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The cognitive benefits of lively, high compact neighbourhoods, rich in leisure and business destinations could be impacted by the negative by-products that are often associated with these types of environments (i.e., air and noise pollution). To properly understand how neighbourhood factors can affect cognitive health, it is important to study all positive and negative influences of the environment across a wide range of locations.
The EPOCH project began in 2020 with the aim to provide a deeper understanding into how built environments can support cognitive health and reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia. It will examine data from a large range of geographical locations in Australia and the UK.
The project will combine data on the neighbourhood built and natural environments (natural water features, distance to parks, greenness) and pollution (air pollution and noise) from six already existing cohorts to investigate the complex effects of various aspects of the neighbourhood environment on cognition in later life.
Funding Acknowledgement: The EPOCH Research Project is funded by the 2019 UKRI-NHMRC Built Environment Prevention Research Scheme
Investigators:
Prof Ester Cerin, ACU (Melbourne, Australia)
Prof Fiona Matthews (Newcastle Uni, UK)
Prof Kaarin Anstey, (UNSW)
Prof Perminder Sachdev (UNSW)
A/Prof Luke Knibbs (UQ)
Prof Bin Jalaludin, UNSW (Sydney, Australia)
Dr Yu-Tzu (Newcastle Uni, UK)
Dr Matthew Prina (KLC, UK)
Dr Benjamin Barratt (ICL, UK)
Publications:
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