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Dr Saks is a post-doctoral research fellow and study coordinator for the AusCADASIL study. She joined the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at University of New South Wales in January 2023 after completing her PhD in clinical medicine (Glaucoma) and Masters of Research in Biomedical Sciences (Alzheimer's Disease) at Macquarie University. She has research experience in the fields of neurodegeneration, neuroscience and vision science, with a focus...view more

Dr Saks is a post-doctoral research fellow and study coordinator for the AusCADASIL study. She joined the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at University of New South Wales in January 2023 after completing her PhD in clinical medicine (Glaucoma) and Masters of Research in Biomedical Sciences (Alzheimer's Disease) at Macquarie University. She has research experience in the fields of neurodegeneration, neuroscience and vision science, with a focus on Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and glaucoma. 


My Grants

1. Title: From Imaging to Insight: Advancing Retinal Disease Detection with Hyperspectral Technology at UNSW

Investigators: Angelica Ly, Jessie Huang-Lung, Lisa Keay, Lisa Nivison-Smith, Matt Trinh, Rene Cheung, Nicole Carnt, Andrew John White, Maria Markoulli, Danit Saks, Henry Brodaty, Perminder Sachdev, Matthew Kiernan, Imran Razzak, Mary-Anne Williams

Scheme:UNSW Research Infrastructure Scheme

Amount: $131,499.00

 


My Qualifications

PhD (Clinical Medicine), MRes (Biomedical Sciences), MBMSc, BSc (Neuroscience)


My Awards

  1. UNSW School of Clinical Medicine Travel Bursary 2024: $1000
  2. Kwan Fung and Yuet Ying Fung Healthy Brain Ageing Research Award 2024: $4000

My Research Supervision


Currently supervising

PhD

Honours

ILP

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Location

Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, Health Translation Hub, UNSW

Contact

+61 2 9348 1658