Nola Ries
PhD (Behav Sci), MPA, LLM, JD, BA (Hons)
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Nola Ries is a Professor with the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney. She is a legal and social science researcher with expertise in law, health and ageing.
Nola's areas of interest include:
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legal aspects of dementia
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advance care planning
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elder abuse prevention, and
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response, and inclusion of older people with cognitive impairment in research.
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Nola has a strong focus on applied research, community engagement and inter-professional collaboration between legal and health sectors.
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Nola is a Director of the Law Health Justice Research Centre at the University of Technology Sydney and is a lead researcher with the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative.
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Her research is supported by national research funders, government agencies and philanthropic foundations. She has over 100 publications, research reports and related outputs, including more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. She teaches in the areas of Elder Law, Law and Medicine and Research Methods.
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Nola is qualified as a lawyer in Australia and Canada, is an active member of the Australian Association of Gerontology and serves on the Researcher Involvement Panel of StepUp for Dementia Research.