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Committees

The Governing board of the Centre of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Care is responsible for priority setting and strategic direction of the Centre and for monitoring of overall performance. The Governing board has established three committees to report on the viability of the Centre including non-financial aspects of the management of the Centre and to review scientific and technical outcomes of investments and the adequacy of reporting and scientific and technical controls.

Finance and Audit Committee

  • Chair, Professor Bryant Stokes
  • Hall and Prior Aged Care Organisation, Mr Graeme Prior
  • Edith Cowan University, Mr Phillip Draber
  • Edith Cowan University, Professor Ralph Martins 
  • Secretary, Edith Cowan University, Mr Manoj Agarwal

Operating Committee

  • Chair, Edith Cowan University, Professor Ralph Martins
  • Dr Nat Lenzo
  • The University of Western Australia, Professor Osvaldo P. Almeida
  • Curtin University, Professor James Semmens
  • Associate Dean - School of Medical and Health Sciences, Professor Robert Newton
  • The University of Western Australia, Professor Alan Harvey
  • Professor David Bruce
  • Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University, Dr Giuseppe Verdile
  • Secretary, Edith Cowan University, Mr Manoj Agarwal

Scientific and Technical Review Committee

  • Chair, Hollywood Private Hospital, Dr Terry Bayliss 
  • Professor Assen Jablensky
  • Professor Erik Helmerhorst
  • Dr David Nolan
  • Dr Arthur Criddle
  • Hall & Prior Aged Care Organisation, Mr Graeme Prior
  • Edith Cowan University, Professor Ralph Martins
  • Secretary, Edith Cowan University, Mr Manoj Agarwal

Scholarship Advisory Committee

  • Chair, The McCusker Foundation for Alzheimer’s Disease Research, Dr Judy Edwards
  • Professor Sarah Dunlop 
  • Associate Professor Mathew Martin-Iverson
  • Professor Frank Mastaglia
  • Edith Cowan University, Professor Ralph Martins
  • Secretary, Edith Cowan University, Mr Manoj Agarwal

Patron

Dr Richard (Dick) Lefroy joined the Centre as Patron in 2006. Dr Lefroy graduated from the faculty of Medicine at the University of Melbourne, and entered a period in general practice. He was appointed assistant to the Director of the Clinical Research Unit that began at Royal Perth Hospital in 1954 and Associate Professor of Medicine when The University of Western Australia established its medical school in 1957. Dr Lefroy was the inaugural director of the Public Health Department’s Geriatric Service, and although now retired from active medical practice, is an honorary research fellow at the School of Population Health, UWA.

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