Scholarship recipients

2020

Ms. Zoe Menczel Schrire

Project: Feasibility of 3 months Melatonin Supplementation of Brain oxidative stress and sleep in Mild cognitive impairment – a randomized Placebo Controlled Pilot study.

Ms. Schrire is a student at the Faculty of Psychology at the Charles Perkins Centre, Brain and Mid Centre and the Woolcock Institute of sleep. She will start her PhD studies

2019

Dr Elie Matar

Project: Clinical, sleep and neuroimaging biomarkers across the spectrum of Lewy body disease

Dr Matar is a PhD student in the Central Clinical School Medicine and Health Faculty.

2018

Ms Kathryn Mathews

Project: Neurogenesis gradients in the human hippocampus.

Ms Mathews was a PhD candidate in the University of Sydney’s School of Medical Sciences, Brain and Mind Centre and Discipline of Biomedical Sciences

2017

Ms An Truong

Project: Migratory characteristics of skin-derived neural precursors as a novel regenerative therapy for Alzheimer’s disease.

Ms Truong was a PhD candidate in the Regenerative Neuroscience Group at the Brain and Mind Centre at the University of Sydney’s School of Medicine.

2016

Ms Isabella Leung

Project: Detecting hippocampal subfield response to computerised cognitive training in older people with documented cognitive decline. 

Ms Leung was a student at the University of Sydney Medical School.   

2015

Ms Claire O’Connor

Project: Understanding behaviour and function in frontotemporal dementia: developing better assessments and intervention approaches.

Ms O’Connor was a doctoral candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Aging Work and Health Research Unit.

2014

Ms Cecilia Minogue

Project: Cognitive decline in older Aboriginal people: is education protective?

Ms Minogue was a doctoral candidate in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney.