Dr Alex Bahar-Fuchs

I am a researcher and clinician specializing in the field of cognitive ageing. My early work furthered our understanding of olfactory cognitive processes and their relevance to the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.

More recently, my research interests have broadened and include the development, evaluation and synthesis of non-pharmacological interventions aimed at primary and secondary prevention of cognitive decline and dementia, often using emerging technologies.. I obtained my BA in Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology from Ben-Gurion University in Israel, and completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology here at the University of Melbourne. I then completed a PhD in clinical neuropsychology at Monash University along with all requirements of an MA in clinical neuropsychology. I completed postdoctoral training at the Centre for Research on Ageing, Health, and Wellbeing at the Australian National University. Between July 2014 and December 2016, I was based at the Joseph Sagol Centre for Neuroscience at Sheba Medical Centre, Israel, as part of an NHMRC Overseas-Based Clinical Early Career Fellowship. In 2017, I was awarded a Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellowshipfrom the National Health and Medical Research Council. I am a founding member and Chair of CIDER - an International Working Group, focused on the advancement of methodological quality of cognition-focused intervention trials for people at risk of dementia. I am also the Chair (2016-2019) of the Non-Pharmacological Interventions Professional Interest Area (PIA) of the International Society for the Advancement of Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART).

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FEATURED Journal article

Tailored and Adaptive Computerized Cognitive Training in Older Adults at Risk for Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Alex Bahar-Fuchs' selected work

Cognition-Oriented Treatments For Older Adults On The Spectrum From Cognitive Health To De..

Research Grant

An impaired sense of smell can signal cognitive decline, but 'smell training' could help

NEWS ARTICLE

Body brain life: A randomized controlled trial of an online dementia risk reduction interv..

Journal article

Cognition-Focused Interventions Design, Evaluation, And Reporting (Cider): A Repository Of..

Research Grant

How smelling can help your brain

NEWS ARTICLE

Prediction of Amyloid-beta Pathology in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment with Neuropsych..

Journal article

Projects

Displaying the 2 most recent projects by Alex Bahar-Fuchs.

Cognition-Oriented Treatments For Older Adults On The Spectrum From Cognitive Health To Dementia: Improving Methodologies And Outcomes

Older adults, with and without memory problems, frequently seek ‘brain stimulating’ activities to reduce their dementia risk. Many such acti..

2017 - 2021

Active

Cognition-Focused Interventions Design, Evaluation, And Reporting (Cider): A Repository Of Cognition-Focused Intervention Trials Targeting Older Adults

2017 - 2018

Completed

2

Projects

Project Types

Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 35 most recent scholarly works by Alex Bahar-Fuchs.

Cognitive rehabilitation for people with mild to moderate dementia

A Kudlicka, A Martyr, A Bahar-Fuchs, B Woods, L Clare

Journal article | 2019 | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Computerized cognitive training for older adults at higher dementia risk due to diabetes: findings from a randomized controlled trial.

Alex Bahar-Fuchs, Marjolein EA Barendse, Rachel Bloom, Ramit Ravona-Springer, Anthony Heymann, Hai Dabush, Lior Bar, Shirel Slater, Yuri Rassovsky, Michal Schnaider Beeri

Journal article | 2019 | The Journals of Gerontology: Series A

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the effects of adaptive and tailored computerized cognitive training [CCT] on cognition and disease self-m..

Perspectives on ethnic and racial disparities in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias: Update and areas of immediate need

Ganesh M Babulal, Yakeel T Quiroz, Benedict C Albensi, Eider Arenaza-Urquijo, Arlene J Astell, Claudio Babiloni, Alex Bahar-Fuchs, Joanne Bell, Gene L Bowman, Adam M Brickman, Gael Chetelat, Carrie Ciro, Ann D Cohen, Peggye Dilworth-Anderson, Hiroko H Dodge, Simone Dreux, Steven Edland, Anna Esbensen, Lisbeth Evered, Michael Ewers, et al.

Journal article | 2019 | Alzheimer's & Dementia

Cognitive training for people with mild to moderate dementia

Alex Bahar-Fuchs, Anthony Martyr, Anita MY Goh, Julieta Sabates, Linda Clare

Journal article | 2019 | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Cognitive training for people with mild to moderate dementia

A Bahar-Fuchs, A Martyr, AMY Goh, J Sabates, L Clare

Journal article | 2018 | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

THE DESIGN, EVALUATION AND REPORTING OF NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL, COGNITION-ORIENTED TREATMENTS (COTS) FOR OLDER ADULTS: RESULTS OF AN EXPERTS SURVEY

Mary B Castellani, Sylvie Belleville, Tzvi Dwolatzky, Benjamin M Hampstead, Sharon Sanz Simon, Alex Bahar-Fuchs