Research

Researchers at WACHA are engaged in both basic and clinical research. Our clinical trials involve volunteers and are conducted to help find better ways to prevent, diagnose, or treat diseases associated with ageing.

Search for a study by research area:

	1. Healthy Ageing Program Research that looks at how we can maintain good health with increasing age. Maintaining The Health In Men Study (HIMS Study)
	2. Clinical Research Program Looking for reasons that lead to poor health with increasing age, as well as strategies to improve the health outcomes of older people. Promoting Healthy Ageing with Cognitive Exercise (PACE Study) Intervention Trial Predictors of Quality of Life in Dementia (QoLCog Study) Indigenous Dementia Services Study (IDSS) : Models of care to address unmet needs for older Indigenous people with dementia, their families and communities in the Kimberley region and Central Australia Congestive Heart Failure: a Longitudinal Study of its Impact on Brain Function and Structure in Later Life (The Heart-Mind Study) Does Vitamin D supplementation reduce cognitive decline (VitD Study) Acute Stroke Treatment with Atorvastatin and irbesaRTan (ASTART Study)
	3. Health Service Research Program Looking for the best way of organising and delivering health services to older people - including education. The Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment (KICA) Dementia in Residential Care: Education (DIRECT Study) E-Ageing WA Medical Students Training Project in Dementia (STrIDe Study) Systematic Termination of Pharmaceutical Agents Trial (STOPAT)