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The National Ageing Research Institute employs researchers, including early career and postgraduate students who work on a range of projects bringing research to life. Investing in our people is vital to the success of our work. We are committed to being an inclusive organisation.

Our volunteers also play a crucial role at NARI. Many have worked with us for a considerable period of time, contributing invaluable time and skills to the organisation.

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Amy Parker

Amy is a Research Fellow within the Clinical Gerontology Division at NARI. She leads NARI’s program of work for the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) regarding older people policy. Read more

Published: 20th November, 2020

Updated: 15th January, 2021

Author: Kathryn Squires

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Anabelle Peck

Anabelle Peck is a Research Assistant in the Clinical Gerontology Division at NARI. She works on projects exploring aspects of aged care service delivery, and educational interventions for improving pain management in residential aged care. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2020

Updated: 15th January, 2021

Author: Esther tan

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Associate Professor Bianca Brijnath

Associate Professor Bianca Brijnath is the Divisional Director of Social Gerontology at the National Ageing Research Institute. Her disciplinary training is in medical anthropology and public health and her research expertise is in cultural diversity, dementia, and mental health. She leads the Moving Pictures study in Australia and India. Read more

Published: 17th September, 2020

Updated: 27th October, 2020

Author: Kallie Turner

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Associate Professor Frances Batchelor

A/Prof Frances Batchelor is the Director of Clinical Gerontology and a Research Lead for the Melbourne Ageing Research Collaboration. Her PhD was on falls prevention after stroke. Her research interests are falls prevention, balance and gait, healthy ageing, the role of technology in ageing, and health and aged care practice. Read more

Published: 13th October, 2020

Updated: 14th October, 2020

Author: Esther tan

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Bridget O’Bree

Bridget is a research assistant at NARI on the BEFRIENDAS project which is exploring the impact of befriending on loneliness, depression and anxiety in older people living in residential aged care. Read more

Published: 15th January, 2021

Author: Kathryn Squires

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Debra O’Connor

Debra O'Connor is the Deputy Director of NARI and Director of the Melbourne Ageing Research Collaboration (MARC). As a member of the executive team, she leads the operational and research governance functioning of NARI as well as supporting the Board and their subcommittees. Read more

Published: 15th October, 2020

Updated: 20th October, 2020

Author: Kallie Turner

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Dr Andrew Simon Gilbert

Dr Andrew Simon Gilbert is a Research Fellow in the Social Gerontology Division at National Ageing Research Institute. He is an emerging researcher in health and aged care systems, including organisational issues and policy. He has 10 years’ experience working with people with intellectual disabilities in government and non-profit sectors. Read more

Published: 17th September, 2020

Updated: 27th October, 2020

Author: Kallie Turner

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Dr Anita Goh

Dr Anita Goh is a clinician researcher, and as a clinical neuropsychologist, her research focuses on cognitive health, mental health and well-being, and quality of life in ageing, with a specialisation in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders. She has a strong academic output and is committed to knowledge translation and engagement. Read more

Published: 17th September, 2020

Updated: 27th October, 2020

Author: Kallie Turner

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Dr Carolina Navarro Medel

Dr Carolina Navarro is a Bilingual Research Assistant at Moving Pictures. She interviews members of Spanish-speaking communities about their experiences as carers or providers of services for people with dementia. Carolina is an expert on the interviewing of victims and vulnerable witnesses in multicultural settings. Read more

Published: 6th November, 2020

Updated: 18th November, 2020

Author: Lindell Claff

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Dr Christa Dang

Christa is a research fellow at the National Ageing Research Institute, working on a variety of projects all centred around quality of care for older people and its impact on their well-being. Read more

Published: 18th August, 2020

Updated: 2nd September, 2020

Author: Esther tan

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Dr Jessica Cecil

Dr Jessica Cecil is a Research Fellow within the Aged Care Division at NARI. With an interest in translational and multi-disciplinary research, her current research interests include continence care in residential aged care homes, health and wellbeing in remote Aboriginal communities and public health care research. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2020

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Dr Joan Ostaszkiewicz

Joan leads a program of research on issues related to the care of older people who access aged care services. Joan has content expertise in the management of incontinence in residential aged care and in the development and evaluation of evidence-based knowledge translation resources for aged care. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2020

