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Finding Voice Through Loss: how a gift is empowering dementia care A widow’s gift to the Brain and Mind Centre is supporting vital communication therapy for people with Primary Progressive Aphasia, transforming personal loss into lasting impact for dementia care and ...

We’re pleased to share the personal story of Siân Jarrett. Her generous philanthropy has been instrumental in supporting the provision of speech therapy to so many through FRONTIER’s Speech Pathology Clinic, the PPA Communication Project.

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🗣️How a new category of autism diagnosis could change disability support

This prompted @thelancet.com to commission a group of international experts to propose a new category of “profound autism”.

Read -> lnkd.in/gksRD2ff

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Super excited to start as Co-Director, Discovery and Translation, @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au this week working with Ian Hickie. Look forward to working with all the amazing researchers and clinicians who make BMC such a success in #neuorscience #mentalhealth research and impact.

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re celebrating our researchers.

Photographed below: A/Prof Rachel Tan, Co-leader of the Neurotherapeutic Innovations research team.

#WomenInStem

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Understanding the multifaceted nature of quality of life in dementia using a transdiagnostic network analysis approach Efforts to improve quality of life (QOL) in dementia depend on its accurate conceptualization and assessment. We employed a data-driven network approach to examine the structure of relationships be...

New paper by @lauradewitte.bsky.social & Candy Cheung

Understanding the multifaceted nature of quality of life in dementia using a transdiagnostic network analysis approach

doi.org/10.1080/1360...

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Modeling contributions of cognition and apathy to functional impairment in younger‐onset dementia INTRODUCTION Overlaps in symptom presentation limits the capacity to predict functional impairment and future care needs in younger-onset dementia syndromes. METHODS A general additive model (GAM)...

New paper by @samuelwarren.bsky.social and colleagues,

Modeling contributions of cognition and apathy to functional impairment in younger-onset dementia

doi.org/10.1002/dad2...

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#endFTD

YouTube video by Right care, first time, where you live Right care, first time, where you live Program Recap

⏩Watch Program Overview #RightCareFirstTimeWhereYouLive, which aimed to deliver a bold vision to get young people back to work, back to school, and thriving in their communities.

The 5-year program was enabled by $12.8 million investment from BHP Foundation.

Watch> www.youtube.com/watch?v=56ge...

⭐University of Sydney researchers have been awarded more than $38.9 million in NHMRC Ideas Grants.

Congrats to Prof Adam Walker, Sydney Horizon Fellow Dr Morgan James, and Dr Kristi Griffiths

Read full list>https://lnkd.in/ewsvUXg5

💉#Ozempic Wins Over Side-Effects💉

Study by Dr Hannah Bowrey + Dr Morgan James @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social found people cared more about whether drugs like Ozempic helped them lose weight than about the moderate side effects.

Study> lnkd.in/egmS4vj7

Research> lnkd.in/eNWmJcjD

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Snowy Valleys Council 2026 Australia Day Awards Announced The 2026 Snowy Valleys Council Australia Day Award recipients were announced at a special dinner ceremony held on Saturday 24 January, with invited finalist nominees joining Councillors and dignitarie...

Congratulations to Jane Dean on being named the 2026 Snowy Valleys Citizen Achievement Award! Jane, Stephen, and their family have made an extraordinary contribution to raising awareness and funds for #FTD research within the Tumut community. #endFTD

www.snowyvalleys.nsw.gov.au/News-Media/S...

Groundbreaking study to pave way for oxytocin tracing in humans

A first-of-its-kind study could answer one of the most important neuroscience questions about the impact of oxytocin on the brain and body

Read ✅ www.sydney.edu.au/brain-mind/n...

www.nature.com/articles/s42...

PERIscope Commercialisation Awards 🏆 Congrats to Dr Ann-Na Cho, Dr Hannah Bowrey and Dr Morgan James of Brain and Mind Centre

#LeadershipForGood

Read more -> www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...

Congrats to A/Prof @frankiorfino.bsky.social and Christine Song - recipients of @sydney.edu.au 2025 Vice-Chancellor's Awards ⭐

Congrats to 68 award recipients – 13 individuals and 7 teams – honoured this year.

#LeadershipForGood

All recipients -> lnkd.in/gXbVtb_S

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@aunz.theconversation.com 🚨Home-based care could help many with acute mental illness

A regional NSW public hospital will soon close its mental health inpatient facility in favour of a home-based service.
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For many people with acute mental illness, ‘hospital in the home’ means living well in the community Australia’s response to mental illness is still hospital-centric. Treating more patients in their homes is a step in the right direction.

For many people with acute mental illness, ‘hospital in the home’ means living well in the community - Great Conversation article by Sebastian Rosenberg

'Our mental health system is under enormous pressure,' says Rosenberg.

📰 bit.ly/SebRosenberg...

For many people with acute mental illness, ‘hospital in the home’ means living well in the community Australia’s response to mental illness is still hospital-centric. Treating more patients in their homes is a step in the right direction.

