Sharon Naismith, AM, FASSA

Next up we have @ADNeT_Australia Integrated Intiatives Shaping the Future of Dementia Diagnosis and Care. Prof Sharon Naismith explains the impact of hybrid virtual memory clinics in Aus to help provide multidisciplinary services to regional areas. @Prof_Naismith #ADRF2025

A whole issue on sleep, clocks and dementia! Delighted to be a guest editor! Calling for submissions! @ISTAART @SIESTASynergy @SleepPIA

Proud to receive the @ADNeT_Australia Mid-Career Award presented by Ralph Martins at the closing of #ADRF2025! 🥂🎉 A shout out & thanks to my team @HBAProgram_USYD, @ian_hickie @BrainMind_Usyd @UsydPsych @Sydney_Science @CPC_usyd.

Dr Elie Matar on Sleep Complaints. Sleep disorders are common in dementia & neurodegeneration which is important with evidence of higher rates of apathy, aggression & caregiver burden, while lowering functional status, quality of life & cognitive performance. @DrElieMatar

@Prof_Naismith is up to educate us about how sleep is a risk for dementia with 50% of older adults have chronic sleep complaints. Functions of sleep has links with our cardiovascular disease, neurogenesis and in synaptic strength. #ADRF2025

So honoured to have been invited to present for the Basic Science Symposium at #ADRF2025 this year held in Perth🔬🧠 Thank you so much to my supervisors @Prof_Naismith @ShawnKong11 & Joe Michaelian for all the support 😊

You were awesome Rachael! Well done!

Cognitive fluctuations are found in 90% of patients with DLB - marked by variation in cognition, changes in alertness and arousal, no objective biomarkers and dysfunction can occur in multiple networks over multiple time scales. #ADRF2025

A quick panel discussion before lunch on Day 1 of #ADRF2025. Great to see our expert panelists and the various work of ADNeT garner lots of interesting Q&A’s!

See you at poster 10 to learn about all things #NeuroMusic! 🧠 🎵 #ADRF25 @HBAProgram_USYD

Our 3rd Lifetime Achievement Awards winner is Prof Constance Dimity Pond- a clinician- researcher, Prof Pond has been a pioneering figure in strengthening dementia diagnosis and care with general practice and primary care. 🎉#ADRF2025

Superb talk by our very own Johannes Michaelian on the management impact of blood based biomarkers in 3 memory clinics at #ADRF2025 @ADNeT_Australia @HBAProgram_USYD @janealty1 @RoweLab_aus

📢 New preprint alert Our study supports using plasma pTau181 to boost diagnostic confidence in Alzheimer’s across Australian Memory Clinics—moving closer to routine blood testing! 🔗Read more: medrxiv.org/content/10.110… @Prof_Naismith @ADNeT_Australia

Thrilled to be at the @sydneycon tonight for the Chancellor’s Concert & especially grateful for acknowledgement of our fabulous @BrainMind_Usyd Neuromusic collaboration, seeking to determine if music can promote neuroplasticity & prevent dementia! @Kathy_Refshauge @Sydney_Science

Transforming Sleep-Dependent Memory Assessment 💤 Our latest study, led by Dr @SleepyAaronLam is out in JMIR Aging! We co-developed the ‘SleepMemories’ mobile app with older adults to digitalise sleep-dependent memory tasks. Read more: doi: 10.2196/68147 @Prof_Naismith

So thrilled to be doing this important work in these underserved regions! Huge thanks to my co-lead @leefay_low and to supporters @ADNeT_Australia @BrainMind_Usyd!

Interested in how sleep and brainstem dysfunction interact in Alzheimer’s? 😴🧠 Don’t miss this Conference! In-person & online. Register now! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 @SleepPIA @NSS_PIA @HeidiJacobsLab @NinaEngels

New trials to combat Parkinson’s disease 9news.com.au/national/new-t…

📢 New Preprint out now! International recommendations for sleep and circadian research in aging and Alzheimer’s disease: a Delphi consensus study 👇 🔗 lnkd.in/e8T5Mbvc @ISTAART @Prof_Naismith @claire_c_andre @Laura_Sofia_S @Antonsdottir_RN @LizCoulthard @YueLengsleep

Australians are travelling overseas for dementia treatments like lecanemab after TGA rejection. ADNeT urges approval so that the 433k Australians living with dementia can access the latest treatments at home. #DementiaTreatment #ADNeT @AlzDisInt