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Dr Josefine Antoniades

Dr Josefine Antoniades is a Research Fellow in Social Gerontology. Her disciplinary expertise is at the nexus of psychology, public health and primary care. Her research interests include dementia, mental health and health literacy, in particular in underserved and vulnerable communities. Dr Antoniades is the national project manager for Moving Pictures. Read more

Published: 17th September, 2020

Updated: 27th October, 2020

Author: Kallie Turner

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Dr Kate O'Halloran

Dr Kate O’Halloran is a Research Fellow (Mental Health) in Social Gerontology. She leads the elder abuse portfolio at NARI, has a PhD in Gender and Cultural Studies and has worked extensively in the family violence and media sectors prior to returning to academia. Read more

Published: 17th September, 2020

Updated: 27th October, 2020

Author: Kallie Turner

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Dr Katrin Gerber

Dr Katrin Gerber is an end-of-life researcher with a PhD in Psychology from the University of Melbourne. Her passion for palliative care, end-of-life research, bereavement support and mental health stems from her work as a hospice volunteer and her experience as a family caregiver. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2020

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Dr Kirsten Moore

Kirsten Moore is a Senior Research Fellow in the Melbourne Ageing Research Collaboration. She is a social gerontologist with a research focus on dementia, family carers, grief and end of life care. She has extensive experience in clinical trials, qualitative research, service evaluation and implementation studies in multiple settings. Read more

Published: 29th October, 2020

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Dr Scott Fraser

Dr. Scott Fraser is a Research Fellow at NARI involved in a diverse array of projects ranging from cultural aspects of care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, aged care workforce sustainability and harnessing the power of digital health and big data how it applies to aged care services. Read more

Published: 17th September, 2020

Updated: 27th October, 2020

Author: Kallie Turner

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Dr Steven Savvas

Steve is a researcher in geriatric science and experienced in aged care. He is also an expert in pain and dementia, workforce education, and innovation in home and residential aged care. His work focuses on the quality of aged care services, education and training aged care staff, and managing clinical concerns in older people. Read more

Published: 9th September, 2020

Updated: 28th September, 2020

Author: Esther tan

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Dr Thu Ha Dang

I am a Bilingual Research Assistant with over 25 years of working experience in different areas of healthcare, both in Vietnam and Australia. I have extensive experience in clinical research and data management, systematic and scoping reviews, quantitative and quantitative research. My interest research areas are digital health and dementia. Read more

Published: 27th October, 2020

Updated: 2nd November, 2020

Author: Lindell Claff

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Ellen Gaffy

Ellen Gaffy is a Research Assistant at the National Ageing Research Institute and a PhD candidate at La Trobe University. Ellen has worked across a range of research areas including dementia and carer support. Her PhD research is exploring the involvement of people living with dementia in co-design. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2020

Updated: 28th September, 2020

Author: Esther tan

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Erica Wise

Erica is a research officer at NARI working across multiple projects. She coordinates and facilitates the ‘PITCH – Promoting Independence Through quality dementia Care at Home’ training program, which works with home and community care workers in Victoria and New South Wales. Read more

Published: 17th November, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Georgia Major

I am a Research Assistant at NARI on the BEFRIENDAS project where I am involved in recruiting residents from aged care facilities and completing interviews. I have previously worked with older adults living in the community and am interested in research topics of depression, loneliness and cognitive impairment. Read more

Published: 17th September, 2020

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Jeremy Dunn

Jeremy is an Exercise Physiologist working on the ENJOY project. He has completed exercise programs using the senior exercise parks at 3 sites across Melbourne and delivered workshops for allied health and council staff on the safe use of the parks. He is currently working on the ENJOY project expansion. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2020

Updated: 22nd September, 2020

Author: Esther tan

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Jess Barry

Jess Barry is a Research Assistant within the Clinical Gerontology Division. Her research focuses on older people and acute models of public health care. Jess works across a joint program of work with the DHHS VIC. Jess is a Registered Public Health Nutritionist with a Master of Public Health. Read more

Published: 26th August, 2020

Updated: 28th August, 2020

Author: Esther tan

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Julieta Sabates

Julieta is a bilingual Research Assistant at NARI. She trained as a psychologist at The University of Buenos Aires and is currently undertaking a PhD at The University of Melbourne, where she is researching younger-onset dementia. Read more

