Fiona Kumfor
PhD (Neuroscience), MClin Neuro, B.Psych(Hons)
Fiona Kumfor is an Associate Professor with the School of Psychology and Brain & Mind Centre at the University of Sydney. She is a cognitive neuroscience researcher with expertise in younger-onset dementias, neuropsychological assessment and neuropsychiatry.
Fiona's research interests include:
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early diagnosis of dementia
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social cognition
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behavioural changes
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carer supports, and
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interventions for enabling people with dementia to live well.
Fiona is Director of the Sydney Neuropsychology Clinic and a senior researcher with the Frontier Frontotemporal Dementia Research Clinic. She has received >$3.4 million in competitive funding and has published >80 peer reviewed publications and 6 book chapters in leading medical journals such as Lancet Neurology, Brain, Cortex and Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.
Fiona is elected Member-at-Large for the International Neuropsychological Society, on the executive board of the International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias and Vice-President of the Australasian Society for Social and Affective Neuroscience. Fiona is also endorsed as a Clinical Neuropsychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).