Professor Nicolas Cherbuin
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About
Prof Nicolas Cherbuin is Associate Director (Research) in the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University. He co-Heads the Department of Health, Economics, Wellbeing and Society and leads the Neuroimaging and Brain Lab. Over the last 16 years, his research has focused on identifying risk and protective factors for physical, cognitive, and mental health, with a particular interest in quantifying the impact of modifiable risk factors including lifestyle, chronic diseases and environmental exposure on brain structure, cognitive function, and wellbeing.
Affiliations
Research interests
Prof Cherbuin's main interests relate to the investigation of genetic, environmental, health, lifestyle, and personality factors which influence brain health and cognitive health as well as mental health throughout the lifespan. Other research foci include the early screening and identification of individuals at risk of dementia and the identification of associated risk and protective factors, as well as the epidemiological factors that contribute to the development of Multiple Sclerosis, its presentation, and its progression. Nic is involved in several randomised controlled trials aimed at decreasing risk of biological, brain and cognitive ageing.
Projects
- ACT-Sydney MS Cohort Study, Principal investigator
- Australian normative & dementia imaging , Principal investigator
- Cognitive Ageing & Dementia, Principal investigator
- Flourishing Across the Lifespan, Principal investigator
- Neuroimaging & Brain Lab, Principal investigator
- Personality & Total Health (PATH) Through Life, Principal investigator
- Physical Activity for Better Health and Drive (PhAB-HeaD), Principal investigator
- Participate in research on the impact of MS-related fatigue on what and how people with MS eat and drink, Supervisor
- Social media use, sleep problems, and mental health: The eMEDIATE study, Supervisor
- AADRF, Researcher
- ANU-Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Index (ANU-ADRI), Researcher
- Behavioural Symptoms of Dementia (BeSyDe), Researcher
- Body Brain Life – Fit Pilot , Researcher
- Body, Brain, Life, Researcher
- Canberra Computerised Cognitive Training Trial (the Triple C trial) , Researcher
- Translating of Research into Practice – Dementia and Public Health (TRIP-DPH), Researcher
Location
Room 2.04, Building 54