ECU offers innovative and practical courses across a variety of disciplines and we have a vibrant research culture. ECU is a leader in developing alternative entry pathways to higher education.
We have three campuses in Western Australia. Joondalup and Mount Lawley in the Perth metropolitan area and our South West campus in Bunbury, 200km south of the Perth CBD.
ECU provides a variety of services and facilities that go beyond the classroom, with opportunities for personal development and social interaction for students and staff.
We collaborate with all types of businesses, including new start-ups, small to medium enterprises, not-for-profits, community organisations, government and large corporates in the resources sector.
Children's University Edith Cowan aims to inspire students between seven and fourteen to develop confidence and a love of learning through validated activities beyond the school curriculum.
The Inspiring Minds scholarship program are equity scholarships that give students an opportunity to access an education that may otherwise be out of reach.
Savar, SM., Ma, B., Hone, E., Jahan, F., Markovic, S., Pedrini, S., Shemehsavar, S., Easwaran, V., Taddei, K., Gardener, S., Chhatwal, JP., Van Etten, ES., Van Osch, MJ., Clarke, D., Gnjec, A., Van Buchem, MA., Wermer, MJ., Hankey, GJ., Greenberg, SM., Martins, R., Sohrabi, H. (2024). Fluid biomarkers in cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 18(2024), article number 1347320. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2024.1347320.
Poudel, P., Frost, SM., Eslick, S., Sohrabi, H., Taddei, K., Martins, R., Hone, E. (2024). Hyperspectral Retinal Imaging as a Non-Invasive Marker to Determine Brain Amyloid Status. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 100(2024), S131-S152. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-240631.
Pedrini, S., Doecke, J., Hone, E., Wang, P., Thota, R., Bush, A., Rowe, C., Dore, V., Villemagne, V., Ames, D., Rainey-Smith, S., Verdile, G., Sohrabi, H., Raida, M., Taddei, K., Gandy, S., Masters, C., Chatterjee, P., Martins, R. (2022). Plasma high-density lipoprotein cargo is altered in Alzheimer's disease and is associated with regional brain volume. Journal of Neurochemistry, 163(1), 53-67. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15681.
Thota, R., Chatterjee, P., Pedrini, S., Hone, E., Ferguson, J., Garg, M., Martins, R. (2022). Association of Plasma Neurofilament Light Chain With Glycaemic Control and Insulin Resistance in Middle-Aged Adults. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13(2022), article number 915449. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.915449.
Pedrini, S., Chatterjee, P., Nakamura, A., Tegg, M., Hone, E., Rainey-Smith, S., Rowe, C., Dore, V., Villemagne, V., Ames, D., Kaneko, N., Kirby, S., Taddei, K., Fernando, B., Martins, I., Bharadwaj, P., Sohrabi, H., Masters, C., Brown, B., Martins, R. (2022). The Association Between Alzheimer's Disease-Related Markers and Physical Activity in Cognitively Normal Older Adults. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 14(2022), article number 771214. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.771214.
Jayatunga, D., Hone, E., Fernando, B., Garg, , ML., Verdile, , G., Martins, R. (2022). A Synergistic Combination of DHA, Luteolin, and Urolithin A Against Alzheimer’s Disease.. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 14(16 February 2022), Article number 780602. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2022.780602.
Chatterjee, P., Pedrini, S., Ashton, N., Tegg, M., Goozee, K., Singh, A., Karikari, T., Simrén, J., Vanmechelen, E., Armstrong, N., Hone, E., Asih, P., Taddei, K., Doré, V., Villemagne, V., Sohrabi, H., Zetterberg, H., Masters, C., Blennow, K., Martins, R. (2022). Diagnostic and prognostic plasma biomarkers for preclinical Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's and Dementia, 18(6), 1141-1154. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12447.
Jayatunga, D., Hone, E., Fernando, B., Garg, , ML., Verdile, , G., Martins, R. (2022). Mitoprotective Effects of a Synergistic Nutraceutical Combination: Basis for a Prevention Strategy Against Alzheimer's Disease.. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 13(21 February 2022), Article number 781468. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.781468.
