1 January 2024
Associate Professor Catherine Said
Associate Professor Said is the inaugural Associate Professor Physiotherapy, Western Health and The University of Melbourne, and a program director with the…
Research area
Physical Activity
1 January 2024
Liam Borelli-Millott
Liam (pronouns he/him) is a Research Assistant working on the 3C Respite Program project with the Clinical Gerontology Division and also assists…
1 January 2024
Professor Geoff McColl
Chair, NARI Board Professor Geoff McColl is an Emeritus Professor and previous Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University…
1 January 2024
Dr Bronwyn Dreher
Dr Bronwyn Dreher is a Research Fellow in the Clinical Gerontology Division at NARI, working on the ENJOY projects. She is a…
1 January 2024
Pooi Kheng Lee
Pooi Kheng, also known as PK, is a Bilingual Research Assistant in NARI's Aged Care Division. She contributes to the MRFF-funded Befriending…
1 January 2024
Janice Besch
Janice Besch is a Director of the NARI Board. Ms Besch is currently the Head of the Grants Development Team at Hunter…
1 January 2024
Sue Williams
Sue Williams is a Policy and Practice Fellow (Physiotherapist) with over 30 years of clinical practice and research experience working with older…
1 January 2024
Dr Wei-Hsuan (Michelle) Chiu
Dr Wei-Hsuan (Michelle) Chiu is a Research Fellow in the Aged Care and Social Gerontology Division at the National Ageing Research Institute…
1 January 2024
Kayla Lock
Kayla Lock is a Research Officer within the Social Gerontology division at NARI interested in program evaluation, including realist evaluation and implementation…
1 January 2024
Caitlin Tay
Caitlin is a Research Assistant within the Aged Care Division at NARI. She has a background in public health and is currently…
1 January 2024
Professor Briony Dow
Professor Briony Dow is the former Director of the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) and Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Medicine…
1 January 2024
Nina Bowes
Nina Bowes is a senior strategy and innovation leader specialising in enterprise strategy, governance, research and reform. She has over a decade…
1 January 2024
Dr David Barry
BSc (Biomed Sci), B App Sc (Human Movement, Hons), DC (USA), ND (USA), PhD (Human Nutrition), Grad Cert Research & Innovation Management…
1 January 2024
Dr Alyssa Welch
Alyssa is the Director of Commercialisation and Consultancy at NARI with an extensive background in project management and corporate communication in multidisciplinary…
1 January 2024
Dr Paulene Mackell
Dr. Paulene Mackell is employed as a casual Senior Research Fellow within the Clinical Gerontology division. She is an experienced social worker…
1 January 2024
Dr Jeew Hettiarachchi
Dr Jeew Hettiarachchi is a Research Fellow in the Social Gerontology Division at NARI. She is an Accredited Practising Dietitian with research…
1 January 2024
Associate Professor Frances Batchelor
Associate Professor Frances Batchelor is a Senior Principal Research Fellow and Director of the Clinical Gerontology Division. She is also the Research…
1 January 2024
Professor Lee-Fay Low
Lee-Fay Low is an Honorary Fellow at NARI and Professor in Ageing and Health at the University of Sydney. She is a…
1 January 2024
Our Ambassadors
Dr Patricia Edgar has had a long career at the forefront of media for children nationally and internationally, winning multiple awards for…
1 January 2024
Associate Professor Lucio Naccarella
A/Prof Lucio Naccarella is a leading health systems researcher, evaluator and implementation science educator, with interests in systems change, health system literacy…
1 January 2024
Professor Len Gray
Len Gray is a senior researcher and Professor in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Queensland. He is trained and has extensive…
1 January 2024
Pinyi Zou
Pinyi is a Research Assistant at NARI. She completed a Bachelor of Biomedicine at the University of Melbourne, majoring in Human Structure…
1 January 2024
Associate Professor Paul Andrew Yates
Associate Professor Paul Yates is a geriatrician with Austin Health, Deputy Director of Aged Care Research and Medical Lead for the Residential…
1 January 2024
Professor Sigrid Nakrem
Professor Sigrid Nakrem is a Registered Nurse and an academic at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Public Health…
1 January 2024
