NICM HRI Seminar 2020 - Building your Best Day for Dementia Prevention
Event Name | NICM HRI Seminar 2020 - Building your Best Day for Dementia Prevention |
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Start Date | 17th Feb 2020 12:00 pm |
End Date | 17th Feb 2020 1:00 pm |
Duration | 1 hour |
Description | NICM Health Research Institute presents Dr Ashleigh Smith, Senior Research Fellow; Steering Committee Member for the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity Research Group at the University of South Australia; and Chief Investigating Officer on a Boosting Dementia Priority grant.Join our guest seminar speaker, Dr Ashleigh Smith (opens in a new window), as she discusses brain health and dementia prevention based on what we know about the right mix of sleep, physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Dr Smith is an emerging research leader whose research is positioned at the nexus of neuroscience, exercise physiology and cognitive ageing. She has held consecutive research fellowships since 2013 and is the recipient of more than $3 million in competitive research grants and leads a national multidisciplinary team. OverviewThe number of people living with dementia in Australia is expected to increase from 459,000 people to over 1 million by 2058. Despite these projections there is a lack of effective medical interventions that prevent, treat or slow dementia. In the absence of this, the current best strategy is to reduce an individuals risk through modifying their dementia risk factors. Up to 30 per cent of late life dementia may be attributable to modifiable lifestyle risk factors such as poor diet, physical inactivity, smoking and diabetes to name a few. Dr Smith's presentation 'Building your best day for dementia prevention' will explore this and more, so come along for an interesting discussion and light lunch. >> Download the flyer (PDF, 345.27 KB)(opens in a new window) Event detailsWHEN: Monday 17 February 2020 Transport and parkingPublic transport - Visit Transport NSW(opens in a new window) for up to date travel information. |