Rezaee, N., Fernando, B., Hone, E., Sohrabi, H., Johnson, S., Gunzburg, S., Martins, R. (2021). Potential of sorghum polyphenols to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 13(Oct 2021), Article number 729949. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.729949.
Jayatunga, P., Hone, E., Khaira, H., Lunelli, T., Singh, H., Guillemin, G., Fernando, B., Garg, M., Verdile, G., Martins, R. (2021). Therapeutic Potential of Mitophagy-Inducing Microflora Metabolite, Urolithin A for Alzheimer’s Disease. Nutrients, 13(11), article number 3744. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13113744.
Pedrini, S., Chatterjee, P., Hone, E., Martins, R. (2021). High-density lipoprotein-related cholesterol metabolism in Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Neurochemistry, 159(2), 343-377. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15170.
Chatterjee, P., Cheong, Y., Bhatnagar, A., Goozee, K., Wu, Y., McKay, M., Martins, I., Lim, F., Pedrini, S., Tegg, M., Villemagne, V., Asih, P., Dave, P., Shah, T., Dias, C., Fuller, S., Hillebrandt, H., Gupta, S., Hone, E., Taddei, K., Zetterberg, H., Blennow, K., Sohrabi, H., Martins, R. (2021). Plasma metabolites associated with biomarker evidence of neurodegeneration in cognitively normal older adults. Journal of Neurochemistry, 159(2), 389-402. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15128.
Roe, J., Vidal-Piñeiro, D., Sørensen, ., Brandmaier, A., Düzel, S., Gonzalez, H., Kievit, R., Knights, E., Kühn, S., Lindenberger, U., Mowinckel, A., Nyberg, L., Park, D., Pudas, S., Rundle, M., Walhovd, K., Fjell, A., Westerhausen, R., Masters, C., Bush, A., Fowler, C., Darby, D., Pertile, K., Restrepo, C., Roberts, B., Robertson, J., Rumble, R., Ryan, T., Collins, S., Thai, C., Trounson, B., Lennon, K., Li, Q., Ugarte, F., Volitakis, I., Vovos, M., Williams, R., Baker, J., Russell, A., Peretti, M., Milicic, L., Lim, L., Rodrigues, M., Taddei, K., Taddei, T., Hone, E., Lim, F., Fernandez, S., Rainey-Smith, S., Pedrini, S., Martins, R., Doecke, J., Bourgeat, P., Fripp, J., Gibson, S., Leroux, H., Hanson, D., Dore, V., Zhang, P., Burnham, S., Rowe, C., Villemagne, V., Yates, P., Pejoska, S., Jones, G., Ames, D., Cyarto, E., Lautenschlager, N., Barnham, K., Cheng, L., Hill, A., Killeen, N., Maruff, P., Silbert, B., Brown, B., Sohrabi, H., Savage, G., Vacher, M. (2021). Asymmetric thinning of the cerebral cortex across the adult lifespan is accelerated in Alzheimer’s disease. Nature Communications, 12(1), Article number 721. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21057-y.
Jayatunga, P., Hone, E., Bharadwaj, P., Garg, M., Verdile, G., Guillemin, G., Martins, R. (2020). Targeting Mitophagy in Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 78(4), 1273-1297. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-191258.
Pedrini, S., Hone, E., Gupta, V., James, I., Teimouri, E., Bush, A., Rowe, C., Villemagne, V., Ames, D., Masters, C., Rainey-Smith, S., Verdile, G., Sohrabi, H., Raida, M., Wenk, M., Taddei, K., Chatterjee, P., Martins, I., Laws, S., Martins, R. (2020). Plasma High Density Lipoprotein Small Subclass is Reduced in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients and Correlates with Cognitive Performance. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 77(2), 733-744. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-200291.
Dhiman, K., Gupta, V., Villemagne, V., Eratne, D., Graham, P., Fowler, C., Bourgeat, P., Li, Q., Collins, S., Bush, A., Rowe, C., Masters, C., Ames, D., Hone, E., Blennow, K., Zetterberg, H., Martins, R. (2020). Cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light concentration predicts brain atrophy and cognition in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 12(1), Article number e12005. https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12005.
Hone, E., Lim, F., Martins, I. (2019). Fat and Lipid Metabolism and the Involvement of Apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer's Disease. Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's Disease The role of diabetes, Genetics, Hormones and Lifestyle (189-230). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119356752.ch7.
