Dementia focus for Hodges
Thursday, 07 February, 2008
One of the world's leading researchers in dementia, Professor John Hodges, has taken up an appointment with the University of New South Wales and the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute.
Hodges is a clinical neuroscientist and until last month was professor of behavioural neurology at Cambridge University. He has been appointed professor of cognitive neurology at UNSW.
He has proposed an innovative research program to advance Australia's fundamental knowledge of cognitive processes. The program focuses on patients with frontotemporal dementia and has a strong translational component through the development of improved methods for rehabilitation and health outcomes in patients.
He also hopes to develop effective tools for the assessment of patients with disorders affecting fundamental aspects of memory, language and social cognition.
Hodges was awarded an ARC Federation Fellowship in 2005.
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