Epidemiology

Professor Perminder Sachdev & Professor Henry Brodaty

Group Leaders

The Epidemiology Group is interested in studying the patterns, causes, risks, protective factors and effects of neurocognitive disorders, in particular dementia, in older populations in Australia and internationally.

The group analyses longitudinal cohorts from CHeBA’s own studies – the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study, the Older Australian Twins Study, the Sydney Centenarian Study and the Sydney Stroke Study – as well as from international studies grouped into consortia, including the CHeBA-led COSMIC, STROKOG and ICC-Dementia. Another important aspect of this work is genetic epidemiology, which uses various approaches including genome-wide association studies and Mendelian randomisation methods to examine risk factors for dementia and other neurocognitive disorders.

Staff

Emeritus Professor

Gavin Andrews
Dr Nicole Kochan
Dr Karen Mather
Dr John Crawford
Dr Anbu Thalamuthu
Dr Darren Lipnicki
Dr Yvonne Leung
Dr Vibeke Catts
Dr Amanda Selwood
Dr Teresa Lee
Dr Ben Lam
Dr Louise Mewton
Dr Suraj Samtani
Dr Katya Numbers
Dr Sophie Xi Chen
Jess Lo
Fleur Harrison

Professor Henry Brodaty, Dr Ben Lam, Dr Vibeke Catts, Dr Nicole Kochan, Dr Katya Numbers, Dr Karen Mather, Jess Lo, Dr Louise Mewton, Dr Anbu Thalamuthu, Professor Perminder Sachdev