For many people with acute mental illness, ‘hospital in the home’ means living well in the community - Great Conversation article by Sebastian Rosenberg

'Our mental health system is under enormous pressure,' says Rosenberg.

📰 bit.ly/SebRosenberg...

🧠 New research shows digital tools could help close youth mental health care gap in #WesternSydney

🔗https://bit.ly/YouthMentalHealthDeclineWesternSydney

A Bayesian analysis of diagnostic timelines across Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, and other neurodegenerative conditions INTRODUCTION Timely diagnosis is crucial for managing neurodegenerative conditions. This study investigated whether time from symptom onset to diagnosis differs by clinical syndrome and sex. METHO...

New study by @a-ambikairajah.bsky.social which investigates the time to diagnosis of the frontotemporal lobar degeneration syndromes relative to Alzheimer's disease.

dx.doi.org/10.1002/dad2...

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#endFTD

The problem of misdiagnosis in frontotemporal dementia - ABC listen Frontotemporal dementia has been in the headlines recently because of the diagnosis of Bruce Willis in 2023.  It's one of the most common forms of younger-onset dementia but there are fears many case...

ABC Listen ✅ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

in conversation with Prof Olivier Piguet. Experts want the diagnostic guidelines for FTD to be broadened, as they currently exclude patients with #MemoryLoss

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Restrictive criteria for frontotemporal dementia lead to late treatment Dementia experts at the University of Sydney are calling for a review of criteria to help families, carers and patients receive support earlier in their illness.

📰 Researchers call for updates to diagnostic criteria for bvFTD, in study published in Alz & Dementia

BvFTD is the most common form of FTD accounting for up to 70% of cases.

Prof Olivier_Piguet Director @frontier-usyd.bsky.social

✅ bit.ly/RestrictiveC...

Slow ageing Join University of Sydney experts for fresh insights and evidence unlocking our understanding of healthy brain ageing. How might we all live – and stay – well, for longer, at any stage of life?

It's natural that as we get older, our body and mind decline. How might we all live well, for longer, at any stage of life?

Join @sydney.edu.au experts for fresh insights and evidence unlocking our understanding of healthy brain ageing.

Wednesday 24 September, 6:30pm. Register free!

Younger-onset dementia patients missing out on timely diagnosis Dementia researchers are calling for changes to the way one of the most common forms of younger-onset dementia is diagnosed, arguing current guidelines are overly restrictive and could delay access to...

It's nice to see our research receiving the media attention it deserves. #endFTD

www.abc.net.au/news/health/...

Here is the linked paper:

alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Join @sydney.edu.au experts to explore healthy ageing, new research into the ethics and science of dementia prevention.

Featuring @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social researchers Eleanor Drummond & Olivier Piguet, sociologist Gilbert Knaggs from FASS, and host Elfy Scott.

Register now: bit.ly/4pq3tYP

#RaisingAwareness for Dementia in Culturally Diverse communities.

‪Prof @lee-faylow.bsky.social‬ leads #FacingDementiaTogether program to raise awareness and break down stigma in Southwest Sydney’s Arabic, Chinese and Vietnamese communities

Read: lnkd.in/gDSKvFzw

ABCListens 📻 App MIA (#MentalHealth Intelligence Agent) is an AI tool project led by BMC researchers @frankiorfino.bsky.social @ian-hickie.bsky.social which aims to provide a safer tool for young people - using evidence-based mental health tools.

Listen now ➡️https://lnkd.in/gZG9Ucja

ABCListens 📻 App MIA (#MentalHealth Intelligence Agent) is an AI tool project led by BMC researchers @frankiorfino.bsky.social @ian-hickie.bsky.social which aims to provide a safer tool for young people - using evidence-based mental health tools.

Listen now ➡️https://lnkd.in/gZG9Ucja

Minding Your Mind Health & Fitness Podcast · Updated Weekly · Mental health expert Prof Ian Hickie and author & broadcaster James O’Loghlin explore all aspects of mental health; the different types of mental health iss...

What is self-talk? Does everyone have a little voice in their head? Or only some of us? How can self-talk help us, and hinder us? Can we control our self-talk? New pod w Ian Hickie and me
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As we stress more than ever, is it time to ‘microdose delight’? Our brains are not built to handle the daily threats modern humans face. But there’s a trick that may help them.

Microdosing delight to combat stress; interesting concept, backed by neuroscience. Was a pleasure to comment on the very excellent work of @drrachelbarr.bsky.social ‬on how the experience of delight can tune down our stress response. @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/he...

Exciting Leadership Opportunity - Applications are open for role of Co-Director, Brain and Mind Centre at the @Sydney_Uni #LeadershipforGood

☑️ Find out more and apply here: lnkd.in/gUGmJSfn

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For those who enjoy the podcast with @jamesologhlin.bsky.social and me, joint us for this latest exercise in improving your mental health and wellbeing