Associate Professor Josefine Antoniades
Josefine Antoniades is an Associate Professor in Health Communication at la Trobe University and an Honorary Research Fellow at NARI. She was…
1 January 2024
Dr Celene Yap
Dr Celene Yap is a Research Fellow at Clinical Gerontology division, specialising in the emergency care for older people. Her work focuses…
1 January 2024
Professor Tracy Comans
Professor Tracy Comans is the Director of the National Ageing Research Institute, a position she leverages to influence aged care policy and…
1 January 2024
Connie Huang
Connie is a Bilingual Research Assistant in NARI’s Aged Care Division. She is a part of the Befriending with GENIE project, an…
1 January 2024
Danyang Dai
Danyang is a Research Officer working on the IMPART (IMproving PAlliative care in Residential aged care using Telehealth) project, overseeing the management…
1 January 2024
Dr Tofunmi Aworinde
Dr Tofunmi Aworinde is a Research Fellow at NARI. Tofunmi has experience in dementia care research, shared decision-making, intervention development and evaluation…
1 January 2024
Dr Anna Lane
Dr Anna Lane is a Research Fellow in the Social Gerontology Division at NARI and an Honorary Fellow at the University of…
1 January 2024
Dr Alyson Sweeney
Dr Alyson Sweeney is a Registered Nurse who has specialised in the management of incontinence and care for people with urinary catheters…
1 January 2024
Dr Zhichao Wang
Zhichao is a research fellow at NARI and Centre for Health Services Research, University of Queensland. As a health economist, his research…
1 January 2024
Mairead Hallissey
Mairead is a Research Officer at NARI working on the ENJOY Seniors Exercise Parks Projects. She is an APA Sport and Exercise…
1 January 2024
Dr Katrin Gerber
Dr Katrin Gerber is a NARI Honorary Fellow. She is an end-of-life researcher with a PhD in Psychology from the University of…
1 January 2024
Dr Andrew Simon Gilbert
Andrew is a Research Fellow in the Aged Care Division at NARI. He currently works on the PITCH First Nations project and…
1 January 2024
Alfred Deakin Professor Alison Hutchinson
Professor Alison Hutchinson is the Chair in Nursing at Barwon Health, a Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Deakin…
1 January 2024
Professor Leon Flicker
Leon Flicker is the inaugural Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Western Australia since 1998 and Executive Director of the…
1 January 2024
Dr Upasana Baruah
Dr Upasana Baruah is a Research Fellow at NARI in the Division of Social Gerontology. She is a social work and mental…
1 January 2024
Professor Joan Ostaszkiewicz
Joan Ostaszkiewicz is a Program Manager in the Clinical Gerontology Division at the National Ageing Research Institute, Honorary Associate Professor in the…
1 January 2024
Professor Pazit Levinger
Professor Levinger is a Senior Principal Researcher (Accredited Exercise Physiologist) at NARI. She also holds Honorary positions at the Rehabilitation, Ageing and…
1 January 2024
Dr Ellen Gaffy
Dr Ellen Gaffy is a Research Officer at the National Ageing Research Institute and a PhD graduate from La Trobe University. At…
1 January 2024
Associate Professor Kirsten Moore
Kirsten Moore is a social gerontologist and Honorary Fellow at NARI. She returned to NARI in 2020 after six years working at…
1 January 2024
Associate Professor Anita Goh
Associate Professor Anita Goh (MAPS, FCCN) is a clinician researcher, with expertise in mental health, cognition, ageing, and dementia. Anita is a…
1 January 2024
Marcia Fearn
Research Policy and Practice Fellow Research Administration Officer Marcia has a background in psychology and social science and is a Research Practice…
1 January 2024
Dr Lidia Engel
Dr Lidia Engel is an Honorary Fellow at NARI and a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University. She currently holds a Dementia…
1 January 2024
Professor Claudia Cooper
Professor Cooper collaborates with NARI on a number of studies, including PITCH, No More Shame and Moving Pictures India. She leads the…
1 January 2024
Sunny Huang
Sunny Huang is a Bilingual Research Assistant at NARI, working on collecting data and completing validated measures with people living with dementia…
1 January 2024
Elizabeth Watt
Liz is a Senior Research Fellow within the Aged Care Division of NARI. Liz is a Registered Nurse with over 30-years of…
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