Prof Tony Broe completed a BA in (1956), an MBBS (1962) at Sydney University and the MRACP in General Medicine in 1966. He trained in Geriatric Medicine and Neurology at RNSH and RPAH in Sydney, the University of Glasgow and the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. From 1975 he was senior lecturer in medicine and head of the University Clinical School and the Department of Neurosciences at Lidcombe Hospital. From 1985 to 1999 he was Prof of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Sydney where he set up the Centre for Education and Research on Ageing (CERA) at Concord Hospital. From 1985 to 2003 he has had continuous NHMRC funding to carry out research in brain injury, neuroepidemiology, brain ageing, dementia, Parkinson's disease, and vascular brain disorders and has published extensively in all of these areas.
a. The Koori Growing Old Well StudyA study of Aboriginal health and ageing approved by AHMRC and funded by the NHMRC. |
b. The Koori Dementia Care ProjectThis project aims to inform, educate and build capacity in urban and regional NSW Aboriginal communities, and with associated service providers, about the effects of dementia on older Aboriginal peopl |
c. The Koori Growing Old Well Study MRI Project - Early Life Events, the Brain and AgeingAs a sub-study of the Koori Growing Old Well Study, this project uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate environmental and cognitive correlates of brain structure in people over 45 years. |
d. Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: A Life Cycle ApproachThis project examines current knowledge of risk and protective factors for cognitive growth and impairment in olde Related Downloads
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e. A clinical, fMRI and transcranial ultrasound study of age-related motor slowingThis study examines the function of the pre-supplementary motor area of the brain in age-related motor slowing in |
f. Additional Research ProjectsTony Broe is involved in several other research projects on ageing. |
In this article the authors discuss recent research into the prevalence of dementia in remote Aboriginal populations and outline current thinking about probable risk factors and protective factors.
Like other industrialized countries, Australia is facing major population ageing.
The clinical presentations in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) overlap considerably with that of Alzheimer's disease (AD) despite different pathological processes.
Arkles RS, Jackson Pulver LR, Robertson H, Draper B, Chalkley S and Broe GA. Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Australian and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: A Life Cycle Approach. Neuroscience Research Australia and Muru Marri Indigenous Health Unit, University of New South Wales. June 2010.
This report is a review of the literature to-date on dementia in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
