Dr Danit Saks

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Clinical Medicine), MRes (Biomedical Sciences), MBMSc, BSc (Neuroscience)

Medicine & Health

Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing

Dr Saks is a post-doctoral research fellow and study coordinator for the AusCADASIL study. She joined the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at University of New South Wales in January 2023 after completing her PhD in clinical medicine (Glaucoma) and Masters of Research in Biomedical Sciences (Alzheimer's Disease) at Macquarie University. She has research experience in the fields of neurodegeneration, neuroscience and vision science, with a focus on Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and glaucoma.

Phone

+61 2 9348 1658

E-mail

d.saks@unsw.edu.au

Location

Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, Level 1, AGSM

Journal articles | 2024

Saks DG; Bajorek B; Catts VS; Bentvelzen AC; Jiang J; Wen W; Mather KA; Thalamuthu A; Huang-Lung J; Nivison-Smith L; Griffiths LR; Smith RA; Sexton A; James P; Jayasena T; Poljak A; Hansra GK; Hosoki S; Park A; Hillenbrand CM; van Wijngaarden P; Chander RJ; Humphrey S; Chen R; Kochan NA; Helman TJ; Levi C; Brodtmann A; O'Sullivan MJ; Markus R; Butcher K; Parsons M; Kovacic JC; Sachdev PS, 2024, 'The protocol for an observational Australian cohort study of CADASIL: The AusCADASIL study', Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2024.100225

Journal articles | 2024

Saks DG; Schulz A; Qassim A; Marshall H; Hewitt A; MacGregor S; Craig JE; Graham SL, 2024, 'Genetic risk of glaucoma is associated with vascular and retinal nerve fibre wedge defects', Acta Ophthalmologica, 102, pp. e185 - e194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aos.15775

Journal articles | 2024

Saks DG; Smith EE; Sachdev PS, 2024, 'National and international collaborations to advance research into vascular contributions to cognitive decline', Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cccb.2023.100195

Journal articles | 2024

Shen T; Sheriff S; You Y; Jiang J; Schulz A; Francis H; Mirzaei M; Saks D; Palanivel V; Basavarajappa D; Chitranshi N; Gupta V; Wen W; Sachdev PS; Jia H; Sun X; Graham SL; Gupta VK, 2024, 'Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Val66Met is Associated with Variation in Cortical Structure in Healthy Aging Subjects', Aging and Disease, 15, pp. 2315 - 2327, http://dx.doi.org/10.14336/AD.2024.0346

Journal articles | 2023

Sheriff S; Shen T; Abdal S; Saks D; Mirzaei M; Gupta V; Chitranshi N; You Y; Schultz A; Graham SL; Gupta V, 2023, 'Retinal thickness and vascular parameters using optical coherence tomography in Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis', Neural Regeneration Research, 18, pp. 2504 - 2513, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.371380

Journal articles | 2023

Sheriff S; Shen T; Saks D; Schultz A; Francis H; Wen W; Jiang J; Mirzaei M; Gupta V; Fiatarone Singh M; Sachdev PS; Graham SL; Gupta V, 2023, 'The Association of APOE ε4 Allele with Retinal Layer Thickness and Microvasculature in Older Adults: Optic Nerve Decline and Cognitive Change Study', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12196219

Journal articles | 2022

Saks D; Schulz A; Sheriff S; Shen T; Gupta V; Qassim A; Ridge B; Pham R; Craig J; Graham S, 2022, 'Quantification of localised vascular wedge-shaped defects in glaucoma', Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 50, pp. 724 - 735, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ceo.14134

Journal articles | 2022

Shen T; Sheriff S; You Y; Jiang J; Schulz A; Francis H; Mirzaei M; Saks D; Chitranshi N; Gupta V; Singh MF; Klistorner A; Wen W; Sachdev P; Gupta VK; Graham SL, 2022, 'Evaluating associations of RNFL thickness and multifocal VEP with cognitive assessment and brain MRI volumes in older adults: Optic nerve decline and cognitive change (ONDCC) initiative', Aging Brain, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nbas.2022.100049

Journal articles | 2021

Abyadeh M; Gupta V; Chitranshi N; Gupta V; Wu Y; Saks D; Wander Wall R; Fitzhenry MJ; Basavarajappa D; You Y; Salekdeh GH; Haynes PA; Graham SL; Mirzaei M, 2021, 'Mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease - a proteomics perspective', Expert Review of Proteomics, 18, pp. 295 - 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14789450.2021.1918550

Journal articles | 2021

Abyadeh M; Gupta V; Paulo JA; Gupta V; Chitranshi N; Godinez A; Saks D; Hasan M; Amirkhani A; McKay M; Salekdeh GH; Haynes PA; Graham SL; Mirzaei M, 2021, 'A proteomic view of cellular and molecular effects of cannabis', Biomolecules, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom11101411

Journal articles | 2021

Chitranshi N; Kumar A; Sheriff S; Gupta V; Godinez A; Saks D; Sarkar S; Shen T; Mirzaei M; Basavarajappa D; Abyadeh M; Singh SK; Dua K; Zhang KYJ; Graham SL; Gupta V, 2021, 'Identification of novel cathepsin b inhibitors with implications in alzheimer’s disease: Computational refining and biochemical evaluation', Cells, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cells10081946

Journal articles | 2020

Saks D; Schulz A; Craig J; Graham S, 2020, 'Determination of retinal nerve fibre layer and ganglion cell/inner plexiform layers progression rates using two optical coherence tomography systems: The PROGRESSA study', Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 48, pp. 915 - 926, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ceo.13826
Conference Abstracts | 2022

Pham R; Marshall H; Kolovos A; Qassim A; Mullany S; Saks D; To M-S; Agar A; Galanopoulos A; Landers J; Healey PR; Graham SL; Hewitt AW; Casson R; MacGregor S; Siggs OM; Carneiro G; Craig JE; Palmer LJ, 2022, 'Associations between deep learning segmented macular optical coherence tomography cell layer thicknesses and primary open-angle glaucoma outcomes in the PROGRESSA study', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, Vol. 49, pp. 913 - 914, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000721587100203&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Papers | 2022

Saks D; Qassim A; Marshall H; Hewitt A; MacGregor S; Schulz A; Graham S; Craig J, 2022, 'Genetic risk of glaucoma is associated with focal patterns of vascular loss', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 925 - 925, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000876646500074&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Papers | 2022

Saks D; Schulz A; Craig J; Graham S, 2022, 'Dynamic and static retinal vessel analysis in primary open-angle glaucoma', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 924 - 924, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000876646500072&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Papers | 2022

Saks DG; Schulz A; Qassim A; Ridge B; Pham R; Sheriff S; Shen T; Gupta V; Craig JE; Graham SL, 2022, 'Clinical update on vascular changes in glaucoma', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 851 - 851, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000721587100064&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Papers | 2022

Sheriff S; Shen T; Saks D; Schulz A; Graham S; Gupta V, 2022, 'Influence of the APOE epsilon 4 allele on retinal nerve fibre layer thickness and optical coherence tomography angiography parameters in healthy aging: Optic nerve decline and cognitive change', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 962 - 962, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000876646500163&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Papers | 2021

Saks D; Schulz A; Graham SL, 2021, 'Quantifi cation of Localised Wedge-Shaped Vessel Defects in Glaucoma', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000690761400023&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Papers | 2019

Saks D; Schulz A; Craig J; Graham S, 2019, 'Comparison of RNFL and GCLIPL thicknesses and progression characteristics using two OCT systems: The PROGRESSA Study', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 119 - 119, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000493279000198&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

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