Dr Maddison Mellow is a cognitive neuroscientist with expertise in healthy ageing and dementia risk reduction. She completed a Bachelor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience (Honours) in 2018, followed by her PhD (conferred in 2023) at the University of South Australia. Her PhD thesis investigated how the balance of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in the 24-hr day (i.e., 24-hr time-use composition) is associated with cognitive function, brain structure and brain plasticity in older adults without dementia. This work was funded by a Dementia Australia Research Foundation PhD scholarship. 

Dr Maddison Mellow is a cognitive neuroscientist with expertise in healthy ageing and dementia risk reduction. She completed a Bachelor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience (Honours) in 2018, followed by her PhD (conferred in 2023) at the University of South Australia. Her PhD thesis investigated how the balance of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in the 24-hr day (i.e., 24-hr time-use composition) is associated with cognitive function, brain structure and brain plasticity in older adults without dementia. This work was funded by a Dementia Australia Research Foundation PhD scholarship. Since 2023 she has been employed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA) Research Centre. Her postdoctoral research program explores the links between lifestyle and brain health in older adulthood, and the factors which impact this relationship (e.g., health, sociodemographic characteristics, and genetic risk factors for dementia). Using this knowledge, her research aims to create dementia risk reduction tools and programs which are personalised to individual characteristics, preferences and needs. Having been born and raised in rural South Australia, Dr Mellow is particularly passionate about ensuring rural Australians are given the tools and knowledge to age well in place, and are not left behind in health research. To date, she has been awarded >$1.5million in competitive research funding and travel gr...