Theme 1: Discovery (Basic Science/Discovery) 1. Genetic Variation Within The Aquaporin-4 Gene Alters The Relationship Between Sleep And Cortical Amyloid Beta Levels Tenielle Porter 2. Genetic variation within the melanopsin gene is associated with cognition and moderates the relationship of sleep with cognition in a cohort of older adults Tenielle Porter 3. The efficacy of facial emotion recognition task performance in predicting risk and early stage dementia Niklas Schultze 4. Clinical Pharmacology and Development of Xanamem, A Tissue-Specific Inhibitor of 11β-HSD1 Jack Taylor 5. Role of lauric acid in Alzheimer’s disease brain R.M. Uththara S. Senarath 6. Longitudinal changes in cognitive function are associated with changes in fasting plasma insulin, fasting plasma glucose and insulin resistance in the Australian Imaging, Biomarker and Lifestyle (AIBL) study of ageing Amy Woodfield 7. Associations of C-reactive Protein and Homocysteine with Neuropsychological Outcomes In Older Adults At Risk of Dementia Rachael Yu
Theme 2: Prevention and Diagnosis 8. Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between cognitive domains and attitudes to ageing in older Australians Katya Numbers 9. Community Informed Development of, and Recruitment to Validate, a New Measure for Use in the Cognitive Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Older Adults, the Characterising Language Experience and Acculturation Questionnaire (CLEAr-Q) Zara Page 10. Temporal patterns of eating and sleeping and associations with cognitive performance in older Australian adults: An exploratory cross-sectional study Dan Ping Wu 11. Neuropsychological predictors of cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease: A systematic review (PDCogniCare) Dana Pourzinal 12. Possibility of delaying Alzheimer’s disease (AD): Altering gut microbiota composition through lifestyle modifications Samantha Ramachandra 13. The Right to Rehabilitation for People with Dementia - Developing Solutions through Co-design Michele Callisaya 14. Baseline Demographic, Risk and Cognitive Characteristics of the Final Randomised Sample Enrolled in a Decentralised Multi-Domain Lifestyle Intervention Trial (BetterBrains) to Delay Cognitive Decline Emily Rosenich 15. Demographic, Clinical and Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Characteristics Associated with Interest in APOE Disclosure Amongst Middle-Aged Australian Adults Emily Rosenich 16. Digital Dementia Risk Screening Tools: A Scoping Review Zandile Rwodzi 17. Genetic and Environmental Contributions to the Social Connections of Older Adults: the Older Australian Twins Study Suraj Samtani 18. Older adults’ awareness, interest, and preferences for cognitive interventions Shirly Sareyka 19. Incidence of dementia following entry into residential aged care: a national retrospective cohort study Andrew Shoubridge 20. A Smell Clinic For Early Detection Of Alzheimer’s Disease James St John 21. Associations between BDNF Val66Met and tau-PET and episodic memory performance in sporadic AD David Ward Preclinical Frailty Trajectories and Dementia Risk in the United States Diny Thomson 22. Associations of social determinants with non-participation in a multi-domain lifestyle intervention trial in cognitively healthy older adults to prevent cognitive decline Lisa Waterink 23. “It does feel a bit, sort of, infantilising”: Lived experiences of neuropsychological testing for dementia diagnosis Stephanie Wong 24. Association of basal forebrain atrophy with cognitive decline in early Alzheimer’s disease Ying Xia 25. Verbal fluency correlates with medial temporal lobe volumes in Parkinson’s disease with memory impairment Jihyun Yang
Theme 3: Post-Diagnostic Care 26. SHAPE-ing the future of post-diagnostic support for people living with dementia: An international, randomised, controlled trial Jana Koch 27. Community implementation and national scale-up of a Healthy Brain Ageing Cognitive Intervention program: A partnership with Dementia Australia Alessandra Lee 28. Title Case: Learning Pathways - the Destination for Discovering Dementia Training Isabelle Meyer 29. Technology Assisted and Remotely Delivered Anxiety Psychotherapy Intervention for People living with Dementia and Their Care Partners: TechCBT Project Nadeeka Dissanayaka 30. Identifying Priorities for Medication Management Resources for People Living with Dementia and Their Careers Through Community Action Mouna Sawan 31. How Can We Improve Hearing and Vision Loss Support in Home Care Settings? Exploring Sensory Support Care Needs of Home Care Recipients with Self-reported Dementia Diagnosis or Memory Difficulties Melinda Toomey 32. Barriers to and Facilitators for CBT Interventions for People Living with MCI/Dementia: A Systematic Review of Technology and Non-Technology Assisted Approaches Kimberley Welsh