Dr Claire Burley

Dr Claire Burley

Adjunct Fellow Levels A-C

PhD A Multimodal Investigation of Brain Health: Cerebral Blood Flow, Cognitive Performance and Quality of Life; University of Birmingham, UK

MSc Clinical Neuroscience; University College London, UK

BSc (Hons) Psychology (with industrial placement, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust); Loughborough University, UK

Medicine & Health
School of Health Sciences

Dr Claire Burley is interested in healthy ageing, measures of brain health (e.g., MRI and Doppler imaging, neuropsychiatric, cognitive and quality of life), changed behaviours, psychological symptoms, dementia risk factors, and improving care for people living with dementia using person-centred, non-pharmacological approaches. Dr Burley has two research/ teaching roles at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, both involving dementia and brain health. One is based at the Centre fo...

Phone
+61 (2) 9065 3510
E-mail
c.burley@unsw.edu.au

2023:

CIA, Neuroscience, Mental Health & Addictions Theme, $40,000. Healthy Body & Mind Program for people living with cognitive decline and osteoarthritis.

2022:

CI, Dementia Australia Research Foundation (DARF) Project Grant, $75,000. Towards better mental health of people living with dementia in Residential Aged Care: Co-design of a performance measurement tool to aid organisational governance.

2021:

CI, NHMRC DCRC World Class Research Grant, $600,000. Improving health outcomes, well-being and care for people living with dementia in a hospital setting.

2018:

Named researcher, Birmingham-Nottingham Strategic Collaboration Fund, £38,000. Contrasting measures of cerebral haemodynamics between MRI (ASL, BOLD & PCA) and Doppler ultrasound (TCD, Duplex Doppler).

2016:

CI, Cambridge Cognition Research Grant - Doctoral Researcher. A multimodal investigation of brain health: cerebral blood flow, cognitive performance and quality of life.

2023:

UNSW School of Clinical Medicine Travel Award ($600)

2022:

Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) Publication Award

2021:

Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) Travel Fellowship (Registration & accommodation)

2020:

Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) Early Career Researcher Bursary (Invitation to present, registration)

2018:

Birmingham College LES Travel Award (£500)
Physiological Society Travel Award (£500)

2017:

Birmingham College LES Travel Award (£600)
Physiological Society Travel Award (£500)

2016:

Guarantors of Brain Travel Grant (£1,000)
Physiological Society Travel Award (£500)

2015:

U21 Research Scholarship, UBC, Canada (£1,500)
Birmingham Travel Scholarship (£1,000)
Birmingham College LES Travel Award (£1,000)
Physiological Society Travel Award (£500)

2014:

3-year PhD Studentship, University of Birmingham