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 - 28/02/2027
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 |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Open access
5
7
9
|
| 2024 |
Open access
1
431
|
| 2024 |
Open access
3
|
| 2023 |
Open access
11
10
66
|
| 2022 |
Open access
|
| 2022 |
Open access
38
35
20
|
| 2022 |
Open access
6
7
6
|
| 2022 |
Open access
1
5
|
| 2022 |
Open access
7
7
11
|
| 2021 |
Open access
206
200
24
|
| 2021 |
150
130
|
| 2021 |
Open access
16
23
15
|
| 2021 |
6
5
|
| 2020 |
Open access
6
6
18
|
| 2020 |
Open access
3
3
12
|
| 2020 |
45
43
11
|
| 2019 |
Open access
22
21
7
|
| 2019 |
Open access
45
41
82
|
| 2018 |
Open access
44
38
185
|
| 2017 |
Open access
23
21
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 |
| Hunter Medical Research Institute, Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| 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
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| 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 |