Published: 27th October, 2020

Updated: 30th October, 2020

Author: Lindell Claff

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Kayla Lock

Kayla is a Research Assistant at NARI within the MARC division working across a range of projects. She is interested in diversity, elder abuse, aged care and end of life care. Read more

Published: 26th October, 2020

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Kerry Hwang

Kerry is a Research Assistant with the Melbourne Ageing Research Collaboration and the National Ageing Research Institute. His research interest involves improving the lives of older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Kerry has been involved in other areas of Ageing research, including: elder abuse, advance care planning, falls, dementia. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2020

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Leona Kosowicz

Leona is a research assistant in the Aged Care division at NARI. She is contributing to the development of a best-practice model of continence care for residential aged care, and to qualitative research that aims to understand quality of care from the perspectives of aged care staff, residents, and family. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2020

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Marcia Fearn

Marcia is a research officer in the Aged Care Division as well as the NARI Research Administration Officer. She is the project coordinator for the BEFRIENDAS randomised controlled trial, exploring the impact of befriending provided by volunteers on depression, anxiety and loneliness in older people living in residential aged care. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2020

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Paulene Mackell

Paulene has been a Research Fellow at NARI since 2012 and a PhD Candidate at RMIT since 2018. In recent years, Paulene has coordinated the development of a collaborative study that is exploring how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Art Centres keep their Elders strong and connected. Read more

Published: 1st September, 2020

Updated: 24th September, 2020

Author: Esther tan

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Peter Feldman

Peter joined NARI in 2018. His areas of specialisation are program evaluation employing mixed methods, and qualitative research. His current and past research and evaluation projects cover a broad range of health and social issues from early childhood services to community and residential aged care. Read more

Published: 17th September, 2020

Updated: 27th October, 2020

Author: Kallie Turner

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Phuong Lan Do

Phuong has background in social work with a concentration in policy practice to address the needs of culturally diverse communities. She holds a Master's in Social Work, with research interests in exploring clients’ insights on the quality of residential aged care and good social work practice for adults with dementia. Read more

Published: 27th October, 2020

Updated: 2nd November, 2020

Author: Lindell Claff

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Professor Briony Dow

Professor Briony Dow is Director of the National Ageing Research Institute and Honorary Professor at the School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne and Honorary Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University. Briony leads a range of both aged care and social and clinical gerontology research programs. Read more

Published: 15th October, 2020

Author: Kallie Turner

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Professor Colleen Doyle

Colleen Doyle PhD is a senior principal research fellow at NARI and a research consultant. Colleen has published extensively in academic and technical reports on aged care, including as lead author for a book published internationally in 2018 on ‘Moving into residential care; a practical guide for older people and their families’. Read more

Published: 2nd September, 2020

Updated: 8th September, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Professor Pazit Levinger

Professor Levinger is a Senior Researcher (Accredited Exercise Physiologist) at NARI. She also holds Honorary positions at the Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living (RAIL) Research Centre, Monash University and the Institute for Health and Sport (IHES), Victoria University. Read more

Published: 26th August, 2020

Updated: 19th November, 2020

Author: Esther tan

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Robin Harper

Robin is a research assistant on the BEFRIENDAS study, exploring the impact of ‘befriending’ on the mental health, social connectedness and wellbeing of older adults living in residential aged care settings. She is committed to promoting care, respect, self-determination and dignity for older people. Read more

Published: 16th November, 2020

Updated: 17th November, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Sarah Carr

Experienced Public Health researcher with a history of working in the population health research industry. Skilled in Health Promotion, Epidemiology, Project Management and Scientific writing. Read more

Published: 4th September, 2020

Updated: 19th November, 2020

Author: Rachel Meehan

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Stephanie Garratt

Stephanie is a research officer with an interest in healthcare ethics, medication management, workforce, and quality improvement in aged care. She has previously worked on projects related to technology and quality improvement in both home care and residential aged care. Read more

Published: 26th August, 2020

Author: Esther tan

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Sue Williams

Sue is a physiotherapist working in research and clinical practice. Her research interests include balance, falls prevention, stroke, workforce redesign, service delivery and the well-being of older people. Sue has worked as a project manager on numerous research projects, and is an active researcher in MARC (Melbourne Ageing Research Collaboration). Read more

Published: 19th August, 2020

Updated: 26th August, 2020

Author: Esther tan

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