Journal Articles
Ashton, N., Nevado-Holgado, A., Barber, I., Lynham, S., Gupta, V., Chatterjee, P., Goozee, K., Hone, E., Pedrini, S., Blennow, K., Scholl, M., Zetterberg, H., Ellis, K., Bush, A., Rowe, C., Villemagne, V., Ames, D., Masters, C., Aarsland, D., Powell, J., Lovestone, S., Martins, R., Hye, A. (2019). A plasma protein classifier for predicting amyloid burden for preclinical Alzheimer’s disease. Science Advances, 5(2), Article number eaau7220. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau7220.
Mputhia, Z., Hone, E., Tripathi, T., Sargeant, T., Martins, R., Bharadwaj, P. (2019). Autophagy Modulation as a Treatment of Amyloid Diseases. Molecules, 24(18), Article 3372. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24183372.
Hata, S., Omori, C., Kimura, A., Saito, H., Kimura, N., Gupta, V., Pedrini, S., Hone, E., Chatterjee, P., Taddei, K., Kasuga, K., Ikeuchi, T., Waragai, M., Nishimura, M., Hu, A., Nakaya, T., Meijer, L., Maeda, M., Yamamoto, T., Masters, C., Rowe, C., Ames, D., Yamamoto, K., Martins, R., Gandy, S., Suzuki, T. (2019). Decrease in p3-Alcb37 and p3-Alcb40, products of Alcadein b generated by g-secretase cleavages, in aged monkeys and patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, 5(1), 740-750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trci.2019.09.015.
Pedrini, S., Gupta, V., Hone, E., Doecke, J., O’bryant, S., James, I., Bush, AI., Rowe, CC., Villemagne, VL., Ames, D., Masters, CL., Martins, R. (2017). A blood-based biomarker panel indicates IL-10 and IL-12/23p40 are jointly associated as predictors of beta-amyloid load in an AD cohort. Scientific Reports, 7(OCT 25 2017), Article number 14057. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-14020-9.
Mirzaei, M., Gupta, V., Chick, JM., Greco, TM., Wu, Y., Chitranshi, N., Vander Wall, R., Hone, E., Deng, L., Dheer, Y., Abbasi, M., Rezaeian, M., Braidy, N., You, Y., Hosseini Salekdeh, G., Haynes, PA., Molloy, MP., Martins, R., Cristea, IM., Gygi, SP., Graham, SL., Gupta, VK. (2017). Age-related neurodegenerative disease associated pathways identified in retinal and vitreousproteome from human glaucoma eyes. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article number 12685. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12858-7.
Gupta, V., Hone, E., Pedrini, S., Doecke, J., O'Bryant, S., James, I., Bush, A., Rowe, C., Villemagne, V., Ames, D., Masters, C., Martins, R. (2017). Altered levels of blood proteins in Alzheimer’s disease longitudinal study: Results from Australian Imaging Biomarkers lifestyle study of ageing cohort. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 8(2017), 60-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadm.2017.04.003.
Gupta, V., Doecke, J., Hone, E., Pedrini, S., Laws, S., Thambisetty, M., Bush, A., Rowe, C., Villemagne, V., Ames, D., Masters, C., Macaulay, SL., Rembach, A., Rainey-Smith, S., Martins, R. (2016). Plasma apolipoprotein J as a potential biomarker for Alzheimer's disease: Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle study of aging. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 3(2016), 18-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadm.2015.12.001.
Gupta, V., Wilson, A., Burnham, S., Hone, E., Pedrini, S., Laws, S., Lim, F., Rembach, A., Rainey-Smith, S., Ames, D., Cobiac, L., Macaulay, SL., Masters, C., Rowe, C., Bush, A., Martins, R. (2015). Follow-up plasma apolipoprotein E levels in the Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing (AIBL) cohort. Alzheimer's Research and Therapy, 7(1), Article no.16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-015-0105-6.
Ortiz-Virumbrales, M., Ruiz, M., Hone, E., Dolios, G., Wang, R., Morant, A., Kottwitz, J., Ozelius, LJ., Gandy, S., Ehrlich, M. (2014). Dystonia type 6 gene product Thap1: identification of a 50 kDa DNA-binding species in neuronal nuclear fractions. Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 18(2), 139. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-014-0139-1.
