About us
We transform neuroscience into meaningful change to support our brains and minds to age better.
Translational neuroscience takes knowledge and discoveries on fundamental processes of the central nervous system and applies them in clinical practice. This leads to the discovery of new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat conditions that affect the mind and brain.
Research themes
We are the Translational Neuroscience Research Group & the HEADBOX Lab. Our key areas of focus are:
Cognition & Mental Health
We explore the neural bases of cognition and mental health by combining state-of-the-art cognitive neuroscience techniques with cross-disciplinary research methods such as clinical trials, mixed-methods, and neuropsychology.
Ageing & Dementia
We focus on optimising cognitive and psychosocial ageing by testing novel interventions that prevent and treat cognitive and mental health conditions in older age. We also develop and evaluate models of care for post-diagnostic support.
Women’s Brain Health
Women with dementia outnumber men by 2:1, but why? Our research explores changes in the female brain over the lifespan with the aim of reducing dementia risk and improving mental health throughout life.
Our work
We work with a wide range of translational neuroscience methodologies including electroencephalography (EEG), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), electrocardiogram (ECG), skin conductance, pupillometry, peripheral pulse wave analysis, vascular ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We also collect and analyse a range of biospecimens including blood, saliva, urine, and sebum.
Team leadership
We are the Translational Neuroscience Research Group and HEADBOX Lab led by Associate Professor Genevieve Steiner-Lim.
A/Prof Steiner-Lim is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Clinical Research Platform Lead at the NICM Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Australia and a Guest Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Jena University Hospital, Germany.
A/Prof Genevieve Z. Steiner-Lim
Group Lead
Our work in numbers
The quality of our science and research has been recognised by >20 awards and prizes, and multiple grants awarded by one of Australia’s top funding bodies the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Publications
100
YEARS OF RESEARCH
16
ACTIVE PROJECTS
+10
FUNDING ACQUIRED
>$24M