Synergise, Integrate and Enhance Sleep Research to Transform Brain Ageing
What a fantastic webinar today! 💻 🎉 Our amazing SIESTArs Committee organised a webinar for our EMCRs, hosted by Research Services Librarians Vanah Montgomery and Cordelia Egerton-Warburton from the USYD Library! They walked everyone through: → Using Scopus and Web of Science to identify and compare journals in your field → Tools and strategies to…
The Australia Dementia Research Forum 2026 was held this week in Sydney and it was wonderful to see the SIESTA community so involved throughout the conference. SIESTA on the centre stage! We were also proud to see two of our Associate Investigators take centre stage: A/Prof Stephanie Ward was convenor of the conference and delivered…
Career advancement was on the agenda this week, with A/Prof Michelle Lupton leading a fantastic workshop for our SIESTArs, cohosted by Dr Shawn Kong. With 19 EMCRs in the room, the session sparked great discussion around mentoring, networking, and building meaningful connections to support career growth. Thank you to Michelle, Shawn, and Liz for sharing…
Today we held the SIESTA Research Program Symposia What an incredible day of learning and inspiration! We heard about the latest research on sleep and brain ageing, including cutting-edge findings on circadian rhythms, sleep disorders, and how improving sleep could help protect cognitive function and reduce dementia risk. 🧠💤 The line-up of national and international…
We are delighted to share that Sharon recently gave a community presentation at Annesley Bowral Brain and Body Health. Her talk focused on the importance of sleep for brain health and wellbeing, sparking valuable conversations with community members. Events like this are a wonderful way to bring SIESTA’s work beyond the research setting and into…