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 |
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2024 |
Open access
5
3
9
|
2024 |
Open access
|
2023 |
Open access
5
4
66
|
2022 |
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
32
28
19
|
2022 |
Open access
4
4
6
|
2022 |
Open access
5
|
2022 |
Open access
6
5
11
|
2021 |
Open access
175
171
25
|
2021 |
123
108
|
2021 |
16
21
15
|
2021 |
4
3
|
2020 |
6
6
18
|
2020 |
Open access
3
3
12
|
2020 |
43
39
11
|
2019 |
Open access
21
20
7
|
2019 |
Open access
43
40
82
|
2018 |
Open access
42
35
193
|
2017 |
Open access
22
20
91
|
2017 |
Open access
7
7
2
|
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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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 and Research Institute (SAHMRI) | AUSTRALIA |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Leicester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Maine | UNITED STATES |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of New South Wales | 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 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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24-hour time use, cognitive function and brain health in older adults | Completed |
Nourishing the mind: exploring the relationship between dietary patterns, cognition, and brain volume in older adults | Completed |