Biography

Nikki-Anne is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales and Conjoint Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia. She is also a passionate science communicator and regular speaker at community and science outreach events.

Her research focuses on identifying ways to support healthy brain ageing and reduce dementia risk. Nikki-Anne investigates various aspects of creative and social cognition to determine how these processes support brain health as we age. Her work also aims to reduce the stigma surrounding dementia and drive more equitable access to brain health through population level approaches to dementia risk reduction. 

She was awarded the Graduate Medal for Research Excellence for her PhD, completed at the Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney. Her thesis examined the neurocognitive processes driving disrupted social behaviour in frontotemporal dementia. 

Nikki-Anne identifies as having a disability.

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