Director, Molecular Imaging & Therapy
Christopher C. Rowe MD is Director of Molecular Imaging Research and a consultant neurologist to the Memory Disorders Clinic, Austin Health, Melbourne. His research focus is imaging of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's Disease, for better understanding, earlier more accurate detection, and to facilitate development of early therapeutic interventions. He is an international leader in this field and is on the 2016 Thomson-Reuters Highly Cited list of the top 1% or researchers world-wide based citations.
He received the 2011 US Society of Nuclear Medicine Kuhl-Lassen Award for Outstanding Contribution to Brain Imaging and the US 2015 Christopher Clarke Award for contributions to amyloid imaging. He is a member of the NIH/AA workgroup to define criteria for Preclinical AD and the International Workgroup to define prodromal AD.
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Motor neurone disease (MND) causes the body's muscles to weaken. Breathing muscle weakness means that most people affected by MND will eventually lose the ability to take a deep breath and cough strongly....
RESPIRATORY BIOMARKERS IN MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE
The inability to breathe is unfortunately the most common cause of death in people living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Last year, our clinical research group in Melbourne reported that breathing...
Kudos to Dr. Lauren Booker & Dr. Jen Cori on their JOEM publication examining fatigue detection alarms in rural truck drivers. Their study explores the alarms' effectiveness, accuracy, and habituation, offering key insights into fatigue management.
HONORING EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH
Congratulations to Prof. Anne Holland and A/Prof. Narelle Cox for being featured in the NHMRC's 10 of the Best - 16th Edition. Their work exemplifies groundbreaking research delivering extraordinary outcomes.
Grants Success: The Institute for Breathing and Sleep (IBAS) has received two research grants from the Austin Medical Research Foundation (AMRF) for 2025. Congratulations to Dr Charissa Zaga and Dr Catherine Hill from IBAS.
Congratulations to Professor David Berlowitz, Dr Marnie Graco, and Dr Nicole Sheers who were recognised by Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Australia at a Parliament House event sponsored by the Parliamentary Friends of MND in Canberra last week.
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