Name

Contact Details

Areas of Interest

Nancy A. Pachana PhD.

School of Psychology

University of Queensland

336 56832

npachana@psy.uq.edu.au

• Driving and dementia.
• Neuropsychological aspects of ageing.
• Anxiety in later life.

Wendy Brown

School of Psychology

University of Queensland

336 56832

wendy@psy.uq.edu.au

• Challenging behaviours in the elderly.
• Personality and ageing.
• Neuropsychology and ageing.
• Mood disorders in the elderly.

Annette Broome

Psychogeriatric Unit and Memory Clinic

Princess Alexandra Hospital

Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Qld.

32402809

annette_broome@health.qld.gov.au

• Differential diagnosis and early diagnosis of dementia syndromes.
• Behavioural indicators of different dementia syndromes.
• Relative contribution of balance and cognition to falls in depressed elderly patients.
• Information processing in depression.
• Mood and cognitive disturbance in ParkinsonÆs disease.

Emma Harley

School of Psychology

University of Queensland

harley@psy.uq.edu.au

• Mood and ageing.
• Womens health.

Hugh Woolford

Department of Health

• Early diagnosis of dementia.
• Helping dementia patients adjust.
• Assisting families to adjust.
• Specific carer strategies.

Carey Walmsley

School of Psychology

University of Queensland

carey@psy.uq.edu.au

• ABI assessment and rehabilitation.
• Substance abuse and cognitive/mood functioning.
• Management of behavioural effects associated with organic cerebral dysfunction.

Betty Green

School of Psychology

University of Queensland

33469303

green@psy.uq.edu.au

• Cognitive changes in healthy ageing.
• Effects of estrogen therapy on postmenopausal womenÆs memory.
• Effects of estrogen therapy on helping prevent or delay the onset of dementias.

Deirdre McLaughlin

School of Psychology

University of Queensland

33469302

d.mclaughlin@psy.uq.edu.au

• Epilepsy in late adulthood, particularly the role of depression.
• Social isolation in older adults and its effects on psychological well-being.
• Older mens psychological well-being, particularly the effects of depression and social isolation.
• Older mens health care behaviours.

Stephanie Stephens

School of Psychology

University of Queensland

33469302

stephe@psy.uq.edu.au

• Cognitive Ageing
• Healthy ageing in general.
• Age decrements in working memory.

Michael S Radel, PhD

Neuropsychologist

Division of Geriatric and Rehabilitation Medicine

The Prince Charles Hospital and Health Service District

Rode Road, Chermside. Qld. 4032

Phone: (07) 3212 5654

Fax: (07) 3212 5565

E-mail: Michael_Radel@health.qld.gov.au

• The impact of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitors on neurocognitive and adaptive functioning in various dementing disorders (esp. AD, VasD, and PD).
• Differential diagnosis of neurodegenerative and neurovascular disorders.
• Changes in affect/emotion following CVA.
• Changes in executive functioning with ageing.