Dr Alexandra Wade is an emerging early career researcher. Her work bridges the fields of nutrition and psychology and explores how we can reduce our risk of dementia by changing our diets. Her doctoral research focused on the Mediterranean diet, and whether it can be modified to improve cardiovascular and cognitive health for older Australians.
Dr Wade is a member of the Alliance for Research in Exercise Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), whose research vision is to develop targeted and sustainable physical interventions, to improve health, across the lifespan
Dr Wade is currently coordinating the ACTIVate Study, a multi-centre population-based study, designed to examine how we can optimise diet and physical activity... Read more
About me
Dr Alexandra Wade is an emerging early career researcher. Her work bridges the fields of nutrition and psychology and explores how we can reduce our risk of dementia by changing our diets. Her doctoral research focused on the Mediterranean diet, and whether it can be modified to improve cardiovascular and cognitive health for older Australians.
Dr Wade is a member of the Alliance for Research in Exercise Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), whose research vision is to develop targeted and sustainable physical interventions, to improve health, across the lifespan
Dr Wade is currently coordinating the ACTIVate Study, a multi-centre population-based study, designed to examine how we can optimise diet and physical activity compositions to prevent dementia.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) University of South Australia
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Small Steps towards dementia prevention, Medical Research Future Fund, 01/03/2023 - 28/02/2026
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
|
| 2022 |
Open access
|
| 2022 |
Open access
15
11
20
|
| 2022 |
Open access
8
|
| 2022 |
7
|
| 2022 |
Open access
3
3
11
|
| 2021 |
90
85
21
|
| 2021 |
66
51
351
|
| 2021 |
12
15
15
|
| 2021 |
2
2
769
|
| 2020 |
4
4
18
|
| 2020 |
3
2
12
|
| 2020 |
37
33
11
|
| 2019 |
Open access
17
15
1
|
| 2019 |
Open access
38
31
83
|
| 2018 |
Open access
36
29
186
|
| 2017 |
Open access
20
18
91
|
| 2017 |
Open access
7
7
2
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Anglia Ruskin University | UNITED KINGDOM |
| CSIRO Australia (Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation) | AUSTRALIA |
| Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Edith Cowan University | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
| Humboldt University Berlin | GERMANY |
| La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
| National Research Council | ITALY |
| South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Maine | UNITED STATES |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Palermo | ITALY |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University Of South Carolina - Columbia | UNITED STATES |
| University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| UNSW Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| 24-hour time use, cognitive function and brain health in older adults | Current |
| Nourishing the mind: exploring the relationship between dietary patterns, cognition, and brain volume in older adults | Current |
