CogSleep Academy

NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence to Optimise Sleep in Brain Ageing & Neurodegeneration Training the next generation of sleep & neurodegeneration scientists

[CogSleep Academy @cogsleepacademy]

Come join us at @SIESTASynergy !

[SIESTA Research Program @SIESTASynergy]

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We're excited to announce the successful conclusion of the CogSleep Centre for Research Excellence 😴 and to introduce our new initiative: SIESTA - Synergise, Integrate and Enhance Sleep Research to Transform Brain Ageing. 🥳

Keep following to keep up to date with SIESTA!

[CogSleep Academy @cogsleepacademy]

Well done on an amazing talk, #NathanCross 🙌

[Sharon Naismith, AM, FASSA @Prof_Naismith]

Terrific talk on insomnia, cognition and ageing by #NathanCross at @SydDementiaNet today! Take our sleep seriously @cogsleep @cogsleepacademy @HBAProgram_USYD @BrainMind_Usyd @UsydPsych

[Sharon Naismith, AM, FASSA @Prof_Naismith]

Check out this great review of recent research in the field of sleep & dementia by @SleepyAaronLam! @cogsleep @cogsleepacademy @ADNeT_Australia @BrainMind_Usyd

Current Opinion in Psychiatry
https://t.co/UsQoISFT4u

[Sharon Naismith, AM, FASSA @Prof_Naismith]

Congrats to @ricci_research for publishing her 1st PhD paper.. re. sleep architecture & cognition in older adults with depressive sx... https://t.co/a9sjTYdakT @BrainMind_Usyd @UsydPsych @cogsleep @cogsleepacademy @Woolcockmedical

[Sharon Naismith, AM, FASSA @Prof_Naismith]

Great information compiled for those with living experience of sleep disturbance, cognitive decline /dementia by our @cogsleepacademy & @SHFAustralia - great to launch it here tonight at @cogsleep & @turnerinstitute - huge thanks to @jademurray13 & team!

[Healthy Brain Ageing Program, University of Sydney @HBAProgram_USYD]

📢 Exciting Job Opportunity! 💼 We're seeking a Senior Research Fellow/Associate Professor (Psychologist) to contribute to brain ageing & dementia research. 🎓 Join our team at the University of Sydney.
Apply now 👉https://t.co/5uQWPXVL5J @Prof_Naismith

[Laura Stankeviciute, PhD @Laura_Sofia_S]

🙋🏻‍♀️ Swing by my other poster P-832 to hear about sex differences (female vulnerability) in the relationship between #sleep disruptions and neurodegeneration!🧠🚺
@SleepPIA @SexAndGenderPIA #AAIC2023
#sexdifferences

[Shawn Kong @ShawnKong11]

Touched by an early-onset AD patient’s (Joe) story, highlighting the importance of early dementia diagnosis for timely intervention.

[Louise Pivac @louise_pivac]

Day 1 @AAIC2023 So excited to see the poster platform up and running.

I’m looking forward to addressing your comments and questions on the online platform. If you’re here in Amsterdam please drop by to chat during breaks on Monday at poster P2 -940 @SleepPIA @DrSRainey_Smith

[Healthy Brain Ageing Program, University of Sydney @HBAProgram_USYD]

Well done to our postdocs on successful presentations at #AAIC23 🎉

[Laura Stankeviciute, PhD @Laura_Sofia_S]

A bit sleepy but ready to present this work! 😴
Come by P-896 to hear about slow-wave #sleep reductions linked with regional tau #PET burden and cortical thinning INDEPENDENT of amyloid! 🧠
@SleepPIA @HarvardAging #AAIC2023

[Stephanie Rainey-Smith @DrSRainey_Smith]

If you’re at #AAIC2023 make sure you drop by poster 940 today to talk #sleep and blood-based biomarkers with HDR superstar @louise_pivac 🌟🧠@SleepPIA @cha_murdoch

[Alzheimer's Association @alzassociation]

News from #AAIC23: Results from large clinical trial finds hearing aids and ongoing auditory counseling cut cognitive decline in half for older adults who had hearing problems and who were at higher risk of cognitive decline. https://t.co/JzQEyH6rsU

[Louise Pivac @louise_pivac]

Are you interested in the relationship between OSA and GFAP? Come visit me at stand 940 today. @AAIC2023 @SleepPIA @cha_murdoch

[CogSleep Academy @cogsleepacademy]

A @cogsleepacademy committee meeting with difference! Committee members from Sydney & Perth celebrated a great start to #AAIC23 #SleepPIA with an Amsterdam canal cruise. Inspired by Amsterdam’s “Flower Bike Man”, whose wife’s memory loss led to his beautiful floral creations!

[Dr. Zoe Menczel Schrire @zoemschrire]

Come visit poster 822 to learn about the effect of light exposure on long term cognition in at risk dementia! #AAIC23

[Sharon Naismith, AM, FASSA @Prof_Naismith]

Lots of great #AAIC23 @cogsleep presentations here in Amsterdam! And so terrific our @cogsleepacademy could attend 1st international conference after so many Covid restrictions during their PhD years. @HBAProgram_USYD @SleepPIA

[Dr. Zoe Menczel Schrire @zoemschrire]

Come to poster 653 to learn about my clinical trial investigating high dose melatonin supplementation on oxidative stress in MCI! #AAIC23

[Sharon Naismith, AM, FASSA @Prof_Naismith]

Very proud of our @cogsleepacademy ECRs @zoemschrire & @SleepyAaronLam for their terrific @ISTAART #SleepPIA #AAIC23 data blitz presentations on melatonin in MCI and a new sleep dependent memory ‘chatbot’ app @cogsleep @HBAProgram_USYD