Ashleigh Smith (She/Her)
Associate Professor of Healthy Ageing
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Organisation unit

College of Health School of Allied Health and Human Performance
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My skills

clinical trials
co-design
dementia risk reduction
physical activity

About me

Professor Ashleigh Smith (Ash) is the Academic Lead for Research & Research Education and the Deputy Director of the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA) Research Centre at Adelaide University. Ash leads a program of research focussed on dementia risk reduction and healthy brain ageing and has a unique skill set and expertise that encompasses neuroscience, exercise physiology and cognitive ageing.

Ash's research excellence and outstanding community engagement in science has been recognised with over 14 awards for excellence including: a South Australian In-Daily 40 Under 40 award for leadership (2024), UniSA Mid-Career Researcher of the Year (2022), a South Australian Young Tall Poppy Award (2017) and an international Young Investigator Award for research excellence award from the International Congress of Clinical Neurosciences (2010).
Last updated on 06/02/2026 by Ashleigh Smith