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  1. About us
  2. Our Board

Our board

Our Board of Directors brings a diverse range of expertise to the National Ageing Research Institute.  They are responsible for the Institute's overall performance and compliance, providing strategic direction, effective governance and leadership.

Associate Professor Michael Murray AM

Associate Professor Michael Murray AM, is the President of the NARI Board, the medical director of Continuing Care and head of Geriatric Medicine at Austin Health, Associate Professor at Melbourne University and Adjunct Associate Professor Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University. Read more

Published: 15th October, 2020

Updated: 6th February, 2023

Author: Kallie Turner

Derek McMillan

Derek McMillan is a current Director and former Vice-President of the NARI Board. Mr McMillan is Managing Director of Centennial Living, an operator of retirement villages. He has held Executive and Board positions in Health and Ageing organisations since 1999 including at Australian Unity, the Property Council of Australia and Leading Aged Services Australia – Victoria. Read more

Published: 15th October, 2020

Updated: 6th February, 2023

Author: Kallie Turner

Janice Besch

Janice Besch is a Director of the NARI Board. Ms Besch is the Chief Executive Officer for the Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine. In conjunction with this appointment, which is on a part-time basis, she provides consultancy advice independently and as a Senior Consultant with Outside Opinion. Read more

Published: 24th May, 2022

Updated: 6th February, 2023

Author: Lindell Claff

Michael Tandora

Michael Tandora became a Director of the NARI Board in May 2023. He has practised as a commercial litigation solicitor since 2004. He is a Special Counsel at the Australian law firm Mills Oakley. He has also worked at international law firms Ashurst, Baker McKenzie and King & Wood Mallesons. Read more

Published: 24th May, 2023

Author: Kathryn Squires

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

Updated: 30th November, 2022

Author: Kallie Turner

Professor Danny Liew

Professor Danny Liew is a Director of the NARI Board. He is the Dean of Medicine and Head of the Adelaide Medical School at the University of Adelaide. Read more

Published: 15th October, 2020

Updated: 6th February, 2023

Author: Kallie Turner

Richard Gallina

Richard Gallina brings over 15 years of hands-on accounting and leadership experience to his role of Director and Treasurer on the NARI Board. He currently works as the Group Financial Controller at Partners Wealth Group and is a member of Chartered Accounts Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ). Read more

Published: 15th October, 2020

Updated: 24th May, 2023

Author: Kallie Turner

Sue Leitch

Sue is a Director on the NARI Board with experience in social and health policy for older people. Her key areas of interest are elder abuse, ageism, social policy to support active ageing and age friendly communities. She is a visual artist working in issues for older women. Read more

Published: 10th May, 2023

Author: Kathryn Squires

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  • Conversations on Ageing: Laureate Professor Peter Doherty AC

    Conversations on Ageing: Laureate Professor Peter Doherty AC

    We were honoured to host Professor Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize Laureate, as our inaugural conversationalist on 22 June 2022. Watch the recording as Professor Doherty talks about how older people can contribute to public discourse on ageing and identity.

  • Conversations on Ageing: Ageism and Human Rights for Older People

    Conversations on Ageing: Ageism and Human Rights for Older People

    Geraldine Doogue AO and Patricia Sparrow joined us as our conversationalists on 4 May 2023 to talk about human rights and ageing - watch the conversation here.

  • Wei-Hsuan (Michelle) Chiu

    Michelle is a Research Assistant within the Aged Care Division of NARI. She is also a PhD candidate at the Melbourne Medical School of the University of Melbourne and holds an honorary position at Neuropsychiatry of the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

  • Michael Tandora

    Michael Tandora became a Director of the NARI Board in May 2023. He has practised as a commercial litigation solicitor since 2004. He is a Special Counsel at the Australian law firm Mills Oakley. He has also worked at international law firms Ashurst, Baker McKenzie and King & Wood Mallesons.

Most read

  • Falls risk for older People in the community: FROP-Com

    The Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com and FROP-Com Screen) are tools used in the community for assessment or screening of falls risk.

  • What is the Seniors Exercise Park?

    What is the Seniors Exercise Park?

    The Seniors Exercise Park is an outdoor exercise equipment includes multiple stations specifically designed for older people to improve strength, balance, joint movements, mobility and function.

  • Indigenous Cognitive Assessment: Regional and Urban KICA

    The regional and urban KICA is an instrument to assess dementia in older Aboriginal people in regional and urban settings.

  • Age-positive language guide

    Age-positive language guide

    As part of our commitment to combatting ageism, NARI has developed an age-positive language guide. The guide provides practical examples of how words, phrases, and images can better portray older people and combat ageism.

  • Victorian falls and balance service directory

    Victorian falls and balance service directory

    The Victorian Falls and Balance Service Directory provides details of the clinics and programs operated by public hospitals and community health services in Victoria for older people who have had a fall or are at risk of falling.

  • BEFRIENDAS

    BEFRIENDAS investigates the impact of befriending on levels of depression, anxiety, social support and loneliness in older people living in residential aged care when provided by trained volunteers.

  • Grief in Older People and its Effect on Healthcare Use

    Grief in Older People and its Effect on Healthcare Use

    Examines the effects of grief in older people on healthcare use from the perspective of (a) the older bereaved person who is experiencing grief and (b) GPs who are treating grieving older people.

  • Elder abuse and dementia

    These three short films demonstrate how to respond where the carer abuses the person with dementia; where the person with dementia abuses their carer; and where there is unintended neglect related to advancing dementia. They were co-produced with providers and older people, with funding from the State Trustees Australia Foundation.

  • Mental health tips for aged care workers and managers

    Mental health tips for aged care workers and managers

    NARI has mental health tips and strategies to help aged care workers and managers best handle stress and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic, to optimise wellbeing.

  • How to stay active at home - Exercises for older people

    How to stay active at home - Exercises for older people

    NARI's exercise videos can help older people stay active at home, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic when you may not be as physically active outdoors. The exercises were developed by allied health professionals with expertise in exercise for older people.

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