Interests
Current Work
Susanne is Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Social Determinants of Dementia at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney. Her work focuses on modifiable risk and protective factors for brain health across the lifespan, with a particular interest in the social determinants of dementia, their intersection with planetary health, and innovative approaches to population-level and individual-level brain health promotion.
Personal Hero
Jane Goodall
Words of Strength
Being curious
Vision
To reduce the scale of dementia, Susanne believes we need to broaden our perspective on the possibilities of dementia prevention, such as creating fairer, healthier, and sustainable environments. This needs multi-disciplinary experts and the target group to come together to find solutions.
Strategy
Currently, Susanne is mainly focused on research that aims to identify modifiable risk factors of dementia and their social determinants and to evaluate lifestyle interventions that address such factors to work against cognitive decline and dementia.
Impact
Susanne aims to connect with other fellows to learn from their approaches to tackling dementia. The intercultural and interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and experiences can help to develop and implement more effective public health measures against dementia in various communities.
Motivation
Susanne is interested in developing public health approaches for dementia prevention that help to reduce the number of future dementia cases in a fair and democratic way. Everyone should have a chance for healthy ageing, which is why we need to root for social policies that provide good and sustainable living conditions to begin with.
Education & Experience
Susanne is a clinical psychologist who received her PhD in Public Health and Social Medicine from the University of Leipzig, Germany. After completing her PhD, Susanne has led the research group Epidemiology and Population Brain Health at the Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, with a focus on risk factors for dementia and dementia prevention, being involved in large-scale cohort studies and lifestyle trials. Since receiving her Venia Legendi in the field of epidemiology and public health, Susanne works as Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Social Determinants of Dementia at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, continuing her research in the area of healthy ageing.
Awards & Honors
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Voyage Around My Brain: Sarah Fox, Susanne Roehr, Berenice Werle and Francesca Farina
What is Brain Health?
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