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The Impact Of The Environment And Pollution On Cognitive Health (EPOCH): Building The Knowledge Base Through International Collaboration
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$681,240.00
Summary
Neighbourhood environments can impact on the health of their residents. However, not much is known about their effects on cognitive decline in late life. This project will link environmental data to existing studies on ageing to examine how the neighbourhood built environment (e.g., access to services), natural environment, air pollution and noise may impact on cognitive decline and the risk of dementia in older adults and whether these effects differ in the United Kingdom and Australia.
E-DADS: Early Detection Of Alzheimer’s Disease Subtypes
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$488,725.00
Summary
Alzheimer's disease manifests differently in different people. Some people may get the disease at younger ages or they may progress in the disease much faster than others. This grant aims to use large amounts of data from around the world to understand why these differences exist. This knowledge will be converted into a tool where data from a specific individual can be used to forecast if and when they will get the disease and how fast that disease will progress and how it could be prevented.
Intelligent Total Body Scanner For Early Detection Of Melanoma
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$499,963.00
Summary
Melanoma is the 4th most common cancer in Australia; the main screening tool is a time-consuming total body examination with a hand-held dermoscope. This project aims to develop a total body scanner using fast-refocusing lenses to take total body dermoscopy images of all skin lesions in approximately 6 minutes, integrated with a computer aided diagnostic tool providing a risk score for each lesion incorporating medical history, genotypic and phenotypic risk markers.