Professor Nancy Pachana    Professor, School of Psychology

	Biography

Dr. Nancy Pachana is a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist who has received extensive specialist training assessing and treating older adults. She is currently an associate professor in the School of Psychology at UQ. Her main research interests include anxiety in later life, early assessment of dementia and driving safety and dementia. She also conducts research into improving training in geriatric mental health service provision.

After graduating with honours from Princeton University, Associate Professor Pachana went on to receive a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1992. She received specialist training in neuropsychological assessment and clinical treatment of older adults during three years of post-doctoral training at the University of California at Los Angeles – Neuropsychiatric Institute and at the Palo Alto Veterans Hospital System. She is the National Convener of the Australian Psychological Society’s Psychology and Ageing Interest Group, dedicated to furthering research and public policy relating to older adults in Australia. She is Fellow of the Society as well as on the Board of Directors of the International Psychogeriatric Association, and is a faculty affiliate of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists - Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on various topics in the field of ageing. Her new edited book, Casebook of Clinical Geropsychology, is out in November, 2010. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the Australian Psychologist, and Deputy Editor of International Psychogeriatrics.

	Links
	School of Psychology Homepage, Ageing Mind Initiative (Co-director), Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, Featured Researcher, Psychology, Featured Course, Psychology, Psychological Aspects of Ageing Research Cluster, Psychology

	Keywords
	Medical: Aging/Gerontology, Medical: Neuropsychology, Social Sciences: Psychology of Aging, Social Sciences: Elderly, Medical: Dementia, Medical: Psychotherapy, Medical: Anxiety, Medical: Depression, Medical: Mental Disorders, Medical: Geriatrics, Medical: Alzheimer's Disease, Medical: Emotional/Mental Health--Women, Social Sciences: Applied Psychology, Medical: Women's Health