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Western Australia Division Committee

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Barbara Blundell Division Committee Chair Is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work and teaching and research academic in the School of Allied Health at Curtin University. Barbara's research interests have a particular focus on... Read More	80	Blundell
Dona Jayakody Division Committee Vice Chair Currently works as a Senior Research Audiologist at Ear Science Institute Australia. She is also an Adjunct Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia. Dona received he... Read More	81	Jayakody
Hilary O'Connell Division Committee Treasurer is an Occupational Therapist with 30 years’ experience as a clinician, manager and project leader in the United Kingdom and Australia across the disability and aged care sector. He... Read More	83	O'Connell
Chiara Naseri Division Committee Student & Early Career Group (SECG) Representative Dr Chiara Naseri is an Early Career Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia School of Allied Health, and WA Centre for Health and Ageing. She brings outstanding capa... Read More	84	Naseri
Gill Lewin Division Committee Board Nominee Gill has recently retired following a nearly thirty year career in ageing research during which time she headed up research in Silver Chain, a large community-based health and aged... Read More	85	Lewin
Marcus Ang Division Committee Member Marcus is a research fellow at Edith Cowan University. He completed his PhD at The University of Newcastle and is interested in the research of Falls Prevention, Older People and t... Read More	87	Ang
Elissa Burton Division Committee Member Is a Level 2 Accredited Sport Scientist and currently works as an Associate Professor at the Curtin School of Allied Health and the enAble Institute, Curtin University. Elissa's re... Read More	87	Burton
Claire Donnellan Division Committee Member Claire has been involved in the discipline of gerontology for over 20 years since conducting her PhD research that investigated successful ageing in the context of cerebrovascular ... Read More	87	Donnellan
Leon Flicker AO Division Committee Member Has trained clinically and in research in Sydney, Newcastle and Melbourne and was appointed inaugural Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Western Australia in 1998... Read More	87	Flicker AO
Mayumi Kumarage Division Committee Member Mayumi is a PhD candidate at Edith Cowan University. Her areas of interest in research are mortality prognostication, death and dying of older adults.... Read More	87	Kumarage
Sachini Thennakoon Division Committee Member Sachini is a PhD Candidate at Edith Cowan University. She is also currently working as a registered nurse in Aged Care. Sachini's research interests are aged care nursing workforce... Read More	87	Thennakoon
Jacqui Tibbits Division Committee Member Jacqui has over 20 years experience working in ageing and aged care services including in direct service provision, volunteer management and sector development. Jacqui is currently... Read More	87	Tibbits
Roger Warne Division Committee Member (FRACP) began training in Geriatric Medicine in 1976 at Royal Perth Hospital. His advanced training experience includes Geriatric Medicine, Long Term Care, Neurology Psychiatry, R... Read More	87	Warne

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About

The Western Australian Division of the AAG brings together a broad range of people with an interest in ageing and provides opportunities to network and discuss the latest news in gerontology through regular seminars and events. The Western Australian Division also collaborates with other organisations across the State to support networking and knowledge building. The Division has an active student and early career group which holds its own events as well as participating in broader State activities.

Bursaries to attend the conference

AAG Western Australian Division

Scholarships to attend the 2023 AAG Conference

The Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) WA Division is offering two grants to support attendance to the conference. One grant each up to the value of $1350 will be offered.

Scholarships are offered in two categories:

Category I: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Category II: Student and Early Career Members

Applicants are required to be current members of AAG

For applicants who are accepted, conference registration fees will be paid directly through the Division

When applying you will be asked to:

Provide details of any abstract accepted (desirable)
Describe in 250 words or less why you should receive this scholarship and how it would benefit you, your research and/or your future career in gerontology.

Apply Now

Applications closed on 30th September. This content has been left here as a guide to what may be made available in 2024.

AAG Western Australia Division