Research highlights and societal impact

The Ageing Brain Centre at the Brain & Mind Research Institute aims to provide evidence-based early intervention services for many forms of cognitive, mood and movement disorders. The clinic comprises a team of Psychiatrists, Neurologists, Clinical Neuropsychologists, General Practitioners and Nurses. All clinicians have specific expertise in assessing or managing diseases affecting the brain in later life. The Ageing Brain Centre runs programs targeting Healthy Brain Ageing and is conducting state-of-the-art research programs in sleep disorders. The Ageing Brain Centre recently launched a specific Parkinson's Disease (PD) Clinic led by Neurologist, Dr Simon Lewis. The Clinic will investigate many components of the underlying neurobiology of PD but in the first instance, they will investigate why people with PD vary markedly in the pattern of symptoms they experience. It is hoped that this disease heterogeneity may help them to unravel many of the issues that confound the management of PD.

Dr. Sharon Naismith
Director, Clinical Research Unit,
Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist &
NHMRC Clinical Research Fellow
Brain & Mind Research Institute
University of Sydney
Level 4, Building F, 94 Mallett St
Camperdown NSW 2050
Ph: +612 9351 0781
Fax: +612 9351 0855
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Dr. Simon Lewis
Head, Parkinon's Research Clinic & Neurologist
Brain & Mind Research Institute
University of Sydney
Level 4, Building F, 94 Mallett St
Camperdown NSW 2050
Ph: +61 2 9351 0571
Fax: +61 2 9351 0855
Email: