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1321st Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture of the Royal Society of NSW — 1 May 2024
“Brain Health Equity — a new frontier for healthy longevity”
Scientia Professor Kaarin Anstey FRSN FASSA FAHMS
Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Population Ageing
Neuroscience Australia, UNSW Sydney
https://royalsoc.org.au/blog/1321st-ogm-and-open-lecture
The presentation commences at 02:38
Timing Marks:
00:00:00 Introduction to the Speaker: Dr Susan Pond AM FRSN FTSE FAHMS, President, Royal Society of NSW
00:02:38 Presentation: Scientia Professor Kaarin Anstey
00:47:52 Q&A session: moderated by Scientia Professor George Paxinos AO DistFRSN FASSA FAA
01:04:48 Vote of Thanks: Emeritus Professor Christina Slade FRSN
01:08:18 Meeting Close
Summary
In the past 20 years, evidence has accumulated on the importance of modifiable lifestyle factors, and chronic disease which impact brain health and increase the risk of late-life neurodegenerative conditions. In the past 5 to 10 years, the evidence on environmental risk factors for neurodegenerative conditions has strengthened. However, implementing strategies to reduce risk has typically focused on individual behaviour change. In this talk, Professor Anstey will provide an overview of this evidence on dementia risk reduction and brain health promotion and outline what individuals can do to reduce their own risk of dementia. She will then discuss the socio-demographic and socio-economic factors that enable or prevent brain healthy lifestyle. I will present an argument that brain health inequity is one of the largest challenges to society and governments' aspirations for healthy ageing.
Scientia Professor Kaarin Anstey is an ARC Laureate Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). She is also Director of the UNSW Ageing Futures Institute, and Co-Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing as well as a conjoint Senior Principal Research Scientist at Neuroscience Research Australia. Anstey’s research programs focus on cognitive resilience in ageing as well as the prevention of dementia. She has developed risk assessment tools and interventions for people at risk of dementia. A second focus of her work is on older driver safety and in this field Anstey has also developed and validated risk assessment tools and interventions. Anstey is a member of the World Dementia Council.
1321st Ordinary General Meeting and Open Lecture of the Royal Society of NSW — 1 May 2024
“Brain Health Equity — a new frontier for healthy longevity”
Scientia Professor Kaarin Anstey FRSN FASSA FAHMS
Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Population Ageing
Neuroscience Australia, UNSW Sydney
https://royalsoc.org.au/blog/1321st-ogm-and-open-lecture
The presentation commences at 02:38
Timing Marks:
00:00:00 Introduction to the Speaker: Dr Susan Pond AM FRSN FTSE FAHMS, President, Royal Society of NSW
00:02:38 Presentation: Scientia Professor Kaarin Anstey
00:47:52 Q&A session: moderated by Scientia Professor George Paxinos AO DistFRSN FASSA FAA
01:04:48 Vote of Thanks: Emeritus Professor Christina Slade FRSN
01:08:18 Meeting Close
Summary
In the past 20 years, evidence has accumulated on the importance of modifiable lifestyle factors, and chronic disease which impact brain health and increase the risk of late-life neurodegenerative conditions. In the past 5 to 10 years, the evidence on environmental risk factors for neurodegenerative conditions has strengthened. However, implementing strategies to reduce risk has typically focused on individual behaviour change. In this talk, Professor Anstey will provide an overview of this evidence on dementia risk reduction and brain health promotion and outline what individuals can do to reduce their own risk of dementia. She will then discuss the socio-demographic and socio-economic factors that enable or prevent brain healthy lifestyle. I will present an argument that brain health inequity is one of the largest challenges to society and governments' aspirations for healthy ageing.
Scientia Professor Kaarin Anstey is an ARC Laureate Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). She is also Director of the UNSW Ageing Futures Institute, and Co-Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing as well as a conjoint Senior Principal Research Scientist at Neuroscience Research Australia. Anstey’s research programs focus on cognitive resilience in ageing as well as the prevention of dementia. She has developed risk assessment tools and interventions for people at risk of dementia. A second focus of her work is on older driver safety and in this field Anstey has also developed and validated risk assessment tools and interventions. Anstey is a member of the World Dementia Council.
