CHeBA Annual Report 2021

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KPMG Sydney Commits to Ongoing Support for The Dementia Momentum The Dementia Momentum celebrated its anniversary with KPMG Sydney hosting an exclusive lunch for major donors and corporate partners of the initiative at their Barangaroo offices on Wednesday, 2 June 2021, with KPMG announcing its commitment to continued partnership of the initiative KPMG Sydney has been In-kind partner of The Dementia Momentum since 2015. The event, sponsored by private markets finance and investment house Wingate featured speeches by Dr Richard Grellman AM, Professor Henry Brodaty AO, Professor Perminder Sachdev AM and Mr Edward Caser. Guests included senior executives involved in the Wipeout Dementia corporate surf fundraiser, which raises money for The Dementia Momentum initiative. Senior Partner at KPMG Eileen Hoggett, opened the anniversary event with a dire warning. “Globally and in Australia, the population is ageing. Currently about 15% of the Australian population are over 65 years of age and this is projected to increase to 25% by the middle of the century. Spokesman for the initiative Dr Richard Grellman AM – who spent 32 years working at KPMG and whose wife Suellen has very advanced young onset Alzheimer’s disease - addressed the global pandemic and reminded all guests that although it feels Australia may be getting on top of COVID-19 that the dementia curve remains unabated.

“Our only hope is research to unlock the cause, treatment and thereby prevent or cure this disease.”

Eileen Hoggett

Dr Richard Grellman AM Guest speaker Edward Caser, boutique investment platform co-founder whose mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, called upon the corporate sector to further support The Dementia Momentum. “From my experience in trying to find information, work out who is actively doing something about this disease, my feeling is the group at CHeBA truly are leaders in dementia research not just in Australia, but globally,” he said.

Dr Richard Grellman AM

Ms Hoggett paid special tribute to key donors for their significant contribution to The Dementia Momentum, and extended collective condolences to the family of John Holden, who passed away last week. The J Holden Family Foundation was a major donor of The Dementia Momentum.

Edward Caser

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Appendix G: Publications

51min
pages 105-114

Appendix E: Research Grants & Funding

10min
pages 99-103

Appendix C: Postgraduate Students

7min
pages 95-97

Appendix D: Awards & Promotions

2min
page 98

Completed Projects

26min
pages 83-90

Current Projects

1hr
pages 63-82

CHeBA Collaborators

8min
pages 58-62

Public Forums

2min
page 56

WithYou

1min
page 52

CHeBA in the Media

5min
pages 53-54

KPMG Sydney Commits to Ongoing Support for The Dementia Momentum

2min
page 47

Change Makers – Next Gen Philanthropy

8min
pages 48-50

The Dementia Momentum - Spokesman’s Report

2min
page 46

Sydney Centenarian Study

2min
page 41

PhD Completions

5min
pages 42-43

Sydney Memory and Ageing Study

7min
pages 38-40

Maintain Your Brain

1min
page 36

Older Australian Twins Study

2min
page 37

SHARED

2min
page 32

STROKOG

6min
pages 33-35

COSMIC

2min
page 31

COGNISANCE

6min
pages 28-30

Risk Factors

2min
pages 26-27

Neuropsychiatry

2min
page 22

Genomics & Epigenomics

2min
pages 18-19

Proteomics

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page 25

Neuroimaging

3min
pages 20-21

Neuropsychology

3min
pages 23-24

Epidemiology

1min
page 17

Effect of COVID-19 Greatest on People Living with Dementia

1min
page 9

Researching Aged Care, Policy and Education

1min
pages 12-13

About the Centre

2min
pages 6-7

CHeBA Launches Dementias Platform Australia to Make Study of Ageing ‘Truly Global’

2min
page 11

Brain Ageing Research Laboratory

5min
pages 14-16

Co-Directors' Report

3min
pages 4-5

CHeBA Funding Success to Transform ‘Preventable Dementia

1min
page 8

Can Fluid-Filled Spaces in the Brain Predict Dementia?

1min
page 10
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