Dr Kylie Radford is a Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology in the School of Psychology at UNSW Science, and holds honorary appointments as Clinical Neuropsychologist, Neurology Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Senior Research Scientist with the Aboriginal Health and Ageing Group at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), where she was formerly Group Leader (2020-2024) and NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellow (2016-2020). She completed her clinical training and PhD in 2010 at the University of Sydney. Her diverse clinical research experience has involved studying early onset dementia, alcohol dependence, and cognitive rehabilitation for acquired brain injuries, mild cognitive impairment and epilepsy, as well as population brain ageing. This has included experience in a range of research methodologies, such as randomized controlled trials, multicentre studies, longitudinal observational cohort studies, development of psychometric instruments and validation studies.

Since 2016, she has been the Principal Investigator for the Koori Growing Old Well Study (KGOWS), a community-based participatory action research and epidemiological study investigating ageing and dementia with urban and regional Aboriginal communities in New South Wales. This collaborative and culturally responsive research focuses on understanding sociocultural and biomedical factors linked to cognitive resilience and dementia, and promoting dementia awareness, access to services, and healthy brain ageing initiatives according to community priorities, strengths and aspirations.