Rate My Professor Kylie Radford

Dr Kylie Radford serves as Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health at Southern Cross University. She is a clinical neuropsychologist who leads the Aboriginal Health and Ageing Group at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) as a Research Fellow and holds the position of Conjoint Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Radford earned her PhD and Doctorate of Clinical Neuropsychology from the University of Sydney in 2010, preceded by a Psychology Honours Class I in 2003 and a Bachelor of Liberal Studies in 2002, also from the University of Sydney. Her career encompasses extensive clinical research experience in early onset dementia, alcohol dependence, cognitive rehabilitation for acquired brain injuries, mild cognitive impairment, epilepsy, and population brain ageing. This work has employed diverse methodologies, including randomized controlled trials, multicentre studies, longitudinal observational cohort studies, psychometric instrument development, and validation studies.

Radford's research specializations center on ageing, cognitive decline, and dementia among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Since 2009, she has been involved in the Koori Growing Old Well Study (KGOWS), an epidemiological study examining ageing and dementia in urban and regional Aboriginal communities in New South Wales. She currently holds an NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship, which investigates social and biomedical risk factors for cognitive decline and dementia while promoting healthy brain ageing in partnership with urban and rural Aboriginal communities. Key publications include the book chapter 'Memory rehabilitation in neurological patients' (2015, Wiley Handbook on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory, with L.A. Miller); 'Clinicians' views on cognitive assessment with Aboriginal Australians' (2024, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry); 'Depression, childhood trauma, and physical activity in older Indigenous Australians' (2023, International Psychogeriatrics); 'Older Aboriginal Australians' Health Concerns and Preferences for Healthy Ageing Programs' (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health); and 'Ngarraanga Giinganay ('thinking peacefully'): Co-design of memory rehabilitation for Aboriginal Australians' (2021, Patient Education and Counseling). With over 90 journal articles, her contributions advance neuropsychological assessment, Indigenous health equity, and dementia care models tailored for Aboriginal communities.