Synergise, Integrate and Enhance Sleep Research to Transform Brain Ageing
We’re thrilled to announce that Dr Johannes Michaelian has been awarded the 2025 Margaret Ethel Jew Fund! Dr Michaelian is a Research Fellow with the Healthy Brain Ageing Program (Cohort in SIESTA Stream 1) at the Brain and Mind Centre, and a valued member of the Alzheimer’s and Neurodegeneration research team and the Sydney Dementia…
At this year’s Australian Dementia Research Forum (ADRF), the SIESTA team took the chance to meet in person over a casual lunch. It was a great way to reconnect with colleagues from Perth and Sydney and hear how things are progressing across different parts of the project. We did a quick whip-around of updates, sharing…
We’re thrilled to congratulate Prof Sharon Naismith, Chief Investigator of the SIESTA program, on receiving the ADNeT Mid-Career Researcher Award at this year’s Australian Dementia Research Forum. This award pays tribute to the late Irene Mona Martin and recognises innovative contributions to dementia research advancements. It’s a fitting recognition of Sharon’s outstanding leadership in the…
We’re excited to share our latest publication in the Journal of Sleep Research:“Validating the CogSleep Screener in older adults at a memory and cognition clinic”📄 Read the full article here 👉Check out the CogSleep screener here Sleep problems are common in older adults and closely linked to cognitive and mental health outcomes—but they’re often not…
Can memory tests traditionally done in sleep labs be moved into the home—with just a smartphone? In this new paper, Perceptions of the Use of Mobile Apps to Assess Sleep-Dependent Memory in Older Adults With Subjective and Objective Cognitive Impairment, the research team explored how older adults feel about using a prototype app to assess…
