Our people
Our people
Lead researcher
Ralph Martins
Professor
Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, Macquarie Medical School
Researchers
Edward Barin
Associate Professor
Macquarie Medical School
A/Prof. Edward Barin is a consultant cardiologist and until 2020 lead the discipline of cardiology at MQ Health which comprises of Macquarie University Hospital and outpatient clinics and is Senior VMO in the department of cardiology and the department of medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydn… View full profile
Dr Pratishtha Chatterjee
Macquarie Medical School
Dr Cintia Botelho Dias
Macquarie Medical School
Dr Dias focuses on the contribution of nutrients and nutraceuticals to the prevention of chronic diseases. She has a special interest in lipid metabolism and how it may modulate Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease risk. She has been working with nutritional interventions for 8 years. She has a Ph… View full profile
Dr Prita Asih
Macquarie Medical School
Dr. Prita Riana Asih earned her Bachelor of Science degree with first class Honours in Biotechnology at Murdoch University in 2014, for which she was awarded an upper first class and the prize of best student in Biotechnology for her year. Her project was focused on investigating the role of translo… View full profile
Miss Heidi Hillebrandt
Macquarie Medical School
Heidi Hillebrandt is a PhD student in the Department of Biomedical Sciences supervised by Professor Ralph Martins and Dr Cintia Botelho Dias. Her research focuses on exploring if medium-chain triglyceride (mct) oil can provide enough energy to the brain efficiently to prevent or delay the symptoms o… View full profile
Past higher degree research students
| Student name | date | Masters by research – project title |
|---|---|
| Miss Jaylin Collett (2019) | Investigating amyloid precursor protein and tau in human platelets as potential blood biomarkers in individuals at risk of Alzheimer’s disease. |
| Miss Yeo Cheong (2019) | Investigating blood metabolite alterations in individuals at high risk of Alzheimer’s disease. |
| Danit Saks (2019) | Investigating carotenoid and α-tocopherol levels in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease. |
| Maryam Mohammadi (2018) | Investigating the association between hepcidin and brain amyloid-β burden in cognitively normal elderly individuals. |