Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing (WACHA)


http://www.wacha.org.au

The WACHA Team

· Executive Management Team

Leon Flicker Professor Leon Flicker

Director

Osvaldo Almeida Professor Osvaldo Almeida

Director of Research

Christopher Beer Dr Christopher Beer

Principal Investigator

Andrew Ford Dr Andrew Ford

Principal Investigator

· Senior Support Team

Ms Cheryl Ackoy - Research Coordinator
Ms Christianne White - Business Development Manager
Ms Marie Lamb - Administrative Assistant

· Research Fellow

Dr Kathleen Potter (NHMRC Research Fellow)
Research: Primary care research

· Senior Researchers

A/Professor Helman Alphonso
Research: Assessment of health outcomes in the aging population, including physical and cognitive function, as well as health service use, the cost of care and quality of life
Adjunct Senior Lecturer Dr Griselda J Garrido
Dr Kylie Marsh
Research: Modifiable psychosocial/lifestyle factors associated with cognitive decline and depression in older adults, Neuropsychological factors in depression in older adults
A/Professor Kieran McCaul
Research: Biostatistics, epidemiologist, healthy ageing
A/Professor Jon Pfaff
Research: Non-pharmacological treatment of depression & anxiety; suicide prevention; primary care mental health, health behaviour change and treatment adherence
Dr Kate Smith
Research: Indigenous Ageing, Remote Indigenous health services
Ms Mandy Vidovich
Research: Non-pharmacological prevention and treatment of dementia; Merits of cognitive activity; Memory rehabilitation

· Research Officers

Natalie Di Renzo
Ms Jill George
Ms Sarah Hegarty
Ms Varsha Hirani
Ms Gina Malo
Ms Joanna Popp
Ms Kerri Schoenauer
Ms Linda Skeaf
Ms Kendall Sharpe
Ms Josephine Shaw
Ms Jenny Tasker

· PhD Students

Ms Pascalle Bosboom
Ms Zoe Hyde
Research: Androgen deficiency in older men; hormone replacement therapy; gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender health
Ms Mandy Vidovich
Research: Non-pharmacological prevention and treatment of dementia; Merits of cognitive activity; Memory rehabilitation
Dr Elizabeth Wong

· Collaborators

Dr David Atkinson - Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council
Dr Nick Bretland - General Practitioner
Dr Penelope Flett - CEO, Brightwater Care Group (Inc)
Professor Graeme Hankey - Department of Neurology, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia
Professor Barbara Horner - Director, Centre for Research on Ageing, Curtin University
Ms Jocelyn Jones - Perth Aboriginal Service
Professor Nicola Lautenschlager - Professor of Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
Dr Melissa Lindeman - Flinders University
Dr Dina LoGiudice - Senior Clinical Fellow of the National Ageing Research Institute and Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine at Royal Park Campus, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Professor Robert Newton - Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia
Professor Paul Norman - Head of Vascular Fremantle Hospital
Mr Frank Schaper - CEO, Alzheimer's Australia WA Ltd
Dr Samuel Scherer - General Manager Medical Services, Royal Freemasons Homes of Victoria
A/Professor Moira Sim - Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia
A/Professor Frank van Bockxmeer - Royal Perth Hospital
Dr Bu Beng Yeap - School of Medicine and Pharmacology UWA, Fremantle Hospital Uni