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Professor EmeritusJames Vickers

Emeritus Professor

Wicking Dementia Research Education Centre

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  • Emeritus Professor
    Wicking Dementia Research Education Centre
  • +61 3 6226 4788 (Fax)
  • +61 3 6226 4808 (Work)
  • Wicking Dementia Research Education Centre, Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre, Room 406 (Level 4) Medical Science 1, Hobart CBD Campuses, TAS

SUPERVISION & TEACHING

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Population-level dementia prevention
    8 May 2024
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Promoting Health Behaviour Change among At-risk Groups for Dementia Risk Reduction
    2 Oct 2023
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Population-level Dementia Prevention
    23 Aug 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Expanding Our Understanding of Neurofilament Proteins as Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration
    31 Jan 2022 - 25 Aug 2026
    Laura Francesca De Paoli
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Evaluation of the Translation, Delivery, and Outcomes of the Nepali Version of the Preventing Dementia Massive Open Online Course (Nepali PD MOOC) among Nepali-speaking People Globally
    1 Dec 2021 - 22 Apr 2026
    Yashoda Koirala
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Antarctica as a Space Analog for Management of Medical Emergencies
    8 Jun 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Understanding Cellular Changes and the Role of SARM1 in Frontotemporal Dementia
    27 Feb 2020 - 26 Aug 2025
    Nina Holly Daniels
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Parvalbumin Interneurons and Perineuronal Nets in Ageing and Neurodegeneration
    1 Dec 2018 - 14 Dec 2023
    Ellie Annemarie Bucher
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Model Selection Methods for Investigation of Gene X Environment Interactions in Observational Data
    11 Jul 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Neuropathological, Glial and Behavioural Changes following a TBI in a Mouse Model of Amyloidosis
    1 Apr 2018 - 22 Aug 2022
    Olivia Grace Holloway
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Role of Genetic Factors in Modulating Ageing-related Cognitive Change
    27 Oct 2017 - 21 Aug 2023
    Gongbu Pan
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Impact of Genetic Factors and Cognitive Reserve on Brain Network Organizations of Healthy Elderly Adults
    28 Nov 2016 - 16 Dec 2021
    Manuela Pietzuch
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Characterisation of the Axonal Response to Passive and Environmentally Induced Neuroplasticity in an APP/PS1 Model of Alzheimer's Disease
    6 Jun 2016 - 16 Dec 2021
    Barbora Fulopova
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigations of Excitotoxic Injury in the Visual System of Mice
    1 Mar 2016 - 16 Dec 2021
    James Alexander Bender
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Oligodendrocyte Dysfunction in Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
    22 Feb 2016 - 16 Dec 2021
    Samuel Dwyer
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    DNA Methylation and Histone Modification Dynamics in Neurons in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
    23 Feb 2015 - 18 Dec 2019
    Andrew James Phipps
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Targeting Microtubule Alterations in Axon Degeneration and Alzheimer’s Disease
    16 Feb 2015 - 16 Aug 2019
    Kelsey Anne Hanson
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A Hospital Hive Mind? A Critical Realist Analysis of a High Performing Hospital
    31 May 2014 - 14 Aug 2020
    Ellen Margaret Scott Pittman
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Frontotemporal Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Proteins in Neurite Health and Dysfunction
    1 Mar 2014 - 11 Aug 2018
    Rachel Alice Kathryn Atkinson
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Environmental Enrichment for Healthy and Alzheimer’s Disease-associated Pathological Ageing
    1 May 2013 - 19 Aug 2017
    Kimberley Stuart
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Moderators of the Relationship Between Fear Extinction Learning and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
    15 Apr 2013 - 26 Aug 2017
    Daniel Valenty Zuj
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Influence of Late-life University Education on Age-related Cognitive Decline and Cognitive Reserve: The Tasmanian Healthy Brain Project
    30 Jun 2012 - 19 Dec 2015
    Megan Elizabeth Thow
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Effect of Traumatic Brain Injury in Experimental Models of Alzheimer’s Disease
    5 Mar 2012 - 12 Aug 2016
    Jessica Marie Collins
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    “The screams aren’t going to be heard” Barriers to the full implementation of the Disability Services Act 2011 (Tas)
    14 Feb 2012 - 12 Aug 2016
    Kristen Alice Foss
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Environmental and Genetic Contributors to Cognitive Reserve
    25 Jul 2011 - 14 Aug 2015
    David Denston Ward