Sharman, M., Morici, M., Hone, E., Berger, T., Taddei, K., Martins, I., Lim, WL., Singh, S., Wenk, M., Ghiso, J., Buxbaum, JD., Gandy, S., Martins, R. (2010). APOE Genotype Results in Differential Effects on the Peripheral Clearance of Amyloid-ß42 in APOE Knock-in and Knock-out Mice. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 21(2), 403-409. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-2010-100141.
Rodrigues, M., Verdile, G., Foster, J., Hogervorst, E., Joesbury, K., Dhaliwal, S., Corder, E., Laws, S., Hone, E., Prince, R., Devine, A., Mehta, P., Beilby, J., Atwood, C., Martins, R. (2008). Gonadotropins and Cognition in Older Women. Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 13(3), 267-274.
Martins, I., Hone, E., Foster, J., Sunram-Lea, S., Gnjec, A., Fuller, S., Nolan, DA., Gandy, S., Martins, R. (2006). Apolipoprotein E, cholesterol metabolism, diabetes, and the convergence of risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular disease. Molecular Psychiatry, 11(8), 721-736.
Hone, E., Martins, I., Jeoung, M., Ji, T., Gandy, S., Martins, R. (2005). Alzheimer's disease amyloid-beta peptide modulates apolipoprotein E isoforms specific receptor binding. Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 7(4), 303-314.
Laws, S., Hone, E., Gandy, S., Martins, R. (2003). Expanding the association between the APOE gene and the risk of Alzheimer's disease: possible roles for APOE promoter polymorphisms and alterations in APOE transcription. Journal of Neurochemistry, 84(6), 1215-1236.
Dean, B., Laws, S., Hone, E., Taddei, K., Scarr, E., Thomas, E., Harper, C., McClean, C., Masters, C., Lautenschlager, N., Gandy, S., Martins, R. (2003). Increased levels of apolipoprotein E in the frontal cortex of subjects with schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry, 54(6), 616-622.
Research Projects
Analysis of neurofilament biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Multiple sclerosis, and childhood dementia, National Foundation for Medical Research and Innovation, Alzheimer's Disease, 2023 ‑ 2025, $250,000.
In-depth Neurofilament analysis as potential biomarkers for Alzheimer's Disease, National Foundation for Medical Research and Innovation, NFMRI - Grant, 2020 ‑ 2024, $170,000.
Sponsorship of Research Fellows (multiple roles), Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation - Sponsorship, 2022 ‑ 2024, $1,480,000.
Sponsorship of Research Fellow (multiple roles), Lions Alzheimer's Foundation, Sponsorship, 2022 ‑ 2024, $953,000.
In vitro assessment to evaluate the potential effects of polyphenol extracts from sorghum on Alzheimer's disease (AD), CWEK Pty Ltd, Scholarships to Support Industry Engagement PhD Projects, 2018 ‑ 2023, $32,500.
Sponsorship of Research Fellow (Eugene Hone, Prashant Bharadwaj, Steve Pedrini), Lions Alzheimer's Foundation, Sponsorship, 2021, $420,378.
Sponsorship Agreement Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Australian Alzheimer's Research Foundation, Neuroscience Research Institute - Sponsorship, 2018 ‑ 2019, $94,922.
Targeting chaperone mediated autophagy to alleviate Aβ accumulation and toxicity in AD
, Dementia Australia Research Foundation, AADRF - Dementia Grants Program, 2015 ‑ 2016, $50,000.
Doctor of Philosophy, Hyperspectral retinal imaging method for early non-invasive detection of Alzheimer's disease
Associate Supervisor
Doctor of Philosophy, Development and Validation of an Ultrasensitive Single Molecule Array Digital Assay for Human Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (GFAP)
Doctor of Philosophy, In vitro assessment to evaluate the potential effects of polyphenol extracts from sorghum on Alzheimer's disease
Doctor of Philosophy, Investigation of selected nutraceuticals to protect against mitochondrial dysfunction: Potential therapeutic role in Alzheimer's disease
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