors: Scientia Professor Perminder Sachdev (UNSW), Professor Julie Henry (UQ)
Research Assistant Role
Student assistant to Data Manager at CHeBA
Data processing, cleaning, and clarifications for ongoing CHeBA research studies
Research assistant in the Maintain Your Brain trial
Technical support for trial participants in trial-related activities
Conferences Attended
2018 Organization of Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting – 17-21 June 2018; Singapore.
13th GeneMappers Conference – 29-31 August 2018; Noosa Heads QLD, Australia.
2nd International ‘Living To 100’ Conference – 7-8 September 2018; Sydney NSW, Australia
2019 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference Satellite Symposium – 25-27 September 2019; Sydney NSW, Australia.
2019 Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Australian Chapter Annual Meeting – 16-18 October 2019; Newcastle NSW, Australia.
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting – 13-17 November; Austin TX, USA.
14th GeneMappers Conference – 20-22 November 2019; Manly NSW, Australia.
Society for Mental Health Research (SMHR) 2019 Conference – 27-29 November 2019; Melbourne VIC, Australia.
2020 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference – 27-31 July 2020 [virtual event].
My publications
My main publication focus at UNSW revolves around my PhD thesis on social cognition in older adults, among other side projects on neurocognition in older adults.
Research Projects
Investigator-initiated studies
STROKOG international consortium of longitudinal studies of cognitive disorders following stroke [University of New South Wales; 2016 – present]
Study site coordinator (National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore)
Collaborator
Social Cognitive Ageing [University of Queensland; 2018 – present]
PhD student (University of New South Wales)
Sydney Memory and Ageing Study [University of New South Wales; 2018 – present]
PhD student
Sydney Centenarian Study [University of New South Wales; 2018 – present]
PhD student
Older Australian Twins Study [University of New South Wales; 2018 – present]
PhD student
Clinical trials
Maintain Your Brain trial [Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing]
Research assistant (casual)
