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Bianca Brijnath is a Professor of Health Communication in Society at La Trobe University and a Senior Principal Research Fellow at the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI).
With a background in medical anthropology and public health, her research focuses on cultural diversity, dementia, and mental health. Within these areas, she has conducted numerous studies on dementia prevention, awareness, diagnosis, and care, particularly within culturally diverse communities in Australia and internationally.
She has authored over 160 publications and created more than 70 multilingual films, comics, and animations. She has also secured over $26 million in research funding. In recognition of her work, Prof. Brijnath was inducted into the State Government of Victoria’s Multicultural Honour Roll in 2022.
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Email: b.brijnath@latrobe.edu.au
Josefine Antoniades is an Associate Professor in Health Communication at la Trobe University and an Honorary Research Fellow at NARI.
She was awarded her PhD in 2017 from the Department of General Practice at Monash University and disciplinary expertise is at the nexus of psychology, public health and primary care. Framed by these disciplinary boundaries, her research interests include dementia, mental health and health literacy in culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Associate Professor Antoniades was the project manager on Moving Pictures - a national project that aimed to raise dementia awareness in culturally and linguistically diverse communities through the use of film and digital media. Further to this, she was co-investigator on a multi-media project aimed at raising awareness of dementia in India, and a national project which developed multicultural animations for dementia prevention.
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Email: J.antoniades@latrobe.edu.au
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Providing dementia resources to help multicultural communities access the support they need.
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